The Wanstead Tap
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Voted best cultural venue in Waltham Forest run by a classic 6music Centralist dad ( and proud of it )
352 winchelsea rd e7 0aq
Joined February 2013
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We have 4 hotel rooms at the
#holidayinn
Stratford that we cannot get refunded on Sunday night. They were for the
@TheFurrowC
but as the gig is postponed is there a local homeless charity that wants them? They are all paid for and include breakfast. Please retweet if you can
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When we show the Euros on the big screen here ANYONE booing as the players take the knee will be asked to leave. We support the stance the players are taking and hope our audience do too.
#BLM
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If Cummings does go can we all stand outside and clap?
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Pint on the bar for this wonderful woman . Liverpool know what to do
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This piece sums up everything bad about education , class and privilege in this country - so because the state school kids are finally being admitted to Oxbridge the rich kids who buy their way there can’t go ... worlds smallest violin
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From Monday: we will still be keeping table service and discouraging people from coming to the bar and We ask for masks to be worn when moving around inside. It’s not Freedom day as far as we are concerned it’s carry on being cautious day.
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Good morning America. Our final fundraiser with
@NewhamBookshop
@pinkfloyd
and with the wonderful help of
@davidgilmour
and
@PollySamson
raising money for East London charities
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Pictures tonight seem
To suggest the vast majority of the country don’t want to take back control, don’t hate migrants and don’t fear outsiders. Maybe now let’s stop listening to frog face and Robinson and realise they do not speak for the majority and close them down
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@davidkurten
But it's not though is it - it's 200,000 having a good time and not being a grumpy old tosser
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Full house here for the launch eve event with
@GeoffShreeves
and Matt Law talking about 30 years of premier league football… brilliant
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Thanks to the 12 no shows tonight - not a phone call , not an email nothing - no you can’t have a refund and yes We will cancel any tickets you try to buy in the future - we have had enough
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Incredibly sad news about Benjamin Zephaniah. A force of nature and inspiration. Pictures here from his appearance at the Tap. A night none of us will ever forget. Photos
@kjmartin88
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The current highest bid is £1,000
@RogerODonnellX
you know when you play Boys Don’t Cry... well this one is a little bit -
@joe_clapton
@NewhamBookshop
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Next week we will be ordering all our can and draft beers from Manchester based breweries - it’s not a lot but it’s something
#Manchester
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Next weeks event with
@GeoffShreeves
and
@Matt_Law_DT
is sold out and we have 8 tickets left for the incredibly moving evening with
@willashon
and
@fugueur
( John Rogers) on Thursday
And we have Evan Parker and
@peterurpeth
next Saturday! What an incredible week at the Tap
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@THFCtid_v2
You’ll be asked to leave - simple- if you refuse then you’ll be acting in a way likely to cause a breach of the peace and as a licencee I can call upon the authorities to assist. Even you should be able to understand that
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@jessicaelgot
Surely having everything on hand is exactly what we should be having - local amenities that glue the local neighbourhoods together - but they have twisted it to this post hunger games world of not being able to leave the 15 minute area - and refuse to believe otherwise
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So this week - local closures / notifications of closure - Leyton Technical, LIghthaus, Spice Box and Burgess and Hall. It’s too obvious to say use or lose - but the work that went into creating these places was immeasurable. Indies are vital amd once they are gone, they are gone
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Next Tuesday we hope to sell fray bentos pies in tins to raise money for a local food bank.
@Coldwar_Steve
may even sign them
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Let’s just say to any civil servant who leaks the Report there is a years free bar tab....
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There’s guy outside the tube offering to buy or sell any turkey orders or collected turkeys - a turkey tout! Seen it all now
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@lil_bazza
Wonder how many other mainstream songs there are talking about the positive role of migrants etc - IDLES tackle this head on - not about class -
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So the opposite of our banned list is our free pint list - and this chap in Glasgow who lay under an immigration force van for 8 hours today is now on it. Free pints (s) for him if he’s ever in London
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Spent the afternoon in Tower Hamlets - surrounded by migrants amd muslims - all of whom were working at the London Hospital doing an incredible job looking after my friend who had had surgery for a brain tumour - without theses people where would we be?
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We will be closing the bidding for our signed CD of Wish you Were Here and a signed DVD of Live at Pompeii. I have sent images to those bidders who have so far bid over £350 each. Huge thanks to
@davidgilmour
and
@PollySamson
for this kind gesture that will help us stay open
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Thrilled that we have finally the beautiful map ready to go! Standby for news of opening special offers and merch - when you have 9 like minded and brilliant venues all working together for the local good, what's not to love! Follow updates on Insta at Leytonstone_beer_mile
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Anyone brave enough to sit outside for a pint tonight deserves it on the house
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Read this and you won't fail to have something in your eye - Benjamin's words celebrating the role of the
@NewhamBookshop
- incredible -
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This by
@JohnJCrace
today - just brilliant and that's why we have a sold out night with him at Wanstead Library on November 17th
So No 10 was run by donkeys who went to Oxbridge. My dog could have done better
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This young man is off to Sussex to read Politics and American Studies. If anyone talks of grade inflation etc they can get in the fucking sea
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Was waiting for a train at Latimer Rd this afternoon - a very rare venture west - seeing Grenfell looming there is incredibly moving
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After a few weeks of rumours… we can announce - we are coming home - The George Tap - right in the heart of Wanstead… finally wanted to announce when we get the keys. A new adventure begins
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@Andr6wMale
A bitter exec producer at Endemol who called me back into her office the day after the very traumatic birth of our second child and threatened me with the sack for leaving a viewing with the channel half way through to go to said birth.
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Massive round of covid safe applause from the entire Tap when the players took the knee - sorry all you sad little men who barraged us with abuse last week - and yes the till is fucking full of cash! Us 1 hate nil
#blm
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Tory canvasser knocks - “how do you think we are doing?” - lunatic liar PM, food banks the new norm, soaring energy bills and an international laughing stock “yes, but apart from that?”...door shuts
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So without any “compulsory” closure notice the Govt won’t pay compensation and the insurers won’t pay loss of income. So that’s like offering the choice of death by kicking or being kicked to death. A shit show
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If a venue has 8 available tables and you book one of them for the whole evening DONT FUCKING CANCEL it 5 minutes after you should have been here - this is hard enough without time wasters in tonight of all nights - utter wanker
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Today’s happy picture - artist
@DFletcherArtist
came to the Tap with the enigmatic
@thegentleauthor
. Doreen has the most incredible story and her work depicting East London life is stunning. It was a honour to host her for that one night.
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@jessicaelgot
Wow - it's beginning to look like the last days in Hilters bunker - they will be scrambling around trying to distance themselves from everything that emerges
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@jessicaelgot
Of course they are divided - it will be a party of faction within faction within faction - striving to be the most ideological pure and the most unelectable. More like a sixth form college study group than a party
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Just to say that for those who want an escape from the jubilee celebrations that weekend we will making absolutely zero effort to celebrate it. No bunting, no flags, no rolling out the barrel or anything. We’ll just be open as normal
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We have renamed ourselves The Lineker Arms ( just for today)
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Two years before
@juliehes
, Toby Jones and
@littlegemtv
shook the world with Mr Bates....
@nickwallis
came to the Tap and told the story of the post office scandal - you can hear it here
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The end of an incredible day - almost £8,500 raised through the generosity of the local community and gifts from members of The Cure, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters and Artist Doreen Fletcher. Hopefully it might help those who need it
@NewhamBookshop
No Pasaran!!!!!!
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@JohnJCrace
@JuliaHB1
I had no idea she was a “journalist” I did wonder why she was constantly on Question Time - I thought they got a grant to have her on like the woman in the park who shouts at pigeons and claims to be the 18th cousin of Charles Dickens
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As a white male it’s been eye opening and exactly the reason we took this stand. I’m proud of our customers who support us - there is no place here at the Tap for hate. 2/2
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To remind us of happier times we’ll post a new pic of those who’ve graced our stage at the Tap. Here is living legend
@MichaelRosenYes
mid anecdote. It’s been an honour to have Michael come to us not once but at least 3 times to inspire an always sold out house. Pics
@kjmartin88
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Today I went to the funeral of my dad so I’m probably a bit emotional - but
@MichaelRosenYes
is perhaps the most inspiring, positive, incredible human being you could ever meet - anyone else is just at best ok. if I could be 1% the man he is I would have won
#MichaelRosen
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Pleased to have been asked to go to the House of Commons next week as part of the campaign to save railway arches for small businesses
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Will you look at the size of our new bike racks! Huge thanks
@wfcouncil
@Labourstone
come on
@newhamcyclists
!!
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The stage is set for
@MichaelRosenYes
here tomorrow night. Empty and quiet now tomorrow there will be tears and laughter and an awful lot of love as we celebrate being alive when so many around us are no longer here. It's going to be special
@NewhamBookshop
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After a particularly exhausting year we will be closing tomorrow at around 3ish for a well earnt break. This year has for many people been a tragic one, we’ve been ok, we are still here and hopefully set for a bumper 2021. Let’s toast to brighter and better days.
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Sorry to report but tonight we have had a fire at Tap. Tears aren’t enough to put it out right now. We’ll be back very soon
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A visit to the Town House Hallery this morning - all three of us fell in love with this beautiful picture by
@cthompson_art
the AP was framed and available... we pick it up next week!
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@MichaelRosenYes
I went to Haberdashers Hatcham Askes Boys School and still don’t know where the apostrophes go
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@sophielouisecc
How about this - businesses boycott anyone who appears or endorses
@GBNEWS
- I’ll start off - anyone who appears on or endorses GB news is from now on barred from the Tap…
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As an experiment we recorded last nights event. We got thinking - ever fancied recording your podcast in front of a live audience? Well we can do that for you.... drop us a note and let’s chat
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Please tell your friends, retweet etc. We have some incredible donations already. We will retweet details of those when they arrive. Huge thanks to
@NewhamBookshop
as ever!
#ukrainebookappeal
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I'm so close to implementing this... so close... like really close.... so close it's almost within touching distance. Let's face it... why not?
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And that’s us done. A huge thank you to everyone who came to us over this challenging year. We’ve lots of plans for next year but then we said that this time last year! Happy Christmas to you all and we’ll see you soon.
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Today’s happy pic is the night we hosted the utter genius that is
@Coldwar_Steve
aided and abetted by
@MartinRowson
. CWS has captured the surreal nature of the last few years with his incredible artwork. Sometimes comic sometimes dark but always on the mark.
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By 3pm it’s expected the line of lorries parked up on the motorways in Kent with actually merge with the queue of people in the queue for the Wanstead
@GingerPigLtd
a government source has said
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Don’t forget to drop us an email if you would like to register for this unique opportunity to own a signed audio Cd A Theatre of Dreamers from
@PollySamson
with score Cd signed by
@davidgilmour
- an absolute sure fire rarity
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Its ok! It was a genuine mistake - these are trying times for all of us - the table came back and were genuinely upset - so yes there are good people! Pile on stop now please - all sorted
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So it’s now illegal for us and other bars to play music at 85db or above . Right - come on government how fucking loud is that? Is it as loud as a baby crying or a jet plane or a car idling? Stop passing meaningless restrictions -
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Buried the last of my Dad’s ashes today - St Mary’s Bay - a place we came to as kids and always had fun. He loved playing cricket on the beach…picnics in the car park. He’d like to be here. Bye Dad x
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A little ahead of tomorrow’s publication but as ever thanks to everyone who makes the Tap possible
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East London absolutely full of mobs this morning - mobs walking with their kids, dogs, families, together, in the parks, along the canals… getting a coffee was a no go zone as the queues were so long - there were organised fun runs everywhere… a gorgeous east London Sunday
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All those 24 hour tv shifts were always practice for today - 24 hours up and still going strong - something about general election night I love… and a packed Tap loved it as well
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So. Our American owners wanted to increase our rent by almost 40% last month. This would have seriously questioned our future. However we have “negotiated” down to a shade under 20%. Whilst not ideal it is locked in now for 3 years. 1/2
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Lovely round of applause here when The England team took the knee.
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It's been a very trying day today... unfortunately we will be rethinking our policy towards toddlers in our space at weekends. We aren't a soft play area. Whilst we value families visiting us, there has to be some parental responsibility towards their children. 1/2
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Very pleased to be seeing
@CountBinface
a week tomorrow at the Museum of Comedy for the launch of his first book… it promises to be a very, very good night
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Wow what a day yesterday! 100 salt beef Beigels sold in two and a half hours by Chris Emery - was lovely to see so many people in - now - who else fancies a turn with a Saturday afternoon food pop up?
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The worlds most boring video. No traffic surge from the introduction of the low traffic neighbourhood. sky still in place as well
@Labourstone
@wfcouncil
@BetterStsNewham
@rectripp
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Reports coming in of imminent shortages of great beer and wine across the E11, E10 and E7 - please panic buy....
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Wow Rishi and Savid - if Boris goes tonight in the next hour I’ll be opening the tap!
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Guess what? Our delivery driver was able to get to us, drop off and go to his next delivery without getting lost, being delayed or be locked in behind bollards! Amazing!
@newhamcyclists
@Labourstone
@wfcouncil
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I usually watch I'm a celeb - but not this year - farage has damaged this country and all our future generations beyond belief. A grifter beyond belief.
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30 people have reserved a free ticket and not bothered turning up… I don’t often swear but that’s a fucking disgrace - it’s rude to the band, rude to the venue and just selfish
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Proud dad day
#2
I promise
@joe_clapton
I’ll stop posting these pics soon. Here with
@mrjamesob
and Pete Doherty and making your only ever appearance for Downs FC
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