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Old Nov 21, 2014, 1:57 pm
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Venue
Tapster
3 Brewers Green
Buckingham Gate
SW1H 0RH

Kindly booked for us by LondonAndy.

It is a Davy’s winebar 5-10 minutes walk from Victoria station, close to St James’s Park station, (relatively) conveniently situated for all major London airports. It isn't the easiest place to find. It is at the junction of Caxton Street and Brewers Green, with a corner entrance to the wine bar downstairs (almost next door to the Blewcoat School which is a National Trust gift shop open until 17.30 if you arrive early!). If coming from Victoria Street turn down the road with "The Albert" on the corner.

There won't be any food provided as part of the Do, but Tapster do have a bar snacks menu which you can order from if you need some nibbles. See here for their Grazing Menu [PDF].

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Nearest tube stations, Victoria (, , ) and St James's Park (, )


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Accor - super sale up to 40%, must be booked by 28 November
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Pre-Christmas London Drinks : Friday 19 December 2014

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Old Dec 12, 2014, 5:06 pm
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Sounds like a fun night. Good idea as well
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 5:25 pm
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Originally Posted by visualAd
Can I come?
Yes! It has been a long time since we had a chat. Was the last Do in LBA?

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Old Dec 13, 2014, 4:12 am
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Originally Posted by ajb4
Sounds like a fun night. Good idea as well
You are more than welcome to come along if you are free on Friday evening ajb4.
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 4:16 am
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Happy to confirm that I shall be present. Will there be a receiving line or a queue for autographs by those éminences grises of the BA board? Nothing says "I'm an FT geek" quite like a BA boarding card signed by corporate-wage-slave.

Originally Posted by teledude
Anyone around SW/W area for a pre xmas do lunch do on the 19th?!
I could be up for that, if in an appropriately decorated venue. Rules?
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 4:21 am
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Originally Posted by ExpatExp
Happy to confirm that I shall be present. Will there be a receiving line or a queue for autographs by those éminences grises of the BA board? Nothing says "I'm an FT geek" quite like a BA boarding card signed by corporate-wage-slave.
It is a fairly informal drinks so shere won't be any Do boarding cards for this one - I know there have been one in the past. Also I don't believe corporate-wage-slave will be able to make it.
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 4:27 am
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Originally Posted by ExpatExp


Happy to confirm that I shall be present. Will there be a receiving line or a queue for autographs by those éminences grises of the BA board? Nothing says "I'm an FT geek" quite like a BA boarding card signed by corporate-wage-slave.




It is a fairly informal drinks so shere won't be any Do boarding cards for this one - I know there have been one in the past. Also I don't believe corporate-wage-slave will be able to make it.
No BPs at this DO (there were at the last DO I co-hosted when my organizing was much more hands on ).

I shall happily sign anything put in front of me (excluding credit card slips, bills, purchase orders)

Just to reassure you, some of those attending that I personally know are EVEN funnier than me so fear not!

Happy Saturday.
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 5:43 am
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How long befor we see this?

H: one DO BP, signed by c-w-s, W: 200k avios.
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 8:02 am
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I'm happy to inform, despite my previous messages to the contrary, I WILL be attending.
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 8:03 am
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Yay!!!! Flights and spare bedroom booked. So glad you can make it
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by rxfleming
I'm happy to inform, despite my previous messages to the contrary, I WILL be attending.
Glad you can make it after all rxfleming!

Originally Posted by Filthy Monkey
Yay!!!! Flights and spare bedroom booked. So glad you can make it
Sure, "spare" bedroom We all know what's going on here
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by LondonAndy
You won't have a fellow primary school pupil there this time though
True! There are "small worlds" and then there's small worlds!
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Old Dec 13, 2014, 9:32 am
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Enjoy the DO folks. My travelling companion and I will stop on the 19th @ T5 for some Taittinger and snacks at the N lounge as we fly in on BA 108 @ 14:05 and out to YYZ on BA 0099 @ 17.15. Can't make it to the DO.

It would have been nice, but ...
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Old Dec 14, 2014, 4:38 am
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I shall pop over a bit later(9ish) to buy dutch_122 a drink or two. Hopefully his liver is still intact by then
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Old Dec 15, 2014, 4:11 am
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looking forward to seeing you all on Friday!

Happy Monday.
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Old Dec 16, 2014, 1:45 am
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I'm planning on being there. Been a while since my last do.
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