In an ongoing bid to remain viable within the new covid regulations, The Tuppenny and SoP Live are proud to present “The Supper Club”, a night of tasty food and wonderful music.This weeks troubadours, ready to entertain as you dine, are The Lost Trades, a trio of Wiltshire based singer songwriters (Jamie R Hawkins, Phil […]
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It’s the Cheesy Pub Quiz!
The Irregular Pub Quiz is back! But, thanks to the governments Scotch Egg Strategy and belief that we are all safer with a substantial meal, this will be a VERY SPECIAL EDITION! Yep, each ticket will gain you not just the quiz, but a magnificent cheese board too! The format is the same as usual […]
Here at the Tuppenny we are very good at putting a brave face on things, at just cracking on with what needs to be done, at keeping calm and carrying on. Anything that has been thrown at us, or put out to trip us up, has been dealt with, overcome, or circumvented, always with […]
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Lockdown Two musings from Linda
Here we are again. There have been a few tears from me tonight, partly because of the genuine love in the building all evening and partly because of the heartbreak of closing again. Hopefully just for 4 weeks, but what follows here is the emotional outburst after an amazingly busy night to say thank you […]
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Here we go again…
Lockdown is upon us again. Like your favourite pair of slippers, familiar and snug, but tatty, a bit whiffy and generally distasteful to the rest of society. As you were then folks… For us at first glance, from Thursday it is pretty much going to be business as usual, but the April to June model. […]
So, we are going to attempt to get back to putting on some live music and are super-excited to be welcoming back the brilliant Stay Lunar as our first live music of the new Sunday Social sessions. Stay Lunar have perfomed several times for our stage, cleverly stripping back their floaty, dreamy indie-pop sound to […]
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Why “The Tuppenny”?
Ever wondered why we are called The Tuppenny? If so, you are not alone, as way back in 2012, as soon as word of our impending launch was out, people started discussing the name of the bar, with many amusing connections being made, all of which were wrong but did make us smile (and […]
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A Brief History of 58-59 Devizes Road
In 1893 the Dodgson family bought number 59 Devizes Road and opened Dodgsons Barbers. The family, with their 9 children, lived in the flat upstairs. In 1957, a young barber by the name of Tony Holmes began his career in barbering at the still trading Dodgsons until, in 1958, Mr Dodgson decided it was time […]
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The View from Under the Bus
The news today announcing the 10pm curfew for pubs and bars, the Governments latest “finger-in-the-air” scheme to control the spread of Covid-19, initially came as another demoralising hammer-blow to us, losing us what on paper are nine of our often most profitable hours of trade. However, we realise it could have been worse for […]
So, it is a few weeks now since the Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO) scheme officially ended, which has been time to reflect on it and how it has affected us. As a non-food outlet (discounting our amazing pop-up from Yak The Himalayan Kitchen, which doesn’t really directly benefit us in cash terms) we […]