Welcome - Don't Mention the Riots

Its hotter than a London branch of Selfridge's outside so we have a suitably refreshing post featuring: the Cocktail Spotlight, we remind you of the evening entertainment we have provided for you, we have a topical look at When the Riots Came to Worthing and we get distracted with a bunch of clips from the banks of YouTube.

EVENINGS AT TEN:

TUESDAY:

Rule number one of Cocktail Club....  Check out Ten's range of cocktails specially selected with our clients in mind.  Our cocktails are made from premium ingredients and made to traditional specifications which make our cocktails authentic.

With our cocktails at half price you can enjoy more of our menu for your money, which features such classics as:
Mojito:  Bacardi, sugar cane syrup, fresh lime and a topping of mint.  This classic cocktail is also available with raspberries.
Cosmopolitan:  A Sex and the City favorite with Vodka and Contreau, shaken over fresh lime and cranberry juice.


WEDNESDAY:

Wednesday nights are Open Mic nights here at Ten Cocktail Bar, hosted by Ten's resident DJ Ian 'Diggers' Digweed.  Every week we will be featuring new talent in the form of live acts and bands.  All types of musicians and music lovers are welcome, from 8pm till 12am with free entry all night.  If you have musical talent and would love to show Ten's audience, then this is the night for you!


**  Shooters from £1.00
**  Jager-bombs £2.90
**  Double-up on selected spirits for £1.00
**  Selected drinks £1.75.
**  FREE entry all night. 


THURSDAY:

At Ten Cocktail Bar we are constantly refining our entertainment to drive towards the ultimate party venue, and our new Thursday line up is no exception.  The hottest bar in town is now giving you world class entertainment courtesy of Superstar DJ's Dirty English. 

A.k.a Thomas Frake and Lawrence Friend, Dirty English are taking the industry by storm and are fast becoming one of the biggest names in London's underground electronic dance music scene.  One of the most notable residences Dirty English have commanded is at The Ministry of Sound.


**  Spirits and a mixer from £2.00
**  Shots from £1.50
**  Bottles from £1.50
**  Jagerbomb or Vodka and Red Bull £2.95
**  FREE ENTRY all night.

FRIDAY:

Ten is bringing out the bug guns with its re-branding of Friday nights.  Now you can come along and get Funk'd Up with us at Ten and enjoy some of the best DJs from London and the south, featuring Sublime Events and Base Mosquito.  You can read more about these DJs and more in our DJ page.


Drinks Deals:

• VK £1.75
• Sourz shotz £1.00
• 3 Shots for £5.00
• Vodka and Red Bull £2.95
• Go large on selected spirits for £1.00

SATURDAY:

iParty, uParty, weParty on Saturday nights at Ten.  With some of the hottest talent available on the decks, Ten is raising the bar with its choice of award winning VDJs and entertainment.  A.D.Hall, the VDJ heavyweight will be residing over the evenings and rocking the night with his style of video mixing, original mixes and unrivaled track choices.

Drinks Deals:

• Bottles of Becks £1.75
• Sours shotz £1.00
• Sambuca £1.50
• Jager-bomb 2.95
• Wine Down with a bottle of wine from £9.00

COCKTAIL SPOTLIGHT:

This weeks cocktail in the spotlight is the Tequila Sunrise (pictured left) as made and photographed by our Ninja Susanna.

Named after the way it looks after being poured, the Tequila Sunrise was originally served at the Arizona Biltmore in Pheonix, Arizona in the late 1930's.  A frequent guest at the Biltmore would often ask the bartender, Gene Sulit, to surprise him with a refreshing drink for the poolside.  Originally made with Creme de Chasis, the popular long-ball drink now contains grenadine which creates the rising effect to the colouration.

Ingredients:
Tequila, grenadine (or Creme de Chasis), orange juice, fresh lime and soda water.

Variations:
Tequila Sunset:  Substitute blackberry brandy for the grenadine.
Astronaut Sunset:  Use Tang instead of orange juice (Tang is an orangey drink made from dehydrated synthetic juice).



WHEN THE RIOTS CAME TO WORTHING:

It seems inconceivable but years ago little old Worthing was the stage for riots and civil unrest in 1884.  Nearly 127 years ago to the day and it all centred around the selling of alcoholic beverages and the Salvation Army.


On Sunday, August 17, 1884, the police, the Salvation Army and the Skeletons confronted each other. For an hour the police kept the peace, then the Skeletons rioted.  The area was filled with screaming men, brick dust and broken glass.  The Salvationists returned to their "barracks" and the Skeletons tried to burn it down.  The landlord of the barracks, George Head (according to the 1901 census he lived at 19 Rowlands Road and his descendants live in Elm Road), defended his property and the people there with a revolver, wounding several Skeletons.


Skeletons used banners with skull and crossbones; sometimes there were two coffins and a statement like, “Blood and Thunder” or the three Bs, “Beef”, “Beer” and “Bacca”. Banners also had pictures of monkeys, rats and the devil. Skeletons further published so-called "gazettes" considered libellous as well as obscene and blasphemous.

Both sources agree Salvationists were pelted with missiles.  At Bethnal Green flour, rotten eggs, stones and brickbats were among those used. Salvationists, whether male, female or elderly, were viciously beaten.  When news of trouble in London spread, Skeleton riots took place in other parts of Britain.

Several techniques were employed by the "Skeletons" to disrupt Salvation Army meetings and marches.  Black, sticky tar was put onto alley walls which damaged Salvation Army uniforms as they marched past and threw eggs filled with blue paint at the “Sally Army”.  Other tactics included throwing rocks and rats, marching while loudly playing musical instruments or shouting, and physically assaulting Salvation Army members at their meetings. Many in the town approved, but the Salvation Army continued unabated.

The Metropolitan Police were at first unhelpful. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Edmund Henderson denied what happened.  The public eventually demanded action and Skeleton riots in London were belatedly put down.

The events in London this month bear a surprising resemblance to the occurrence 127 years ago and perhaps are an indication of a pressure cooker society, where the down trodden middle classes are to take the fall out from a disemfrancised lower class for the upper classes who are, as usual, just telling us what we're doing wrong.  Perhaps if we were offered solutions rather than promises, we would have something to hope for.  How long before the forgotten middle classes stand up and say "Enough is enough!"


SOMETHING ELSE:
Well....its got a bit political in here all of a sudden so here are a few light hearted videos to cheer us up.  So warm your hands on the nearest Sony shop, pull up a slightly charred DFS sofa and try not to mug tourists because its time for our YouTube section.  Enjoy.

A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS VISITED OR WORKED WITH TEN COCKTAIL BAR OVER THE LAST WEEK AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SOON.