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Things to do in North East London when you’re dead – Holloway
Many a dark odyssey has been undertaken in N7 and its surrounding areas, yeah it isn’t all glitz and glamour but there will always be a place in my heart for the birthplace of the Holloways.
The Swimmer – nice little pub that is doing some strong lengths in the gastropub lane. The staff are refreshingly friendly, the food suitably tasty and the Monday night pub quiz notoriously hard! They stock a great and unusual array of drinks and have a free jukebox that could only have been chosen by someone with taste so impeccable that they float on a cloud of smugness permanently. I’d also say that it has the best banter of any pubs I’ve been to in London; shock horror, people actually speak to people they don’t know in the Swimmer! Which has led to me becoming embroiled in conversations on topics as diverse as; did the Incredible Hulk inspire Spielberg’s 1971 classic Duel to is texting your girlfriend “don’t worry, I’ve split up with my girlfriend” the worst text man has ever sent.
Nambucca – doesn’t look like much and really isn’t much, but to a certain sub-set of the local population this place is Mecca. Nambucca finds and breaks new bands with the vigour of a treasure-hungry Pirate on speed. The list is so long that I’m just going to implore you to check it out for yourself. Also the birthplace of Bloody Awful Poetry which has now sired dirty lovechildren all over London. Nambucca is currently running with a vintage jumble sale every Sunday and also, to fuel your thrift, they are serving up Roast dinners at a downright bargain price of £5…
Boston Music Rooms (Boston Arms), Tufnell Park – nice venue for live music and home to the Dirty Water Club (every Friday), this is definitely somewhere that needs to be on your radar if you’ve been exiled to the near North.
Big Red – Gather round, gather round! Rockers, pool tables and pinball wizards a plenty at this bizarre but loveable biker bar-esque joint. Warning, this place isn’t for the namby pamby amongst you, if you can’t run or break a pool stick over someone’s head, don’t even bother!
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