TOWIE's Ricky ready for bar launch (From Southend Standard)
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TOWIE's Ricky ready for bar launch
5:20pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in Echo News
Bar Blanco, Eastwood Road, Rayleigh. Ricky Rayment, and Danny Salmon, outside bar to be.
THE Only Way Is Essex star Ricky Rayment’s new bar is taking shape in Rayleigh.
The bar, which is a joint venture between Ricky and brother-in-law Danny Salmon, is expected to open in Eastwood Road on November 30.
Called Bar Blanco, it has replaced the Home Furniture Boutique shop, will create up to 25 full and part-time jobs.
Builders have been on site for weeks and the building has now been soundproofed and VIP booths created.
Danny said they were on target to open by the end of next month. He said: “We have done a complete soundproofing which was a big issue for us.
“The bar is being done by a top designer in Maidstone and there are lots of different features. Rayleigh will never have seen anything like this.”
Comments(32)
Gay Ray
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5:55pm Tue 9 Oct 12
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
beyond the valley of the asbos
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6:00pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
Olivia2847
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6:13pm Tue 9 Oct 12
pink oboe.
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6:43pm Tue 9 Oct 12
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
beyond the valley of the asbos
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6:59pm Tue 9 Oct 12
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
pink oboe.
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7:29pm Tue 9 Oct 12
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:I have nothing that I need to get off my chest. I do feel though that you may have some serious issues that you need to address.
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
APR
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7:32pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:I was under the impression that this establishment (the former Fine Fare supermarket) was actually a children's disco ?
Hardly decent comments to make from the gay knockers when the alternatives include 'The Pink Toothbrush' -ooooo get you ....
Gay Ray
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7:38pm Tue 9 Oct 12
pink oboe. wrote:Ah, yes, the asbo latent gay. I find it so irritating when these repressed types vent their anger on those of us who live our lives openly, lawfully and decently. You are right, oboe, he does have some issues to address. Perhaps he should consider that before making further comments.
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:I have nothing that I need to get off my chest. I do feel though that you may have some serious issues that you need to address.
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
beyond the valley of the asbos
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8:21pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Gay Ray wrote:haha, only in your dreams. i'd have thought there'd been enough airplay of this already but obviously the lynch mob with the rest of the sheep needs to milk it a bit more.
pink oboe. wrote:Ah, yes, the asbo latent gay. I find it so irritating when these repressed types vent their anger on those of us who live our lives openly, lawfully and decently. You are right, oboe, he does have some issues to address. Perhaps he should consider that before making further comments.
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:I have nothing that I need to get off my chest. I do feel though that you may have some serious issues that you need to address.
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
if you'd actually read the thread you would find i prefaced the throwaway line with "not exactly the crime of the century" but clearly i was wrong - the sheep have decided it was the crime of the millennia.
Seasider90
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9:10pm Tue 9 Oct 12
beyond the valley of the asbos
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9:35pm Tue 9 Oct 12
pink oboe. wrote:but you so clearly do. the day i take advice from someone who names himself after the male appendage is never
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:I have nothing that I need to get off my chest. I do feel though that you may have some serious issues that you need to address.
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
DogsMessInLeigh
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10:05pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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5:06am Wed 10 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh wrote:Wait til they all come to see us in Leigh when The GayHand opens!
Wrong area for such a place(must of been cheap)...not the right local cliental me thinks, unless they will come from Brentwood en-mass in white range rovers with matching teeth.
nomoretogo
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9:58am Wed 10 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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11:09am Wed 10 Oct 12
nomoretogo wrote:Rearly?
All gays must enter by the back door!
APR
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12:40pm Wed 10 Oct 12
pink oboe.
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2:38pm Wed 10 Oct 12
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Strange, I thought a pink oboe was just that- an oboe, pink in colour. However, since you are apparently a virtuoso I bow to your better knowledge.
pink oboe. wrote:but you so clearly do. the day i take advice from someone who names himself after the male appendage is never
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:I have nothing that I need to get off my chest. I do feel though that you may have some serious issues that you need to address.
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
DogsMessInLeigh
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2:44pm Wed 10 Oct 12
APR wrote:Has he not had an invite then..?
Marc at Marco's bar won't be pleased.
beyond the valley of the asbos
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2:48pm Wed 10 Oct 12
pink oboe. wrote:the cruising site's somewhere else
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Strange, I thought a pink oboe was just that- an oboe, pink in colour. However, since you are apparently a virtuoso I bow to your better knowledge.
pink oboe. wrote:but you so clearly do. the day i take advice from someone who names himself after the male appendage is never
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:I have nothing that I need to get off my chest. I do feel though that you may have some serious issues that you need to address.
pink oboe. wrote:have you got some faux anger to get off your chest?
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
pink oboe.
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2:56pm Wed 10 Oct 12
beyond the valley of the asbos
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3:05pm Wed 10 Oct 12
beaulocks
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7:08pm Wed 10 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh wrote:Why would they that? Brentwood has plenty of gay bars. Rayleigh is the perfect place for it. Goog luck to the both of you. Or however many many you in on it.
Wrong area for such a place(must of been cheap)...not the right local cliental me thinks, unless they will come from Brentwood en-mass in white range rovers with matching teeth.
Rochford Rob
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7:44pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Just what Rayleigh needs more licensed premises. Glad I moved from there. That said, a bar / club ?? Near here has changed from 'Baroque' to 'Lees' recently. Again, pandering to those with more money than sense and a love of alcohol and dreadful music. It now looks like some sort of halloween inspired tea rooms. The sooner it reverts back to a car repair shop the better I reckon. WAFLOOB.
Camp Incontinent
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11:33pm Wed 10 Oct 12
pink oboe. wrote:I do believe it is. Asbo's shameful comment was no doubt made in an unguarded moment of self-appraisal. I believe he has been offered proffesional help to overcome his abnormal tendencies.
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
APR
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9:12am Thu 11 Oct 12
thesouthendone
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10:19am Thu 11 Oct 12
beyond the valley of the asbos
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10:41am Thu 11 Oct 12
Camp Incontinent wrote:the white van driving sheep. still bitter 'cos i got you down to a tee?
pink oboe. wrote:I do believe it is. Asbo's shameful comment was no doubt made in an unguarded moment of self-appraisal. I believe he has been offered proffesional help to overcome his abnormal tendencies.
beyond the valley of the asbos wrote:Is this the same 'beyond the valley of the asbos' who thought that a grown man who reportedly made lewd comments to a 12 year old schoolboy "might just have been after a kiss and a cuddle"?
Gay Ray wrote:booths or cubicles?
VIP booths, eh?
I trust it will be a Gay Friendly establishment even though I suspect I may not be able to afford to go there often. At least when I do I may be able to avail myself of a discreet nook.
Chazmondo
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2:13pm Thu 11 Oct 12
APR
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3:28pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Chazmondo wrote:That's not very nice. I don't think his wife and family would be pleased to hear you say that..
If it's a gay bar Marc at Marcos will be their first customer !
beaulocks
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7:19pm Thu 11 Oct 12
APR wrote:Why?
Chazmondo wrote:That's not very nice. I don't think his wife and family would be pleased to hear you say that..
If it's a gay bar Marc at Marcos will be their first customer !
Surely its more local to them so its better than him keep popping off to Brentwood.
Or are you thinking of the stolen costom?
Shoot Ferals
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9:27am Mon 15 Oct 12
I’m sure Marco’s is a bonaroo bungary, where the buvare and cackle is Bona! I’m sure the chickens will be cod in the new bungary, better put on dark ogle-flakes and hide from the meshigener’s. Oh Gloria what a bona day!
All Puns and Slang intended
“If you don’t try to understand, you’ll never learn; if you learn, but you don’t understand, you never tried to learn, understand?” Pliney the Elder. 23 AD – 79 AD.
beaulocks says...
5:54pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Rayleigh is crying out for a gay bar.