howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just looked at those photos again and am struck by how reckless phil was, note the distance he must be from his beer. some of the pubs i have been in if you do not have a tight grip on your glass expect it to go its own way.
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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Not really reckless Howard, the wide angle lens makes things look further away then they really are! Believe you me, my beer is always within reach!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i can remember saying the same thing on trips to merseyside, learned my lesson eventually.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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went past the roman quay and the decorators are in.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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this is on the events page but the sign does not say what time kick off is though.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just a reminder of the fundraising weekend that starts this evening.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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taking a gamble here in my view, sky subscriptions for pubs are astronomical, i doubt they could squeeze enough people in to cover the costs.
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
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Best of luck to them! At least they are giving things a go! The GL was once oneof the busiest pubs in Dover, maybe not everyones cup of tea but busy all the same, and it raised, via the winkle club several £1000's a year for local needs. Well done to the new owners and the very best of luck!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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they will certainly need a lot of luck with this phil, the pub doesn't seem big enough to me to take the numbers that would pay for the sport, usually wetherspons have the space to draw in the large numbers of people to make it pay.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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Sky charge by the rateable value of the pub so at least the Golden Lion will presumably be paying a lot less than the Eight Bells.
On the ferries, the crew have a choice of two types of contract based on hotels. One allows you to view Sky programmes in a communal area but not in the cabins, the other allows you to distribute the programmes to the cabins but not to a communal area.
Bit of a nonsense really as it the same people watching it whether they are in their cabins or in the communal areas. Different in a hotel where there will be lots of non residents passing through the bars and restaurants.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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got to hand it to them they are trying very hard.
Brian Dixon
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joints of horse are the prizes howard,oops silly me thats joints of beet,it says so the label in romainian.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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brian pointed this out to me the other day, handwritten notices on each door "closed until further notice".
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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A sign of the times. Business rates and greedy freeholders are the main reason. Rateable value of the Golden Lion is £16,750. Owned by Admiral Taverns, one of the greediest pubcos (who went bust in 2009 and have been owned by Lloyds Bank from then until a year ago when they were sold to Cerberus, an American private equity group) it is no longer viable as a pub under pubco ownership. Bought at auction for the £120,000 the freehold is worth, a private owner-occupier might just be able to eke a living out of it as a free house but with a Wetherspoons within 3 minutes walk, I doubt it.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i think we were all surprised when it reopened, they have certainly made every effort with sky sports, various events and changing the beers regularly.
as peter says above the combination of rent, business rates and tough competition look to have done for it.
Keith Sansum1
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I remember ex Dover manager Alf Bentley when he ran the pub
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Andy B
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And Teresa and Rab.
Alec Sheldon
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...........and Ikey Manley and Biddy.
Ian Handley
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not forgetting Pat and Amy Chivers - many happy memories from the late '60s to 70s.
Ian Handley
Former Operations Controller DHB Terminal Control (1978-1995)
Dover born (1946) & bred, Moved from area in 1999 - family still living in Dover
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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saw this today only 9 days left on the offer.
