Sunny Spotted Dog
Written by Nicky Getgood on Friday, July 25th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Adam Crossley, Barnard Hobbit, Digbeth Olympics, John Tighe, Spotted Dog
A sunny Friday afternoon meant drinks at The Spotted Dog with John Tighe playing 78’s on his growing collection of vintage record players. Here he is dressed to match his current favourite. If the sun holds out for tomorrow afternoon, make your way there for a charity All You Can Eat For £5 barbeque.
Whilst I was ordering my Pimm’s a band walked in to be told they’d got the wrong Spotted Dog and were playing at the one in Bordesley Street. Yes, that’s right, the one I wrote was closing on 6 July following Barnard’s announcement. A barmaid told me they had held a ‘last party’, only to open their doors for a gig the following week. Are independent pubs catching on to the current rallying to their cause and holding their equivalent of Moseley Moneywise’s decade-long Closing Down Sale? Everydrink Must Go!
I also had the joy of meeting Adam Crossley, the Abacus tenant behind the spoof Stella ad made for The Spotted Dog’s noise abatement order struggle. He has something very special planned for Digbeth on 21 September which he begged me not to blog about until next week, so even though I’m busting to write more I’ll just say there’s some seriously silly sports in store. Put it in your diaries, it’ll be good.
