Eclectic Wednesday Night With DJ Keif

Last night as usual on wednesdays, DJ Keif held court at the 'Old Dog' entertaining our guests with his unique brand of zany musical merriment.


Isobel and the management extend a warm welcome to our newest VIP group members Sparkle and Troy, we hope to see you again soon :-)) The competition for a generous L$500 was 'Best in Hats'.

SL London's Kensington Square and Greyhound Pub

Kensington Square is a garden square surrounded by terraced houses founded in 1685 by builder Robert Young. It is located in what was then the village of Kensington, a few miles west of the city of London. The locality became popular from 1689 onwards when King William III choose to move his royal residence to Nottingham House (now Kensington Palace), he was asthmatic and wished to avoid the smog of the city . Today Kensington Square is the oldest such square in London and rates as some of the most expensive residential property in the capital.

The original house at No 1 was built around 1685 and is thought to have been a tavern since at least 1697. The earliest reference to the name Greyhound has been found on an insurance document from 1710. This first pub was described as a modest two-storey brick building with a steep tiled roof, dormer windows and closets at the rear. An early nineteenth century addition was a porch supported by slim columns on top of which were two stone greyhounds. This building was demolished in 1899 and then rebuilt in to it's current familiar form.

In 1940 some of the houses in the square were rendered uninhabitable by German bomb damage during the blitz. The Greyhound emerged unscathed from that ordeal only to be badly damaged by a gas explosion in 1977. A mystery surrounds the fate of the stone Greyhounds from the earlier building. One is known to have survived in a garden of neighbouring house until the 1950s when it was reportedly removed to East Grinstead, the other has disappeared without trace. It might be a tall order but it would be wonderful if they could be found and returned to their pride of place.

Monday Nights with DJ Roaddogg

Monday sessions with DJ Roadogg Lagan at the Greyhound Pub in SL Kensington sim are attracting an increasingly loyal following.

The 2 hour sets from 2 - 4 pm sl time are rock orientated with tunes from all eras ranging from the well know standards to modern classics.

Pink Event and Welcome Fibi

Fabulous DJ Genevieve Returns To London

DJ Genevieve Gagne made a long overdue return to London at the Greyhound pub on Saturday night playing 3 - 5 pm SLT . The appreciative clubbers present were treated to a 2 hour set of classic rock standards and Gens own destinctive brand of witty commentry. Pub manager Isobel Byron was hosting and there was a generous L$ 500 on the competition board for 'Best in Jeans'. Tips from this event, over L$1500 were donated to a sim wide London fund raiser for the 'Relay for Life' cancer charity. It is hoped that DJ Gen will become a regular DJ at the pub, 'watch this space' for notices in the near future.

Déjà Vu ?

The Greyhound - our favourite pub in Second Life... and the real thing in London's Kensington Square.

Hello

Hello from the staff of the Greyhound Pub in the Kensington Sim of Second Life

Manager: Isobel Byron (the bosslady :-))

Barman: Ed Follet (me - the dogsbody !!)