[147/365] wackiness into a weary week

[cosmolinguist]

I'm grateful to purplecat for writing about Hardys Well, its history and the sad photos of its present.

I knew Hardys Well mostly as the gathering point for Currybeer back in the day, a monthly geek meet-up loosely based on a group of Linux users. diffrentcolours invited me along. I liked the curry and beer and most of the company, but what I remember most fondly was the walks and bike rides to and from that he and I would often make together.

The group always met in Hardys Well, and the nights often ended there too. Of course that era ended what feels like a long time before this, and the closed-up pub was a sorry sight even with its Lemn Sissay poem still there on the wall. But it's weird to think of such a landmark not being there at all.

Comments

[otter]

It "caught fire". I often think that coincides too neatly with developers wanting to get on with changes to an area. That's a sad progression of photos.

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah it is really sad.