A buzzin' place

Advantages: good beer, friendly, good pool table
Disadvantages: small, so can get crowded

...The Beehive is halfway between Prestwich and Whitefield, at the junction of Bury new and Bury old roads. It is a small Boddingtons pub with lots of atmosphere. there is the main lounge, a pool room and a tiny vault. The beer is very reasonably priced and there is quite a good selection, with Stella available for the lager drinkers and Moorhouses bitter as an alternative to the Boddingtons for the bitter drinkers. The natives are friendly and the decor is cosy. There is a standard sized TV to watch sporting events on, but there would be nowhere big enough to put a giant screen anyway. The clientel is mainly in the 25-50 bracket with the younger kids prefering the nearby 'Masons Arms'....

karlmarsh 13.08.2000 · Read review
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It's all true - honest!!!

Advantages: You'll know all about me
Disadvantages: You'll know all about me

...we had horrendous bottle green uniforms. More useless info: I was always the youngest in my class but didn't look it as I quickly grew to 5' 6" by the time I was 10. Coney Green High School is no more as it has been amalgamated with another school in the area and is now called Radcliffe Riverside. I also briefly went to Stand College in Whitefield but got bored and only stayed for 12 months. ***Career*** After deciding that studying really wasn't for me I set out on my chosen career path... well I say chosen, as a 17 year old starting out on the work ladder it's very difficult to get a job without having any previous experience so I basically took the first job I was offered..... a file clerk at J Wild & Co in Radcliffe earning the heady sum of £50 per week - a whopping £2,500 per annum. Looking back I'm not sure how I...

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Review of All About Me

Let The Good Times Roll.....

Advantages: Everything!!!
Disadvantages: Apart from the commercialism!!!

...Whitefields, the cheapest of the campus options, before moving to Leam for my final two years. In my last year, I organised First Year Reception, so I got to have a good look around all the other campus rooms as well. And I had friends staying in different places as well, so I?ve been around a bit!!! Prices range quite dramatically really. The cheapest is Whitefields, at just over the £40 mark, going up to Jack Martin which was about £60 in my day, so probably a bit more now!! When I was there, first years could also live in Rootes (New or Old), Westwood, Benefactors and Claycroft. I loved Whitefields. For me, they were the flats with the most character - there was a lounge area downstairs, surrounded by seven rooms, and then another five rooms upstairs, making twelve. There was a little white kitchen with an oven and hob, two fridges...

Jamesyboy 11.07.2002 · Read review
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Review of Warwick University

Just like milk shooting from your nose...

Advantages: you all can laugh your bums off
Disadvantages: at my expense... hehe....

...to get a bit of nourishment beforehand... well... when we all saw the vending machines... everyone made a straight dash for them... What we didn't see was the WET FLOOR sign ... and 6 of us... including me... slipped and landed hard on our backs... I hit my head on the floor and went unconscious for a short time... I guess I was babbling in my sleep because when I opened my eyes and regained some coherence... my teammates were laughing their bums off... Apparently when I was out cold... I muttered the unforgetable phrase "OH NO!! TWO C@CKS COMING FOR MY BUM!!! NOOOOOOOOO!"... lets just say I sat alone on the bus ride home... hehe -=6=- DELETED -=5=- Going back to my high school days again... I recall myself landing a part in the play "Tom Jones"... I played Mrs. Whitefield... the innkeeper... I was quite happy to play that...

Coxecal 08.03.2003 (29.11.2006) · Read review
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Review of 10 Most Embarassing Moments

Dino R.O. TYRANNOSAURUS ROX

Advantages: Psychedelia lives
Disadvantages: Life expectancy of the average human rock musican

...of implausibility. BBC H2G2 2002 "...Hawkwind's other habit - a free gig at Stonehenge at the summer solstice - was finally put paid to in 1985. Habitually, the band would turn up and play for several hours - on one occasion they were on stage for 5 hours - but in '85 the actions of the Police ended this tradition. Over 500 arrests were made as Police raided a convoy on the way to the Henge. The free festival was cancelled and there has not been one since..." LIFESTYLE QUESTIONNAIRE: November 10th 1985 Name: John Age: 16 Address: Whitefield, Manchester Occupation: Engineering Student Describe yourself: Tall, skinny, hair like a bush. Hobbies: Listening to Heavy Rock music, playing guitar, writing, cheesy sci-fi Favourite bands: Hawkwind, Marillion, Iron Maiden Who is John Entwistle?: Who? DURHAM CITY ECHO: 17th December 1970...

Paiceyjohn 09.07.2002 · Read review
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Review of Hawkwind

The Best and Worst Year of My Life

Advantages: I got married!!
Disadvantages: Everything else that happened!

...!! I went dress shopping with my friends to choose my dress and all my accessories which was great at taking my mind off everything and was also great because it is always fun to dress up. All of the dresses were absolutely stunning yet I chose the first one I tried on. I got my dress from Fairytale Brides in Whitefield, Carol who owns the shop was lovely and it was a breath of fresh air to walk into a shop and get an honest opinion and actually feel like you are a princess. Again I visited my friend in Formby on the day Liverpool played Chelsea in the FA Cup semi - now I am a Chelsea fan (have been for 12 years) and I was the only one in a pub full of Liverpool fans - trust me I could only smile when we scored!! We vowed not to go to Shorrocks nightclub because it would be full of daft people but we did in the end and also ended up in...

sriches 10.01.2007 · Read review
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