HELP - I am due to be in nooooooooooooocasle this weekend on a stag night... Any suggestions please on 1. Where to go? 2. What personal protective equipment we ought to take; and 3. How to avoid the Mags - is there anything which makes them identifiable? Any suggestions gratefully received....
It depends on what your looking for mate. If it's a typical 'get ****ed up and chase some easy meat' kinda stag, start at Mushroom bar for cheap trebles and get on your way in there, then move over to Sinners and Sam Jacks for the easiest pick ups in the city, but be aware that these bars are ****e, they just serve a purpose. Avoid EVERYTHING on the left side of the Bigg Market as you walk downhill, there is no benefit from any bars on that side whatsoever. If your looking to do it a bit classier, start down the Quayside Bar (Lloyds) for the warm up to save a few quid and get started, then head up the Quayside towards Collingwood Street (or the Diamond), where you will find Perdu, Koos and Revolution. Start at Revs (busy but a quality atmosphere every time), get jugs, as you don't wanna be back to the bar (£12-15 a jug, plenty of selection, 6 drinks a jug, decent). Koos is very busy, but it's a funny layout and has a tiny smoking area (if applicable...), my personal preference is Perdu, but don't go in through the front door, there's a side entrance in the Bigg Market (right side looking downhill), you can grab a drink in the Blackie Boy, and there is a large smoking terrace with access to Perdu. Be aware though that a few of the bars are funny about large groups/stags etc, so you'll need to seperate into groups of 3 or 4, and they are arsey about trainers again now in a lot of the smarter bars, so try and wear smart/casual shoes. Remember, Geordies are decent folk, and you'll have a good night, they won't start ****e just cos you're a Mackem
Remember, Geordies are decent folk, and you'll have a good night, they won't start ****e just cos you're a Mackem [/QUOTE] Cheers mate - I recall how decent the Geordies were when I was a student, living in Leazes Terrace (alongside Sid James Park).... my window got bricked almost every home game (something to do with the Sunderland scarf I guess!!) Had a great 3 yrs in Newcastle as a student...soap dodging etc etc etc - watching the play off game as a student in the Gallowgate end was arse twitching though!
Who goes out on the lash in trainers?!? Its chelsea boots or smart brogues with segs in surely. Trainers indeed...
Cheers mate - I recall how decent the Geordies were when I was a student, living in Leazes Terrace (alongside Sid James Park).... my window got bricked almost every home game (something to do with the Sunderland scarf I guess!!) Had a great 3 yrs in Newcastle as a student...soap dodging etc etc etc - watching the play off game as a student in the Gallowgate end was arse twitching though![/QUOTE] To be fair mate, a flag in the window alongside the ground is kind of baiting a bit, although i like your style In fairness, the thing that we mock the Toon for, are the things about us that are very similar, that's what makes us friends, and enemies! SAFCOL, I'm the same as you mate, but plenty do! Midweek few i'll wear trainers, but weekends, never.
I remember the Strawberry - there used to be a pre-op transgender hebeshebe who used to work at the Poly (I think) who used to wander in regularly - wierdest site I had ever seen as a naive 19 yr old - bird with a 5o`clock shadow, bloddy great adam's apple drinking guiness in a frock! Oh those were the days!!
On point three, I think you are maybe being a bit naive, the fact that the toon is home to the Geordies, might give you a bit of a clue, Its you who are the alien, but apart from football, why should you have any problems? and you wont, you will only reap what you sow, just get out there and enjoy it, the hangover will give you years of good memories.
To be fair mate, a flag in the window alongside the ground is kind of baiting a bit, although i like your style And when I was living in Fenham to try and reduce the number of break ins (3 a term was a record for us) I posted by birth certificate on the inside of my window - shows I was born on their side of the tyne (I blame my mother for not keeping her legs crossed long enough for the ambulance to get her to a proper hospital!!)
Not at all mate, it's actually tucked away on the entrance to Perdu, not accesible from the street outside. It's not a great bar at all, but you can back a double in there for £3 less than Perdu, so it's worth a quick grab on your way in!
Some of the Slapper's actually prefer it. Also Chase on the Quayside, 3 double Vodka Red Bulls for a fiver, 3 pint's of Beck's and Strongbow the same. Make sure to take your rubber's, you can say what you like about Geordie's, but they do have a very high % of lasses just waiting to were their ankle's as earring's, enjoy.
I think there`s about 15 of us....the groom is from Syria so the Best Man reckons its a good idea for us all to dress up as bloody ARABS - seems to me we`ll not get in anywhere and look pricks at the same time!!! If there is a real risk of us not getting in could someone/anyone/everyone let me know so I can spread the word at this end and allow the drink-a-thon to reach its true potential!
Perdu simply won't let you in, and Rev's is 50/50 (although they have top doormen at Revs) If your doing fancy dress, your stuck to the Gate end realistically, and the trash bars in the Bigg Market, although you'll still be ok for Mushroom and there bargain trebles. No stag would be complete without a game of 'posemaster'. Basically, you nominate a 'posemaster', and he can choose at any time to strike a pose, catalogue model, camp, lie on floor, anything goes.... Last person in the party to strike a pose, has to down his drink, so best time to pose, after a fresh round, absolute hoot, lasses love it as well, oddly, many a time it's been a 'door in' Also, 'The Sidwell'. This is a 'free for all'. Anyone drops a coin in your drink, you have to neck it, carnage always ensues, and add rules eg 'net hour, left hand drinking only' so, someone drinks right handed, downs their drink.
