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Spotland Gold 27 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
My local, the Guest House, has 11 hand pumps. During the week, there may only be 7 or 8 in use, but at weekends, all 11 are on. The range includes some regionals, such as Theakstons, Youngs or Everard...
Pubs and music in Whitby 26 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
The Lunchtime Legends in the Elsinore (photo: Sam Thomas) I've just had a great time at Whitby Folk Week. The weather was wonderful, there were loads of music sessions taking place in pubs, there was...
Whitby pub crawl 2013 17 Aug 2013 | 07:15 am
Pub crawl in Whitby, North Yorkshire next Wednesday. If you're in the area, why not join us?
Yeuch! 15 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
Will it really look like this? Our American cousins have devised a solution to that perennial problem of having a beer when you are backpacking in the wilds of, say, Lancashire. As they suggest, you ...
Snouts in the beer trough 13 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
In March 2009, I wrote: "While ordinary pub-goers have to pay excessive amounts of tax in pubs - for our own good of course - it’s always our round when our politicians hit the ale", referring to the ...
Then and Now 13 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
A couple of years ago, I found my old copy of The Best Pubs Around Merseyside published in 1990 by six local CAMRA branches: Merseyside, Southport, Wirral, Chester and South Clwyd, Central and North C...
The Ship Beer, Pie And Sausage Festival 12 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
The Ship in Lathom will be hosting its 3rd Annual Beer, Pie And Sausage Festival from Thursday the 12th to Sunday 15th September. The organisers say this year’s festival should be the biggest and bes...
Charity began at someone else's gig 7 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
About a month ago, CAMRA published the results of a survey carried out in association with Pub Aid which showed that pubs raised more than £106 million for charities last year. Despite the ongoing rec...
Smoking in Southend 3 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
I've just been to Southend-on-Sea for a couple of days for a family occasion. I managed to get to three pubs, all on the front, but like most pubs on sea fronts, they weren't anything to get excited a...
Strawbury Ducks Forever 31 Jul 2013 | 01:52 am
The Strawbury Duck A few days ago, I went on two trains from Southport to a tiny hamlet called Entwistle, which is north of Bolton, for a reunion with some friends from the union; our destination was...
