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>> No. 3412 Anonymous
17th July 2018
Tuesday 9:05 pm
3412 South Shields
Alright lads, moving to South Shields in about a month for studying. Any experience of it/newcastle/whatever else is there?

I know that they'll like me there because I'm a haggis merchant - any good recommendations for pubs, music venues? I'm not much for nightclubs but I'm sure the people in the uni accommodations will drag me out to the shit ones.
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>> No. 3413 Anonymous
17th July 2018
Tuesday 9:54 pm
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>>3412

Newcastle has great night life and the birds love an accent, but "I know they'll like me cos I'm Scottish" is shite patter.
>> No. 3414 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 1:51 am
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>>3412
Uni or college? Newcastle is an awesome place to live, regardless. Wasn't there long, but enjoyed a few:

http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/sessions/
>> No. 3415 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 1:51 am
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>>3412
Uni or college? Newcastle is an awesome place to live, regardless. Wasn't there long, but enjoyed a few:

http://www.thecumberlandarms.co.uk/sessions/
>> No. 3416 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 6:27 am
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>>3415
College, on a phased study-work course until about 2021, doing a foundation degree.

That pub looks great, exactly what I am looking for mate. Cheers!
>> No. 3418 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 8:15 am
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Shields itself is in desperate need of some regeneration but at least you're near the sea. I might be biased as a local, but you'll enjoy the city as a whole, I haven't met many who don't.

The shite student clubs at the very least don't pretend to be anything else, and as a scottish person you might enjoy the sheer amount of alcohol you can buy here - the legendary 'three trebles for a fiver' deals aren't as common as they used to be, but they still exist apparently. There used to be a thing at Digital on Mondays where it was 80p for a bottle of beer too. It's amazing how many bottles you can carry when you set your mind to it.

There's some proper nice pubs like the Cumberland as mentioned, The Tyne Bar, Dog and Parrot, The Fourth Hotel are all similar, and in South Shields there's a load of proper old man pubs with varying degrees of authenticity, though I don't go there often enough to name any. I went to one the other month that still doesn't take cards.

Our 'local character' is Jonny Decker - you'll know him when you see him - I'd recommend keeping a few loose pound coins and some cigarettes on you for when you do see him. It's just part of our culture.

Make sure you get a student Metro pass if you plan to use it, as it's expensive as fuck otherwise.

What sort of music are you into? There's some pretty strong genre nights going on, particularly when the students are here.

We also have more Greggs than anywhere else. The City of Newcastle district has 29 alone, which is about 10 per 10k capita. There's also a 24 hour one opposite central station.

I think that's the basics, will be on hand for further assistance.
>> No. 3419 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 11:43 am
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>>3418
>We also have more Greggs than anywhere else. The City of Newcastle district has 29 alone, which is about 10 per 10k capita. There's also a 24 hour one opposite central station.
This is possibly the most important piece of information in the whole thing and you buried it at the end, FFS.
>> No. 3420 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 12:46 pm
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>>3419
Yeah but they don't have a drive-thru Greggs.
>> No. 3421 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 12:50 pm
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>>3420

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/not-drill-newcastle-first-drive-14750059.amp

Soon.
>> No. 3422 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 6:22 pm
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>>3418

I'll be at the nautical college and I hammered the cheap boozing out when I was 18 - I'm more likely to take a book to the pub or study-drink than go out to the nightclubs. I used to work in clubs and it's given me a bit of an aversion to ever going back to that environment again! I'd join a lot of the students once or twice, but I'm honestly more likely to chat to the bouncers.

I love live music, and I play myself too. I'm bringing a couple of guitars with me, so I'd relish the chance to join in at a session or play at an open mic night. I've played in bands in a number of genres - noise rock, abba-influenced pop, hardcore punk. Anywhere I can get involved with bands, I'm happy to hear about.

Jonny Decker. I'm from a place with a similar character - Tam Cupboard (RIP).

Also, I know not to call people Geordies in South Shields, but is sand dancer really the preferred nomenclature?

I'll look into the metro pass - thanks for the heads up.
>> No. 3423 Anonymous
18th July 2018
Wednesday 7:34 pm
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>>3422

Fair play on the club thing, it was great to get a proper binge drink on back in the day but I'd agree with you these days.

There's a few nice open mic nights, there's a new one at Passing Clouds, and there's one at Wilders that's been going on every wednesday for at least 20 years, there's one at Rosies, though I've never been, I've just seen my mate's played there before, and there's two a week at the Old George - all fairly standard open mic type things. There's also Tyneside Irish Centre near Chinatown, and that has a proper session type thing going on. I can link all these places if you want but I'm sure you'll find them. Pubs are always looking for artists, too.

Newcastle has a great little band scene that I was a part of for a long time, and you'll surely meet people if you hit open mics, but also get yourself to J.G Windows music shop, they have a bulletin board there where people recruit/start bands. I'm sure there's an internet thing for it these days too, somewhere. Newcastle college has a great, and massive music course so there's never any shortage. I probably still know some organisers if you ever do get a band going.

There's two fantastic local magazine/guide things with loads of information in them, and have been the heart of the band scene there forever. http://narcmagazine.com and http://www.thecrackmagazine.com. The latter used to be the cooler one, but I'm too old to know which is now. You'll find paper copies of these almost everywhere in town, anyway.

Sand dancer is definitely the term and people will always know what you mean, but I'm not sure it's that commonly used. You'll probably impress a few old men in pubs with it but that's about it.

I had forgotten how much goes on up here until this post, to be honest. I've only just moved back up myself. I hope you enjoy it.
>> No. 3424 Anonymous
19th July 2018
Thursday 3:13 am
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>>3422
I miss Tam’s dulcet tones. He once sang me a song because I bought him bucky, I’m 112% sure the words were just “shadabong, verifor, I love you!”

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