Memories of Margate

[and1inthetree]

benbon brothers and that godawful song from those godawful spurs boys chas 'n' dave. daaaaaaaaahhhn to margate. that hilarious apprentice episode where they tried to reinvent it as the new brighton, the new gay haven in the south.

 

benbon brothers is shut, chas and dave are dead, or at least one of them is and the apprentice is a bit rubbish.

 

i seriously can't think of anything to say about margate, other than it's a small club near ramsgate. i do recall fondly the mince pies they gave us, which in turn were given back to their fans. "who threw that mince pie at me?" "i did, would you like another one?"

 

that's about it. didn't dizzy attend his last ever game there after a 'tired and emotional' encounter with karl and jennie? didn't rob once get his dad to pick him up because he'd missed the coach and drank his train fare?

 

is there any point of margate, i'd love to know, otherwise i shall continue to consider it as britain's version of belgium. may have served a purpose once upon a time but nobody can quite recall what it was.

[MummyBunny]

blue flag beaches, cheap boozers, westwood cross shopping centre, turner art gallery soon to be opened...................... shall i go on????? and to top it all off IM THERE!!! lmao

[and1inthetree]

5 minutes for a bite. not bad at all imo.

 

a shopping centre. really? a shopping centre?

 

the boozers are cheap because it's the only booming economy there as the residents try to drink themselves into oblivion in an attempt to block out the mundanity and futility that is life as a resident of margate.

 

the beaches only have blue flag status as no fckr ever goes there so i think you know where you can stick your blue flag.

 

i bet the art gallery is rubbish.

 

finally, whilst i am sure you are a wonderful person, you seem to have an association with the troglodyte cantos so i shall suspend judgement.

[Eastside Urchin]

And she is a yid tree!!!

[Fisherman's Friend]

I have no memories of Margate maybe i remember a BP Garage i think that was Margate, not due to the fact that it is a hole but because i am pretty much out of my face before we have arrived. So to sum up the point of Margate is to go on a coach drink some cans do a bus stop and take the p!ss out of Rob, spend a few hours in the wind and then repeat the former once more

[cup of tea]

Only Fools and Horses - someone make sure the coach is okay on the way home!

[MummyBunny]

I have no memories of Margate maybe i remember a BP Garage i think that was Margate, not due to the fact that it is a hole but because i am pretty much out of my face before we have arrived. So to sum up the point of Margate is to go on a coach drink some cans do a bus stop and take the p!ss out of Rob, spend a few hours in the wind and then repeat the former once more

 

 

best way to be

[MummyBunny]

5 minutes for a bite. not bad at all imo.

 

a shopping centre. really? a shopping centre?

 

the boozers are cheap because it's the only booming economy there as the residents try to drink themselves into oblivion in an attempt to block out the mundanity and futility that is life as a resident of margate.

 

the beaches only have blue flag status as no fckr ever goes there so i think you know where you can stick your blue flag.

 

i bet the art gallery is rubbish.

 

finally, whilst i am sure you are a wonderful person, you seem to have an association with the troglodyte cantos so i shall suspend judgement.

 

and you are a gooner which to me says it all

[urchinman1961]

margate for me was all about the beanos (and not the footie club) alas they are no more but good fun while it lasted

[and1inthetree]

so no fond memories of the magnificent shopping centre or the not-quite-ready-yet art gallery dave?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SEVEN TEARS BOY]

The Northern Belle is a nice (if small) pub.

 

Margate's oldest pub, renamed after an American ship which ran aground there in 1857 (see Wikipedia), and renovated with timber salvaged from the ship.

 

Shepherd Neame. Gorgeous ales.

[coupwotcoup]

First game at Hartsdown Park ... Margate v Romford late 69-70 drew 2-2.. best time there

opening match of the 73-4 season, won 3-2 in the kind of heat that would have had Tree Boy

oozing trails of sweat over every contour of his shape-shifting physique.

A slap up meal in a local Chinese then on to the Bali Hi. Lots of dirty birds on hen weekends

I always thought a blow job was something that blew in off of the Thanet peninsular......happy days..