Yes, almost a Crewe post !
After the joys of finishing craft bar Stafford, it’s back to the slog of twee gastro Cheshire, which is even less satisfying in lots of ways.
Not that the Verdin Arms is twee. But it’s very hard to find Wimboldsley on my Philip Navigator, which tends to go down to individual farm level in the Fens.
Luckily the OS Map is a little more forthcoming, but I rarely take my complete collection of Landrangers around with me, with my pockets being filled with pink pens.
Interesting comparing the two, if you’re as nerdy as us pubbers. I reckon the Verdin could find itself under “Stanthorne”, “Church Minshull”, “Middlewich” or “Greater Crewe” next year, just to muck up BRAPA’s cross-ticking.
Duncan made it this far south, only to find it unexpectedly closed recently. And I found myself staring through windows forlornly before I realised I was looking at the new accommodation block.
I know what you’re going to say about this picture before you say it.
Brunning & Pricey from the outside, traditional Cheshire dining pub inside.
One Old Boy on Guinness, one on Carlsberg, I had the Tim Taylor Golden Best.
Brace yourself. It was great (NBSS 3.5+). Tim Taylor really is the bellwether pint.
6pm on a Sunday is a bellwether hour though. If you don’t open until 5pm all week, you need some early evening trade. Use it or lose it and all that.
The landlord was a gem, and confidently described Wimboldsley as if detailing a major conurbation. I never saw any of that on a short walk. Perhaps they remove the houses, and the punters, until us tickers are safely out of the way.
retiredmartin 
I’ve been in here when it was a Robinson’s pub, but I don’t think it had sofas and armchairs then. I remember being told to go into a separate dining room to eat my meal 🙄
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Robinsons had some quite smart pubs (by their standards) in that bit of Cheshire, didn’t they?
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I think Wimboldsley is one of those places your team can get drawn against in the preliminary round of the Europa League. A bit like Gjilan, Runavik and Belfast.
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Belfast? Which suburb of Stranraer is that then?
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South west. Just the quick boat ride across the river
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Seeing mention of a canal on the map got me to check my records and in fact tomorrow (26th) is the 33rd anniversary of my one visit to this pub. A group of us were on a canal boat trip and this was our lunchtime stop that day. Unfortunately no picture (film wasn’t cheap in those days) but I suspect it wouldn’t have been as posh-looking then. My lack of specific recollection of the place suggests that it was a perfectly reasonable pub.
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Happy 33rd Anniversary.
Did they have film in 1986?
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Yes, but it was all black and white!
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We did, in pre-digital camera days, but it was quite pricey to develop (maybe up to a fiver for a 24/36 roll of film) and you didn’t get a refund for a ‘duff” shot. Hence people were more careful about what shots they took, which some argue gave a better standard of photography. In my case, there’s a good number of pubs around the country which I wish now I had photographed, but didn’t do so.
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It would be timely, to remind the assembled company, that Heck, on the other hand, is in Yorkshire, the site of the disastrous rail accident near to Selby.
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Great Heck!
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“WHERE THE HECK IS WIMBOLDSLEY ?”
Just below Wimbledon in the dictionary?
“Yes, almost a Crewe post !”
Blimey. Almost everything is either a Hall, Farm or Green (apart from the place where one can warm their ham).
“But it’s very hard to find Wimboldsley on my Philip Navigator, ”
Um, Google Maps?
“Proper Pub”
Well, that obviously; but it also looks vaguely familiar (maybe that’s why most would say ‘proper pub’). 🙂
“Perhaps they remove the houses, and the punters, until us tickers are safely out of the way.”
Good heavens. Shades of the movie “The Truman Show”.
Cheers
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Google maps needs that thing (the “Internet”?) you can’t get in rural Cheshire.
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