SecretLeeds Relaunch and 7½th Birthday Party

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Wed 20 Aug, 2014 9:29 am

[quotenick="tilly"] Bruno wrote: liits wrote: I've had my hand down the back of the sofa and if you include a fluffy boiled sweet I can just afford it. liitsI hope we're not going to see your hairy old pear-drop out on the bar of The Adelphi... That made me laugh if we do we will be all kicked out.Ps I am ok for the 17th look forward to seeing you all. PPS Steve That was a very kind offer i will buy you a pint for making it.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Wed 20 Aug, 2014 1:10 pm

Well as I am already booked into a hotel for the 17th I obviously want that date.We need to book it sharpish before something else so i propose that I go down there and book the room tomorrow and pay .If people then want to give me cash on the day to help pay they can do.We can always have another party on a later date for peopel who can't make this one.Duncan,do you want to make this the official launch for the new SL site and invite press?I was thinking i might have haggle room on the price if we can promise press mentions for the revamped pub<G>.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 20 Aug, 2014 9:44 pm

Steve Jones wrote: Well as I am already booked into a hotel for the 17th I obviously want that date.We need to book it sharpish before something else so i propose that I go down there and book the room tomorrow and pay .If people then want to give me cash on the day to help pay they can do.We can always have another party on a later date for peopel who can't make this one.Duncan,do you want to make this the official launch for the new SL site and invite press?I was thinking i might have haggle room on the price if we can promise press mentions for the revamped pub<G>. You could always threaten them with a curse if they dont!!

Post by **dsco** » Thu 21 Aug, 2014 12:21 pm

Steve Jones wrote: Well as I am already booked into a hotel for the 17th I obviously want that date.We need to book it sharpish before something else so i propose that I go down there and book the room tomorrow and pay .If people then want to give me cash on the day to help pay they can do.We can always have another party on a later date for peopel who can't make this one.Duncan,do you want to make this the official launch for the new SL site and invite press?I was thinking i might have haggle room on the price if we can promise press mentions for the revamped pub<G>. Yes please feel free to go ahead with that Steve, seems like an ideal spot for the party. Give me a shout on email and I'll stick in a contribution for the deposit. I've always liked the Adelphi - keen to see what they've done with the place! Thanks for sorting it out folks

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Thu 21 Aug, 2014 12:56 pm

dsco wrote: [ Yes please feel free to go ahead with that Steve, seems like an ideal spot for the party. Give me a shout on email and I'll stick in a contribution for the deposit. I've always liked the Adelphi - keen to see what they've done with the place! Thanks for sorting it out folks Right I will pop down after I finish at 3 and book the room.Any food will have to be bought individually .I will let you all know on here if I am sucessful.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Thu 21 Aug, 2014 7:21 pm

I went to the Adelphi and discussed booking the room with one of the bar staff.The upstairs room hold up to 90 people and as reported is £250The downstairs bar is £10 per hour and already booked I have provisionally booked us into upstairs.I laid on heavily the fact that we are choosing the pub as an historic site,that like SL it has been revamped (actually just the upstairs) and tried to get £50 knocked off on the grounds that it will get promotion and possible press interest on the night plus can be mentioned in press release relating to SLI need to hear from the manager though If we don't get a discount will still confirm.I also had a long chat with a guy called Brian at the bar about the old ballroom above Miss Selfridge's in Leeds which is apparently still intact but which he couldn't get access to to photograph.I recommended the site of course and suggested he join and tell us about it among other stuff he has looked at and pictured

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Sun 24 Aug, 2014 11:59 am

Well I have heard nothing from the pub about reducing the price so it looks like it will be the full amount.I will pop in during the week.

electricaldave · Post by **electricaldave** » Sun 24 Aug, 2014 3:08 pm

I shall check on my calendar for 17th Oct and get back

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Tue 26 Aug, 2014 5:30 pm

I heard back from the pub today.They agreed to reduce the price by £50 to £200 so I went in and booked it.We have the upstairs function room from 6-11 on 17th October.The room holds up to 90 people so plenty of room for as many SL people to attend<G>.Duncan,if you are doing a press release for this,i would suggest mentioning that it is taking place in one of Leeds most historic pubs which has just undergone refurbishment of the upstairsThere is parking nearby as well

Dalehelms · Post by **Dalehelms** » Tue 26 Aug, 2014 6:40 pm

Thank you Steve for sorting out the booking. All we need to do now is to get word of The Bash circulated. I wasn't able to get the the last celebration, so I'm really looking forward to this one.