Comments on: THE FT TOP 25 PUBS OF THE 00’s No 17: The Spanish Bar, Downstairs, Hanway St https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Mags https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-1317583 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 07:17:10 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-1317583 The Spanish Bar is still going strong, despite the smoking ban. The flamenco places are all closed though.

We go there for the working vinyl jukebox. A few months back we meet two teenage art students who were planning to take their performance art to North Korea. Quite.

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By: Anna_anna https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-666151 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:21:46 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-666151 If I never do anything with the rest of my life, I would like to think I would still be remembered for introducing THE SPANISH BAR to the Ilx-Freaky Trigger axis. ‘Though I really don’t think I can claim a hold on the title Queen of Ruin anymore.

I’m almost glad I can’t remember half the stuff I got up to in there. Almost.

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By: PJM https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-666134 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:18:17 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-666134 Isn’t it Venezuelan or something?

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By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-665079 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:19:05 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-665079 That is because you have no mohawk

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By: Lex https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-665076 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:06:48 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-665076 Matt – TS: Spanish Bar vs The Castle?

I have been to the Spanish Bar but actually have no concrete memory of it whatsoever :(

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By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-665074 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:57:23 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-665074 I don’t actually remember there being a stage!

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-665067 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:07:10 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-665067 I only encountered the Hairy Man once, he growled at us and made an unintelligible noise that was interpreted as “get off the stage”. It was like seeing the yeti.

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By: byebyepride https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664999 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:03:17 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664999 Never been. I feel this is something I will not be keen to remedy.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664991 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:22:21 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664991 Incidentally my memory of the Kid A comparison is a little clearer: an enormously unpleasant experience which is nonetheless favourite to win. (obviously it has placed more sensibly)

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664990 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:20:27 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664990 My greatest Spanish Bar memory was the DUEL OF THE HAIRY MEN, in which Ed Lynch-B3ll (hairiest of the ILX FAP mob by some distance) boldly challenged the Hairy Man over something or other. He was of course utterly defeated though still came nearer than most by dint of even trying.

The Hairy Man looks like Rumpelstiltskin BTW.

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By: Mark M https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664980 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:51:03 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664980 Possibly the best thing about sliding into middle age is the comforting truth that no one will ever say “well, we could always go to Hanway Street…” to me again.

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By: Pete Baran https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664939 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:25:12 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664939 An anonymous contributer sez…

There is no need for anyone to know about my own inappropriateness with a coworker when I first visited this bar back in 2004, but needless to say general ruin was involved. That was also the night on which I smoked about 50% of all the cigarettes I have ever smoked in my entire life. Good times, eh?

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By: Steve Mannion https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664934 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:36:48 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664934 The Spanish Bar contains everything in its right place. I’ve never heard the national anthem of their country in there but it would not surprise me if they played it occasionally. How to disappear completely your shots requires downing them quickly. I was once bought a drink in there by an Irishman who then challenged me on how many fingers he was holding up. I was optimistic about my answer being correct but he was including his thumb so it wasn’t “up yours” after all. You only go here when the other pubs closing leaves you in limbo. Idiot-equestrian is a sport that should never ever be played in this bar…again, trust me. The owner’s wolf-like howling when announcing closure is known as the morning bell, befitting a spooky motion picture soundtrack while remaining revellers stagger out in the wee small hours, eyes wonkified by booze.

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By: Kat but logged out innit https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664929 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:48:13 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664929 Nobody expects to get a seat in the Spanish Bar. Yet bizarrely I have, during an ill-advised afternoon session there with skiving colleagues.

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664924 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:19:49 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664924 NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH BAR.

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By: Ewan https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664922 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:07:34 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664922 We were going to go there after the list was compiled, that night in the Exmouth Arms, but thankfully were far too drunk to do so. Or not, perhaps, drunk enough.

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By: a tanned rested and unlogged lørd sükråt wötsît https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2009/12/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-no-17-the-spanish-bar-downstairs-hanway-st/comment-page-1#comment-664919 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:51:53 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=16475#comment-664919 : the guilt of introducing newcomers there wd never have left me]]> daer GOD i am glad i forgot abt the SB during the MONTH OF CORRUPTION™: the guilt of introducing newcomers there wd never have left me

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