Category Archives: Anniversary

Bath Time – six teams, eleven pubs, just two weeks to go!

Posted on 13th October 2018 by sword

Can it really be a whole year since the last Bath Time? Of course not. It’s only been fifty weeks, so you’ll have to wait another fortnight before you can once again experience the heady delights of multiple rapper teams … Continue reading →

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Anniversary countdown: it’s tomorrow!

Posted on 28th October 2016 by sword

It’s tomorrow. TOMORROW! All the waiting will soon and the big day will finally be here! Ahem. Well, we’re glad to have got that out of our system. Suffice it to say that we’re quite looking forward to the arrival of … Continue reading →

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Anniversary countdown: 2 days to go

Posted on 27th October 2016 by sword

Where does all the time go? Just two more nights to go before our big Bath birthday bonanza, offering sumptuous cider, dazzling displays of superlative sword-handling, and alluring alliteration. With Northgate, all associates adore alliteration. Tonight is to be spent in gentle and … Continue reading →

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Anniversary countdown: 3 days to go

Posted on 26th October 2016 by sword

As our anniversary creeps ever closer, the excitement here in Bath is now palpable, and you could cut it with a knife (metaphorically speaking). Last night we had a splendid practice, and in our normal spirit of putting on a … Continue reading →

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Anniversary countdown: 4 days to go

Posted on 25th October 2016 by sword

Can it really only be four days before the hordes of rapper dancers from the south of England descend upon the fair city of Bath to give dazzling displays of superlative sword- handling? Yes. Yes it can. And no one is … Continue reading →

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Anniversary countdown: 5 days to go

Posted on 24th October 2016 by sword

Five days to go until our Silver Jubilee, and preparations continue apace. Jack the Bag is making last minute arrangements with the pubs, Ioan the Squire is working on his twenty minute presentation on the History of Northgate (including Powerpoint … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Silver Jubilee weekend starts tomorrow!

Posted on 23rd October 2016 by sword

It’s now less than a week until Northgate’s celebrations for their twenty five year anniversary kick off, and what a weekend it promises to be! We’ll be kicking off with a quiet evening of beer and curry for the current team … Continue reading →

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Anniversary Day of Dance – blast from the past!

Posted on 22nd September 2016 by sword

The first details of Northgate’s Silver Jubilee Anniversary Day of Dance are announced, and it’s promising to be quite an occasion. It will take place in the beautiful city of Bath (of course) on Saturday 29th October, starting at noon in The … Continue reading →

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Eight pubs, eleven dancers and one witch’s breast. It was an unusual crawl.

Posted on 1st November 2015 by sword

And so Northgate met en masse last Friday for our 24th Anniversary Crawl. And this year, we even had a plan with timings and everything! Not that we paid much attention to it, of course. We met up at the first pub on … Continue reading →

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Anniversary Crawl – A Plan, starting at Bladud’s Head 8pm Friday

Posted on 27th October 2015 by sword

We now have a plan for Friday’s 24th Anniversary Crawl, and it’s a classic. Well, actually it’s a credible list of pubs coupled with barely-believable times. To be honest, you can trust only the first and the last of those times, and to … Continue reading →

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