Some old ones from 2003

I found four reviews from 2003. There are many more, somewhere. The variables, I notice, are somewhat different from the later ones, but never mind

The first is from, I think, a trip to see my sister in Wiltshire, in the company of Mr Nicolas Bloomfield. An interesting trip. The walls of the hotel room, paper thin, I remember. However, this is a review of bars, not hotels. So....
So...

The Crown, Nr. Marlborough, Wiltshire

Now a couple of reviews done with Mr Thomas Hamilton, with whom I've now lost contact, sadly.   The first, The Royal Oak in Columbia Road. Then, a grubby pub. Grubby in a fun sort of way. Long since gastrophied. Possibly no longer there at all.

The Royal Oak, Columbia Road.

Next, The Fox in Wilson Street (near Old St). Again, marked with Thomas H. We used to work down the road.  Work, drinking, more work. What fun it was at the time.

The Fox, Wilson Street.

Finally, another excursion with Nicolas B - we liked this one a lot, but for the life of me I can't now remember why. I think I only went there once. Certainly, it's not stayed in my memory. The mark for music suggests I was in my cups when marking, which might explain something.

Black Horse (Bleak House?) Mile End Road.

In and around Brick Lane - 9th February (brrrrrr!)

Vibe bar

Thursday 9^th Februrary

Today, two horridly named bars, both near Brick Lane, both seeming catering for people who don’t live in London, but are looking for the ‘London Experience’. Either that, or for people who are very young or very easily impressed. Fake east end trickery!.

NAME OF VENUE Vibe Bar, Brick Lane
Variable	Scale	Rating (mean of 2 rater’s scores)
Presence of beautiful people	1 to 5	3
Art factor	1 to 5	2
Number of games	Numeric	0
Food snacks	1 to 5	2
Extent to which other people initiate conversation	1 to 5	1
Psycho-geography	1 to 5	4
Price of crisps	Numeric	100
Number of seats per square metre	Numeric	.33
Number of people per square metre	Numeric	.2
Saturation with habitual drinkers	1 to 5	1.5
Average age	Numeric	27
Extent of acting out	1 to 5	4
Star bar potential	1 to 5	2
Number of children	Numeric	0
Number of animals	Numeric	0

NAME OF VENUE The Big Chill Bar
Variable	Scale	Rating (mean of 2 rater’s scores)
Presence of beautiful people	1 to 5	2
Art factor	1 to 5	2
Number of games	Numeric	0
Food snacks	1 to 5	4
Extent to which other people initiate conversation	1 to 5	1
Psycho-geography	1 to 5	3
Price of crisps	Numeric	NA
Number of seats per square metre	Numeric	.3
Number of people per square metre	Numeric	.25
Saturation with habitual drinkers	1 to 5	1
Average age	Numeric	25
Extent of acting out	1 to 5	1
Star bar potential	1 to 5	1
Number of children	Numeric	0
Number of animals	Numeric	0

A night on the Tiles. And a rough one.

Tle bar, near Victoria station. Very much a wine bar. 25th Jan - I think a Wednesday.

NAME OF VENUE
Variable	Scale	Rating (mean of 2 rater’s scores)
Presence of beautiful people	1 to 5	2
Art factor	1 to 5	1
Number of games	Numeric	0
Food snacks	1 to 5	3
Extent to which other people initiate conversation	1 to 5	1
Psycho-geography	1 to 5	1
Price of crisps	Numeric	n/a
Number of seats per square metre	Numeric	1.1
Number of people per square metre	Numeric	0.6
Saturation with habitual drinkers	1 to 5	3
Average age	Numeric	55
Extent of acting out	1 to 5	1
Star bar potential	1 to 5	1
Number of children	Numeric	0
Number of animals	Numeric	0

and the following week - 2nd Feb 2012 - to the Dundee Arms, Bethnal Green. Better known (well, to a small number of people) as 'Corky's Shots'. This is a bit of a rough one in general, but friendly enough. Had we been there later in evening, we think the 'acting out' and 'intitating conversation' scores would have been higher, perhaps due to the 'habitual drinker' high score. To be confirmed by later data analyses!

NAME OF VENUE
Variable	Scale	Rating (mean of 2 rater’s scores)
Presence of beautiful people	1 to 5	2
Art factor	1 to 5	3
Number of games	Numeric	4
Food snacks	1 to 5	no data
Extent to which other people initiate conversation	1 to 5	1
Psycho-geography	1 to 5	3
Price of crisps	Numeric	80p
Number of seats per square metre	Numeric	1.2
Number of people per square metre	Numeric	.333
Saturation with habitual drinkers	1 to 5	4
Average age	Numeric	44
Extent of acting out	1 to 5	2
Star bar potential	1 to 5	2
Number of children	Numeric	0
Number of animals	Numeric	0