Camberley 1989
We'd got a pass out into town, and ignoring the usual "pubs out of bounds" list, 6 of us made our way into the fleshpit that was 1980's Camberley.

Every pub in that town had this on the door: "NO DOGS. NO GYPSIES. NO SQUADDIES." All that was, except one. The busty landlady at The Cambridge welcomed us in. Her sons were at Aldershot, and her father had been at Pirbright, so she knew we just wanted some ale, some grub, and a shag. We didn't rule out a fight, but 1-3 were more important.

So, we bang a few pints down, and then need somewhere to go. The landlady said there was a shit club next door with women of the easy kind, and if the bouncers gave us any trouble, we were to tell them we were fitting double glazing at the Cambridge.

So off we trots, and we get the usuall conversation: "Sorry lads... no squaddies". "We are not squaddies - we're fitting double glazing at the Cambridge". "Oh, ok... come in then to this palace of mediocrity and have a pint and a boogie".

So we gets in. We chats up, we flirts, we move in on some tail, and more importantly we get some big drinking in.

One of our group is more pissed than ever when he walks past a bouncer who starts to ask him about the styles and number of windows being fitted at the Cambridge. To which he replies "How the fuck should I know... I blow tanks up".

There was a delay of about 5 minutes, before a group of locals and bouncers were intent on kicking the shit out of us. They did quite a good job too. Although not too bad that it stopped us from getting a pizza on the way back to barracks.

I did hear that the Irish Rangers hit town on Saturday night and totally trashed it from head to toe.
( Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Fri 13 Aug 2010, 8:27, 4 replies)

the club wasn't the agincourt was it?
DIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Fri 13 Aug 2010, 9:51, closed)

the agincourt is not a Dive!
It is the countries premier rock club! It was/is great. Although I haven't been for years. There's never any trouble at the Ag, it's too laid back.

I think he is talking about either JW's, although I dont know what it was called in the 80's.

Unless he is talking about Ragamuffins.
(maddave, Fri 13 Aug 2010, 10:43, closed)

I googled it.
On google street view it looks likes the Cambridge is now called RSVP, and the club is the extension to the left. It's on London Road (A30).

It was a shithole twenty years ago. I guess it hasn't improved.
( Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Fri 13 Aug 2010, 11:43, closed)

We
used to make up silly jobs names.

"What do you do?"
"I'm and underwater wood welder"
"High altitude tree surgeon" etc

If the girl fell for it then then you were quids in.

When I was up in Catterick, The Black Watch had a lifetime ban from every pub in Richmond :)
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Fri 13 Aug 2010, 11:05, closed)

The Rangers
trashed everywhere they went. So did their wives.
( uncle bastard is twanging a dan moi, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 12:59, closed)

Sounds like Cambers hasn't changed a bit these last 20 years...
(epinephrine, Sun 15 Aug 2010, 20:59, closed)