In the year 2005, a group of us hatched a plan to meet once a month for drinks in a Central London pub. Nobody would have predicted that this arrangement would last as long as it has.

Our Founding Event

Our first pub night took place at the Lowlander Grand Café at 36 Drury Lane, on 4th October 2005. This establishment serves traditional Belgian beers, and is very popular. And there was our problem: It was so crowded that we were unable to hold a sensible conversation all evening.

The Penderel’s Oak

For eight years the Penderel’s Oak in High Holborn, a Wetherspoon’s pub, used to be our regular home.

It is situated at 283-288 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HP. It occupies the ground floor and basement of Penderel House, named after Richard Penderel, who in 1651 helped the future King Charles II to escape from Cromwell’s Roundhead troops after the Battle of Worcester, by hiding the royal fugitive in an oak tree on his country estate.

 Our 100th pub night was held on 10th September 2013.

The Liberty Bounds

At the start of 2014, we moved to the Liberty Bounds, another Wetherspoon’s, situated at 15 Trinity Square, Tower Hill,  London EC3N 4AA, where we celebrated our 10th anniversary on 10th November 2015, and our 150th pub night on 13th February 2018.

The Covid pandemic forced us to temporarily suspend our pub nights in the spring of 2020, but normal business resumed towards the end of 2021.

On 12th October 2021 we held our 175th event.

Our 200th pub night took place on 13th February 2024.

Since the summer of 2024 we are holding the pub events on a bi-monthly basis, and on 11th November 2025 we celebrate our 20th anniversary.