Our New Home?

As some of you may remember, Bedford Skeptics In The Pub first started in October 2012 in The Fox & Hounds on Goldington Avenue. After a couple of events there we moved to our present location at The White Horse. Whilst Nigel and his staff have always been the most genial of hosts, for some time the Bedford Skeptics In The Pub Committee has been aware of issues and shortcomings with the use of the White Horse for our events. We are happy to report that we believe we have found a new venue in the form of the North End Social Club, adjacent to the roundabout at the junction of Roff Avenue and Tavistock Street. The exact address is 70 Roff Avenue, Bedford, MK41 7TW.

Click HERE for a map.

For a modest charge, we can have the exclusive use of a large room, some 15m x 15m, with seating accommodation for 100 people, at tables and around the periphery.  

We have access to the bar, which serves not only coffee, but draught ales – Eagle IPA and a guest ale – at £2.50 a pint.  

Sound and vision are easily available.   

No food is served, but they have no objection to food being brought in from the chippie opposite or any of the 100+ takeaways on Tavistock Street.

The advantages we have identified, compared with the White Horse, are:

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• Much more space and seating;

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• A less cramped, more collegiate layout;

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• No ‘noises off’ from other customers in the main bar or the coffee machines;

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• Increased parking (accessed off Tavistock Street via the junction by the Tavistock carvery);

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• The building is opened by the staff at 7.00 pm, which gives plenty of time to get in and set up.

Our proposal is to move Skeptics to the new venue as soon as convenient – probably in July.

Please feel free to share any comments on these proposals, for or against, here on the blog.