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Pool teams and players
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On 19 Nov 2013 at 4:41pm Charmed wrote:
Is there still a Pool League in Lewes? There used to be the 'Lewes Town League' and the 'Lewes and District League' with some brilliant players. Some played for Sussex and a couple for England. Any memories of those days in the 80s and 90s?
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On 20 Nov 2013 at 11:14am Geoff Paddle wrote:
I used to play for the Rainbow, not the greatest team in Lewes but we always drunk a bottle of Port before playing.
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On 20 Nov 2013 at 12:13pm Charmed wrote:
Ha! I'm sure it improved your game. I remember the scrappy table in the back bar of the Rainbow. Was Shaun Bassett in your team? He was a top player.
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On 20 Nov 2013 at 5:07pm cowboy wrote:
The Gardeners are looking for pool players for there team
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On 20 Nov 2013 at 10:18pm Geoff Paddle wrote:
It was when Dave from oop North ran the pub. I remember playing at the Windmill and drinking them out of port so we ordered a cab to pick up a bottle from the Rainbow to put behind the bar. We lost the match though
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On 21 Nov 2013 at 4:21pm Dripping Pan Stan wrote:
Geoff,
You could barely see at that point. I used to love the 'spread' they put out. Dry sandwiches and some rat-meat cocktail sausages.
Pickled egg anyone?
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On 21 Nov 2013 at 4:24pm Charmed wrote:
Seems those days are gone Geoff. No pool teams in Lewes anymore; was fun at the time.
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On 21 Nov 2013 at 5:09pm huw wrote:
There aren't as many teams in Lewes as there were only 6 years ago. The Elly have 2, as do the Tally Ho and St Mary's. The Brewers and The Volly (as far as I know the only other 2 pubs with tables) don't have teams. A far cry from the days when only the Gardeners, Lansdown, JHT & Black Horse didn't have tables.
The league is still up and running, just spread a little further afield.
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On 21 Nov 2013 at 5:35pm Geoff Paddle wrote:
Who was that plump lad who tried to eat the whole jar of picked eggs using only Port as mastication?
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On 21 Nov 2013 at 9:31pm Charmed wrote:
Very, very funny. Glad to hear it's all going on in some shape or form. Perhaps the Volly and Brewers need to get their act together and start a team(s) up.
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On 21 Nov 2013 at 10:42pm Dripping Pan Stan wrote:
Geoff,
That man was a god amongst men. I hear there's an anniversary egg and port challenge over the festive period.
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On 22 Nov 2013 at 1:16am John bellend wrote:
That's when there was a good vibe in lewes, the snowdrop a+b team winning everything, not now though, every one getting forced to move out of lewes and don't get me started on the price of beer, even the pool tables cost a small fortune..rant rant
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On 24 Nov 2013 at 10:42am huw wrote:
I'm not sure the price has gone up that much in Lewes, I'm sure most are 70p a game if not less. Not too bad as they cost 50p a game about 15 years ago. The price of beer, now that has gone up.


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