Pub Quiz thread

No Yorkie. Nothing to do with football although a ranger might have have shown up.

 

Is it something to do with the estate of the Earl of Essex?

 

No nothing like that. More to do with entertainment.

 

I remember that Waterstones bookstores started in Chelsea - is that the answer ?

 

No not books.

 

The organ in a Watford church started in Chelsea and was bought and brought to Watford.

 

The Compton organ in Watford Colosseum is based on the organ from the Gaumont Palace Chelsea. It was removed from the theatre and installed in Watford Town Hall in the 1960s

 

Got there. It was taken from Chelsea to the Gaumont cinema in Watford and when that came down was taken to the town hall where it has been fully restored and is now used in concerts. It used to be played in the interval at Saturday morning pictures where you might see the Lone Ranger.

 

I used to go there on a sat morning from about 1959 to 63 Great fun....

 

Sat rmorning Flicks, great fun, then graduated to Sat morning U16 Top Rank in 1965

 

This looks interesting.

 

Does that mean I had a guess and was nearly right?

 

You were getting very close ak.

Have you had your internet restored?

 

I have internet at home again. I spoke to Little Ak to test the wire in the afternoon and it broke again when we were talking but I think it was still being fixed.

 

It is amazing what you find when trying to answer these questions.
Cassiobury Park was once the home of the Essex family. The Heir Presumptive of the current Earl of Essex is a retired grocery clerk from Yuba City, California. He was worried that he would lose his US citizenship on becoming Earl!

 

Er... whose go is it ?

 

Looks to me like AK is in the seat...

 

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I am from the Saturday morning flicks era North Harrow or Rayners Lane wonderful cinemas sadly no more I hate these warehouses where folk play with their mobiles and constantly go out and in.