Category Archives: Alcohol

Quiz Report

Posted on March 2, 2011 by SteveHardy

It started well, new quizmaster, very “pub landlord’, good questions – not that I could get any. Ten questions a round, bit much but okay. Then, after round two (out of six), the quizmaster disappeared for 10 minutes for a … Continue reading →

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Return to Quiz Hell

Posted on March 2, 2011 by SteveHardy

Tonight me, the fishy solicitor and Rosemary amble down to the pub, where “da yah waant ah f**king drink ah naat” is seen as an affectionate welcome, to compete in their quiz. It’s a fortnight since my less than stellar … Continue reading →

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The shoelace incident.

Posted on October 19, 2010 by SteveHardy

Part of the new policy of covering decay, mine that is, must be recounting of “the shoelace incident”. A few weeks ago I had just returned from an evening of what passes as jollity in the pub I go to, … Continue reading →

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Pub Quiz again!

Posted on November 13, 2009 by SteveHardy

Next Wednesday, 18th November, 7.45, I’m back as a desperately needy Quiz Master at the Cinque Port Arms, Old Town Hastings. Come to fight for the massive prizes (a bottle of wine) and sheer entertainment (in the event of legal … Continue reading →

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Tony and his teenage bride Debbie.

Posted on April 11, 2009 by SteveHardy

I also managed to get an invite to Tony’s (fellow marbles team member) 50th in May. Proving, in Hastings at least, lusting after another man’s wife is no barrier to social success, what a great place this is.

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A sporting star!

Posted on April 11, 2009 by SteveHardy

Yesterday I started out as just mild mannered Steve Hardy photographer and ended up as a member of a winning team at Winkle Island Marbles Championship. This is one of the few sports that seems to encourage substance abuse as … Continue reading →

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Jazz at the Angling Club

Posted on April 7, 2009 by SteveHardy

My loathing of Jazz, though more drama queen than principle, is well known. A jazz concert seems to consist of solo, clap, solo, clap, ad nauseam. It has the visual consistency of seals being thrown fish for tricks. At the … Continue reading →

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Things that never should happen.

Posted on April 7, 2009 by SteveHardy

Yesterday started at a funeral for an old school friend and ended with me having enjoyed a jazz concert. Both of these things I never hoped to see. In reality the day ended at around quarter to eleven with your … Continue reading →

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Tonight! Pub Quiz at the Cinque Port Arms in All Saints Street, Old Town.

Posted on October 15, 2008 by SteveHardy

Be there or be tucked up warm at home, ah, yes, I can see the issues here… Oh well, if you want to come and support my egotistical onward march to fame, forty years too late, you’ll be making an … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of the hill.

Posted on October 14, 2008 by SteveHardy

Half way home up a rainy west hill, trailing a snake of 2 pints and half a carafe of wine, is where wisdom strikes, and the worst thing is is the realisation that by the time you reach your front … Continue reading →

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