Private Party today @ The Charlotte Despard

Sorry All,

Today we have a private booking..

A Christening for Daisy - Good luck to Michelle & Anthony and their families.

Back to normal tomorrow....

hopefully we have some beer left !!

QUIZ NIGHT - ROYAL vs REPUBLIC (with a bit of peasantry thrown in....)

Well folks, it's coming round to Tuesday again, which means it's QUIZ time again!

And if you're lucky enough for it to have escaped your notice, there's quite a big wedding thing happening next week too....

which means of course, that we've got our theme for the quiz: "ROYAL VS. REPUBLIC" - with a little (or a lot) of peasantry thrown in!

You know us - it's gonna be quiz, but with a twist; and the obligatory quality themed prizes....

....to this end, flushed with the success of last weeks 9ft papier mache Oscar, Chris is currently working on a bling-bling throne - complete with Orb & Sceptre.

Start time is the usual 9.30...be prepared for questions, picture rounds, handouts & even some creative hands-on-ness!

QUIZ NIGHT @ THE MOVIES.....

After the storming success of last week's egg-straordinary & most egg-cellent egg-stravaganza, where teams were answering questions, making & throwing paper aeroplanes, decorating eggs & building machines with which to hurl them across the room....

....we figured we'd have to go some to top that....

So we're taking quiz night to the movies. You can expect questions, clips, pictures, and even some improv....

...and the BEST EVER quiz prize that you ever did see!

Chris has played an absolute blinder & made you something amazing. Come have a look-see. 9.30pm Tuesday. See you at the bar!


PS. There is 60 quid in our roll-over find the cash in a hidden box prize

The Charlotte Despard Pub - Contacts and Links

The Charlotte Despard Pub - Archway Rd - North London - N19
Telephone: 0207-272-7872
or
e-mail: bar@thecharlottedespard.co.uk

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A few piccies from Tuesdays quiz @ The Charlotte Despard

The Egg Heads and some of their designers

On Tuesday we had our quiz....
but this one was a little bit different..

Construction, Craft, maths and aesthetics were involved, even a little bit of aeronautics and aerodynamics came into the fray...

"OVER EASY" were the clear winners with a 9 metre egg-throwing machine.. fair play guys!

went from the back of the pub out of the front doors and smashed on the pavement outside... no-one could believe - and a huge cheer and applause was the achievement !!!

Sambucca, fried eggs and Easter eggs were devoured....

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NEXT QUIZ - is a MOVIE QUIZ - lets call it the OSCARZ... - where your team will genuinely be up for an Oscar!!!


As usual it will be question based - but i'm sure we will be able to coach the "lovey-darlings" in you to put on a little interactive show..

BIG BOTTLED BEER SELECTION..................

Just thought I'd write a few words to let you know that the beer is back!

The fridges are looking lovely & varied these days - with exciting ales, pale ales, IPA's, ciders & lagers from pretty much all over....

We've got everything from the tasty Goose Island IPA & the Sierra Nevada pale ale from the States, three really interesting beers from the Scottish Brewdog brewery, LOADS of quality European beers & lagers, London brewed bottle-conditioned Kernel ales, beer from Suffolk and even a great lager from Tasmania! To name-check but a few....

It's very much on our agenda to keep on improving & extending the range that we carry so for all you adventurous types out there - watch this space!

We'll shortly be introducing a suggestions book (hard copy & electronic), so if you've had a great beer somewhere & think other people should know about it - let us know & if we think it'd be a good addition to our range, you may well be seeing your favourite in the fridges or on the pumps.

QUIZ NIGHT at The Charlotte Despard, Archway - is here again

YES YES YES - Its Tuesday....

which means - quiz-time...

This weeks madness is all about inventions, manufacture, whacky ideas and lots of elastic bands.

We're even gonna throw an artistic round and a Russian Roulette round into the mix - A bit like the Deer Hunter!

So bring your brains, dexterity, skill and bloody-mindedness along.

usual shennanigans at about 9.30pm - the obligatory sweets and sambucca prizes - and a big prize for the winners.. see you all later

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Well this is the conclusion of Round 2....

then we built catapults and then launched them

crackin'.....

Too Much Fun......

EGGHEADZ watch out !!

Trojan Pete returns to The Charlotte Despard

TONIGHT at 20:00 - until 01:00

Location :: The Charlotte Despard, 17-19, Archway Road, London N19 3TX

Trojan Pete spinning the best in classic ska, rocksteady, skinhead reggae

every 2nd saturday!

FREE ADMISSION

Dont miss the antics

click the poster for facebook event invite

BIG Sports quiz with OLLY SCAIFE - relief quizzmeister

This weeks quiz is a special guest written affair.

Olly, one of our super - regular quizzers has offered to give Amber & I a rest for a week..

So his challenge was to come up with a well researched quiz

He chose SPORT as the Theme.. so, it will be a question of sport with Olly on Tuesday @ 9.30pm - The Charlotte Despard - Archway

There will be a picture round, Question rounds and we're working on an interactive round.

Don't miss the fun with Olly - The usual FREE ENTRANCE, MANDATORY Drinks and sweets for winners and our Jackpot is now £40 quid.. good luck teams.

NEARLY Quiz Night Tuesday.. Music Quiz this week

As it says on the tin...its gonna be a music quiz..Hand-crafted by Amber. so think outside of the box

So if you know your Rock or Cover versions..
or who is the Greatest..  give it a shot,
As usual, lots of prizes and fun... "no admission fee"

we got picture rounds, audio rounds and questions...

Fun for free plus prizes... in Archway

PS.. Ollie, have you got any sports news for us??

THE RETURN OF THE WANDLE

After a short absence, we are pleased to announce the return of Wandle Ale, brewed by the Sambrook's Brewery down in Battersea.

Then for the next few weeks, whilst we're getting things sorted at the pub, Sambrook's, Redemption and St Austell's will be on rotation.

But rest assured that once things are sorted, there will be four hand-pumps on the bar! - watch the website for the details

We're thinking that we''ll have the above beers as permanent fixtures, leaving the fourth pump free as a guest ale - featuring award winners, new releases and recommendations from you guys!

Speciality beer and our range of bottled beers is available online too.. 

QUIZ NIGHT - THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.......

Blimey...... quiz time in archway

.....it's a mahoussive one next week - a quiz wot covers the whole wide world.

A little over-ambitious you may say, but I reckons we can can pull it off (if we can do a practical quiz on the 5 senses, we can do anything!)

For all you geography-phobes out there - DON'T PANIC! It won't all be about tectonic plates and human densities....

There's going to be seven rounds - all based upon the seven continents -

North America / South America /Antarctica / Africa / Europe / Asia / Australia

and within that it'll be culture, history, commerce - you name it, it'll be covered!

Start time will be the usual 9.30pm, but now that Chris's arm is mended and the kitchen is reopen, why not come early and have some grub?

PS - don't forget peeps, you'll be playing to win the world! That should appeal to the latent supreme ruler in you all....

QUIZ NIGHT - RAINBOWS!

Quiz time is here again.....

....and it's all about the colours of the rainbow.

Not a soppy quiz about rainbows n' kittens n' sparkly soft girlie rubbish!

I may throw in a question or two about the kids TV show, but maybe I won't....

....you know me and my question tangents - a question on that would be far too obvious!

Kick off is usual time of 9.30. Unfortunately Sky still hasn't been resurrected (tho who really cares about Man Utd?) but we're gonna stick to usual start time so as not to confuse.

See you at the bar for fun n' larks!

SKA Night is here once again - Saturday Night - Trojan Pete's Ska Party

If you're in North London and fancy a bit of SKA, REGGAE or 2-TONE,,,,,
then you better get down to The Charlotte Despard - this Saturday.

Our Resident SKA DJ, Trojan Pete - will be in full flow...

sound effects, delay and ch ch ch ch ch choonage !

come and join the fun from about 8.30pm til 1am


We got the lot - so why not pop in.

See youz at the bar.

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OH I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE.....

Since Spring seems to be taking it's own sweet time to arrive properly - as in not being so bloody cold - thought it might be nice to inject a bit of warm into things by making a quiz all about the seaside.....

....halcyon days on the beach, candy floss, warm sand between your toes.....

We'll have palm trees, inflatables and ice cream cones.

Beach wear is optional!

its bloody freezing again......brrrrrrr !

Ok already... we want warm now..

do we not have 4 bank holidays in quick succession

is it not nearly time to change the clocks

is it fast approaching easter

why do i still have my coat on in bed ???

Redemption Pale Ale - Tottenham

Just wanted to take the time to say a massive thank you to Andy at Redemption Brewery in Tottenham.

Not only is he a first class beer brewer - we have his fabulous Pale Ale on at the moment & hope to have it as a permanent draft here at the Despard; he has been a real help to us here over the last few months.

I know of no other brewer that could furnish us with top notch ale on the shortest of notice on a Sunday morning!

Customer service above & beyond!

Sincere thanks from us lot @ the Despard.

QUIZ NIGHT - HEROES & VILLAINS

Hey there lovely peeps....

'Tis my solemn duty to inform you that Quiz Night is once again on the horizon!

Another goodie for you (although I do say so myself)....

...this week is all about pitting the good guys against the bad, the devils vs. angels, heroes vs. villains....

I think you catch my drift!

Think gangster movies, ancient stuff, politics, you name it! You know the Despard Quiz by now - we have a title, but we can still tangent!

Hope to see you all for another corker of a night - usual start time of 9.30pm.....

PS.... feel free to indulge any fancy dress inclinations -

 I'm thinking it would be quite surreal & amusing to see the pub, on a (probably rainy) Tuesday night peopled with gangsters & molls, Achilles, Tony Blair.....

See you there.. we may even have some nice prizes... X

Listen up people - Johnathan (from behind the bar) and Robbies radio show

Super Strings Theory - 18th February 2011 by Super Strings Theory on Mixcloud

2 hours of chuckles and choonz

worth checking every week - laters

QUIZ NIGHT - COWBOYS & INJUNS

Theme has been decided for next week's quiz - Tuesday 8th February - it's going to be all about The Wild West.

Am trying to be organised & I've actually started it already - can't be doing with the whole last minute, still typing the final questions whilst Round One has already begun!

If we have the time, we'll try and dress the pub like a saloon bar & who knows, maybe we'll get Jamie dressed as a saloon gal!