Is it time to move on?

Ah no, sad to see it's come to this guys I used to love the little walk through Soho through the crowds to get you all.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Bear

Nope, Charlotte road in shoreditch, although in fact as monkey said I actually meant curtain road. And as stu said I actually meant great marlborough street. So 2 locations, 2 mistakes... I rule. Maybe someone else has a better idea!

You didn't work as a courier did you?





your efforts appreciated mate

[Spiderman]

Thanks for posting this Jai.

I had a long chat with the Sgt and Mr Jonhson after you guys went off to the square. Sadly i think we need to give it a miss for a few weeks and let them think they have won the war when they have only won a small abttle and then start comming back again when this current operation is over. Its a joint op between wetsminster and the cops it seems.

Westminster have already said that they will not be putting in any more bike bays but simply extending some of the existing bays so writign to them is pretty pointless i think and will only serve to draw their attention to that spot more than ever.

We tried Covent Gdn a few years back and that was pretty much as bad as the square, so come one, come all - bring your ideas for a new venue for the short term and we'll give em all a try.

I know Islington can be good depending on where we get to park, none of the auqare near where i now work are any good cos all the shops servcing them close as soon as the business peeps go home.

Picnics in Hype Park anyone

[Littlepeahead]

I come straight from work so if you shift to the Ace or anywhere out of central London I just won't be able to get there. Charlotte Street and Great Marlborough Street get my vote - but how about Market Place just behind Oxford Circus?

I used to work there. It has a bike bay on one side and coffee shops, foodie places, etc on the other side of Kent House. It is near the Oxford Circus Tube for those who aren't biking and has a good buzzy atmosphere.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=mark...BkQ8gEwAA&z=16

http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/fmn/i...&theScale=1250

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

I come straight from work so if you shift to the Ace or anywhere out of central London I just won't be able to get there. Charlotte Street and Great Marlborough Street get my vote - but how about Market Place just behind Oxford Circus?

I used to work there. It has a bike bay on one side and coffee shops, foodie places, etc on the other side of Kent House. It is near the Oxford Circus Tube for those who aren't biking and has a good buzzy atmosphere.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=mark...BkQ8gEwAA&z=16

http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/fmn/i...&theScale=1250

Here's links for my suggestions:


Carnaby Street
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...,0.020084&z=16

Shoreditch
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...,0.005021&z=18

[Sid Squid]

Jaime: Charlotte Street W1, as mentioned above, should be considered as an option too. It's a busy area with cafes and shops etc, and has the advantage of not being very far from Frith Street.

Also the Soho Massive title wouldn't be so far from the truth, unlike going to Shoreditch .

[Littlepeahead]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Also the Soho Massive title wouldn't be so far from the truth, unlike going to Shoreditch .

Officially Market Place and Charlotte Street are Fitzrovia. So how about the Fitzrovia Brobdingnagian - catchy eh?

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

Fitzrovia Brobdingnagian

Feel free to ignore me, having not been to Soho for aaaaages (but fear not/be afeared, I'll be free to bother you all again in the autumn). But I do know Central London very well.

Part of the original point of meeting in Soho was that it's dead central and just as much of a pain in the **** for everyone to get to. It's apeal over the years has been the location - seeing and being seen. All human life is in Soho every Friday night - theatre comers and goers, early eaters, late eaters, faggots, queens, has-beens, all manner of shapes and sizes, small children, grandmothers etc that you'd not get anywhere else (and that's just us).

I think moving to somewhere like Shoreditch, whilst havng the uber cool factor, just isn't Soho (and more like Soho Square). Yes, there will be people eating and drinking and staying out late, but it doesn't have the volume of passers-by or outdoors-y thing going on. Remember that its got to be a venue that works all-year round in all weathers. People hide in bars in shoreditch.

Angel really isn't a place you'd want to hang out on a Friday - it can get very rough and rowdy and again there isn't the outdoors vibe.

Charlotte Street would be interesting as there's much more throughflow.

But, just to throw a left-field location into the mix, how about somewhere on the South Bank? Plenty of footfall, plenty of places to get something to drink, and probably plenty of parking. For example, if you picked the spot of road that runs up to the thames path between the RFH and BFI, plenty of parking space and right next door to a branch of Eat. If you picked somewhere further East, eg the back of Borought Market, again, there's a road right up to the footpath and several eateries. By City Hall, under Tower Bridge, has appeal too.

[Messie]

Don't move! I've only just found out how to get to Frith Street with any semblance of reliability!

Seriously though I can see the point of making ourselves scarce for a while then maybe venturing back after Westminster scoundrels have stopped pandering to the tourists (in their minds). I can't offer anything useful by way of alternatives though, unless you fancy a Soho meet in Essex