[HDNG]TOWN:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.80 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.50[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Pubs:[EBOLD] [ITAL]In the city, the pubs represent a fairly broad and uninspired [PARA]mix, although around the local countryside, pubs are a sight more[PARA]real - real ale, real log fires, real pub grub. [EITAL][PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: 3 Pigeons, [PARA]Britannia. Avoid The Weavers. [EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Cinemas: [EBOLD](1) Odeon with 4 screens.[PARA][BOLD]Theatres:[EBOLD] (2) The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre which is sometimes a [PARA]springboard for West End shows and The Bellerby which [PARA]concentrates more on fringe, rep and amateur drama.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos: [EBOLD](3) [ITAL]The student haunt is the cheap and cheerful [EITAL][PARA]Bojanglez, although on a Thursday it's student night at Cinderellas[PARA][ITAL](cattle-markety and more expensive)[EITAL]. There's also the [ITAL]up-market[PARA][EITAL]Harpers, [ITAL]popular with Sloanes.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Music venues: [EBOLD](2) The Civic Hall hosts a range of music styles [PARA]from classical (Guildford Philarmonic Orchestra) to East 17.[HDNG]UNIVERSITY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]E3[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Price of a pint of beer: ú1.50 [BULL] Glass of wine: ú1.10[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Bars: [EBOLD](4) The Upper Bar [ITAL]is, in effect, the main drinking hole. [EITAL]The [PARA]others are Chancellors ([ITAL]up-market, [EITAL]open all day, includes [PARA]restaurant/cafeteria), Lower Bar (open for lunch and evening [PARA]discos) and Temp Bar (functions only).[PARA][BOLD]Theatres: [EBOLD](1) The [ITAL]well-equipped [EITAL]Performing Arts Technology [PARA]studios are used by dance and music students as well as student[PARA]drama [ITAL]which is fairly low-key by most standards. [EITAL]The Union [PARA]hosts quite a few professional productions.[PARA][BOLD]Cinemas[EBOLD]: 2 film clubs, [ITAL]showing mainstream stuff[EITAL], such as Last [PARA]Action Hero, Cliffhanger, The Fugitive.[PARA][BOLD]Clubs/discos and main venues:[EBOLD] (3) Most nights student clubs get [PARA]something going in the Lower Bar (cap 150) and on Friday nights [PARA]there's a biggie (1,100, adm ú1). Every Sunday, there's free [PARA]admission to bands at the Union.[PARA][BOLD]Recent band appearances: [EBOLD]Sister Sledge, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, [PARA]Fluke, Urban Species, BjÜrn Again.[PARA][BOLD]Balls: [EBOLD]Apart from the annual Graduation Ball, the Charter Ball [PARA]celebrates the granting of the University's charter and is used to [PARA]announce the results of Union elections.[HDNG]EATING OUT:[EHDNG][PARA]Most students catch a bite during the day somewhere on [PARA]campus, particularly at the University refectory and the Union's 2 [PARA]cafeterias which are all cheaper than elsewhere in Guildford ([ITAL][PARA]which doesn't say much[EITAL]). [ITAL]For evening entertainment, Guildford [PARA]has a veritable fiesta of feast factories, but unfortunately, most [PARA]are way beyond student pockets. [EITAL]However, within reach and [PARA]within budget, students find their fill at a variety of Mexican, Indian[PARA]and Thai restaurants. For fast food and fat, there are the usual [PARA]grease buckets, pizza parlours and Chinese. [PUSH]push[EPUSH][ITAL]plugs: [PARA]Bamboo Garden (value Chinese); Muswell's (American, blow [PARA]large quantities of the folding stuff); Bites (carry on biting even [PARA]after the clubs close).[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
