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Chislehurst caves

Robbo on the wing
Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
in Not Sports Related
Just got back, and can't believe I haven't visit this place earlier.
£20 for a family of four.
Blinding day out.

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  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    It's very dark.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    i love Chislehurst caves, been loads of times.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Played there in the early '80's, the stage was about 300 yards in, on the right hand side.
    Shocking accoustics......
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Miserableoldgit said:

    Played there in the early '80's, the stage was about 300 yards in, on the right hand side.
    Shocking accoustics......

    Played at the caves in 1984 Chislehurst Caves Party Friday 21st December 8pm-1am £1.50 entry. As mog says terrible acoustics, the sound bounces back. Small space to play as well
  • iainambler
    iainambler Posts: 964
    Lived and grown up 10 minutes away from it yet visited first time 4 years ago!
    Great day out! :-)
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    The caves was a place my Mum Used to take shelter during the war. She told me about her times there and how she would walk from where she lived in Downham to The caves to spend the night.
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    All the greats played at the caves.
    Amazing that it held 15000 people during WW2
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    Apparently the community feel meant that a number of people didn't want to leave after the war was over.
  • Tom_Hovi
    Tom_Hovi Posts: 465
    Badger said:

    The caves was a place my Mum Used to take shelter during the war. She told me about her times there and how she would walk from where she lived in Downham to The caves to spend the night.

    The caves were a very popular place of shelter during the Blitz. So much so, that the Southern Railway used to lay on special trains from Central London to bring people down to use the shelters. A ticket for the shelter was much sought-after.
  • floydroadfaithfull
    floydroadfaithfull Posts: 4,778
    CrayAddick said:

    It's very dark.

    And scary

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  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,864
    Agreed. A blinding day out in more ways than one.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Scary my arse is it

    Great day out hell yeah
  • Killarahales
    Killarahales Posts: 1,065
    One of my big brother's favourite stories is when the caves were raided by police looking for drugs during a gig. As people emptied their pockets as quickly as they could there were pills flying everywhere and the sound of them hitting the deck was almost deafening

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