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The Dead Cat
04-28-2010, 02:56 PM
I work in the Biosciences Building and I just looked out of the window and they've demolished it! Bloody hell! The plans for the Hall Lane improvements didn't seem to suggest this! Agh!! Distress!

Ged
04-28-2010, 03:00 PM
Wow. I only passed it last weekend, that zany art thing on the roof was even all lit up. No messing about there then.

The Dead Cat
04-28-2010, 03:30 PM
Aye! it's such a shame! I used to go there rather often when I was an undergrad living in Kensington. The landlord at the time used to go to the chippy round the corner for everyone in the pub, providing we chipped in with a bit of cash! I think that was a couple of years before the mad thing on the roof went up though!

Quentin_Sharples
04-28-2010, 03:32 PM
Are you sure?
It was there yesterday.

The Dead Cat
04-28-2010, 03:38 PM
Yup! I'm staring at the space it used to occupy! All that's left is a pile of rubble and the faint wiff of booze!

The Dead Cat
04-28-2010, 03:59 PM
I'm on about the mount vernon hotel on Irvine Street!

Quentin_Sharples
04-28-2010, 04:03 PM
I'm Sorry!
I got it confused with the Bear's Paw (?) at the other end of Irvine Street.

The Dead Cat
04-28-2010, 04:12 PM
No worries! Someone here in work just asked me the same question!

RonnieW
04-28-2010, 04:40 PM
The old 'Round House' gone! I didn't live too far from there years ago.

wsteve55
04-28-2010, 05:27 PM
I know it's for "improvements" but sad that we're still knocking these local landmarks down!:sad:

ItsaZappathing
04-28-2010, 06:55 PM
The old 'Round House' gone! I didn't live too far from there years ago.

another day another pub gone .:PDT_Xtremez_42:

The Dead Cat
04-28-2010, 08:29 PM
:handclap: *sarcastic hand-clap i might add due to my stupidity!* Crap! Panic over! The huge pile of rubble opposite my building that I thought was the Mount Vernon... is Fort Knox! The mount vernon is still there... Sorry for worrying everyone! I'm an idiot!!!

wsteve55
04-29-2010, 12:25 AM
:handclap: *sarcastic hand-clap i might add due to my stupidity!* Crap! Panic over! The huge pile of rubble opposite my building that I thought was the Mount Vernon... is Fort Knox! The mount vernon is still there... Sorry for worrying everyone! I'm an idiot!!!

Ha,Ha, join the club.....I had Eric Carmen killed off by mistake,a couple of weeks ago!!:nod: Glad the pub's still there,anyway!

Kid_Amigo
04-29-2010, 03:17 AM
Mount Vernon, down to earth little pub, brilliant. Local Solutions, I used to go there in the 90s just after I left School, when it was called MCVS. Got my NVQ level 2 in I.T. Me and a few lads on the course used to go there every time we finshed for Christmas or Easter, then onto the Coach and Horses (now an Electric Store), Old Fort, Legs of Man (Now demolished) Penny Farthing then either Matty Street or Wood Street. Happy days for the then lightweight drinking teenage Kid Amigo.

Glad the Vernon is still standing. The lads from the course are planning a re-union sometime this year (wonders of Facebook) so will be heading there if I have my way/

fortinian
04-29-2010, 08:42 AM
I was about to say it was still there last night when I fell out of it.

kevin
04-29-2010, 09:36 AM
Right scare over - next course of action.

Think how sad you'd be if it had really gone. Then, if you can, pop in and have a few pints and support the business. Make sure that the Dead Cat's nightmare doesn't become reality.

Kev
04-30-2010, 08:19 AM
arh, my mum did a few stints behind the bar there :(