Last orders for Press Gallery bar
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Axegrinder
on 2 August 2007 at 09:00
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It’s the end of an era for the Press Gallery where the thirsty hacks’ bar at the end of their corridor in the Commons is being dismantled.
The venue – complete with its famous rolls of honour listing the past chairmen (yes, they’re all men) of the Press Gallery – is being turned into new offices.
In a move which has dismayed “Old Lobby†stalwarts, the bar will reopen after the summer recess in a new location and remodelled as a “French-style brasserie†serving coffee and soup alongside pints of Foster’s and Guinness.
One wag had hoped to buy the entire bar to re-erect it in his living room. Sadly for him, the Commons authorities plan to move the legendary bar “into storageâ€.
However, at least six “final night†dos have been held as hacks attempt to drink the bar dry before the shutters are pulled down for the last time.
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