There was a post recently on a Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/345337876456847/ where someone wrote "It's Sunday afternoon where would you be jolling".
Wow that triggered the Memory Banks and also made me realise how much I have forgotton, I know at one stage in the early 90's sunday afternoon was "Foxy's" the best pub in Sunninghill, they always had good music, good company and lots to drink - (Monday Hangover).
"Falcon's Crest" opened up next door to foxy's which was a bit more upmarket but did not have the same vibe and was way too big, you could never find anyone you went there to meet. If I remember correctly I think they had their own Brewery too?
Back in the 80's we used to go to "Rakes" which was in Parktown, close to the Brenthurst Clinic if my memory serves me correctly. We had a friend Bryan Hegley who used to sing their on Sundays, he had an awesome voice and played the guitar too.
The "Sunnyside Hotel" was another spot for Sundays and other days too!
I found this memory on the www that pugsy left on a page called Remembering Africa for British Expats! This is from 2008.
Wow guys, that was a real trip down memory lane. Mostly in the last few years all i've remembered is the bad things and why we left... but geez The Doors nightclub, Idols, Roxys, Spats?! those were the days. Queuing up for ages on a friday night, usually in the freezing cold winter outside Millers in Rivonia. Mi vami for schwarmas after, or Big Al's. I used to go to Eden College which back then was in Hillbrow, used to catch my bus to and from Carlton Centre, i'd walk through Small St. mall and there was that odd goth shop where we used to buy 'imported records' and winkle picker shoes and rock t-shirts.
Anyone remember the 'open parties' of the late 80's, you'd get the address from someone at school, usually someone with absent parents and a huge plot.... and like the whole school would turn up and party... Esprit that was the drink, loved it! As for Falcon's, Fibbers and Foxy's... I met my husband at Foxys, one month later in the same place he proposed to me!! Whiled away our early married years in the McGinty's, Sports Cafe at Village Walk, Browns in Rivonia, Cafe Tre Scalini in Rosebank to name a few... what a great life, wait a minute, why did I leave again? Oh yeah....crime:curse: Still, at least you can get hot rock in europe now!
I have not read everything on there but I will go back soon and do it.
I need to delve into the memory banks to complete this post, so at the moment I leave you with the taster above.
Another sight to find some useful information > https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/thread/historic-pubs-johannesburg
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