25th January 2020
More random diary entries from Calderdale as Duncan departs for obscure non-league grounds,
and I ended up at a pub with a Subbuteo pitch for company.
But first I found a few more Halifax highlights;
A crowd had asembled outside the Victorian market. I assumed they were waiting for Duncan to appear, but it turned out this was a guided tour. I told you, Halifax is the new York.
The tourists aren’t flocking to Mirfield yet, even if it is the birthplace of Jean-Luc Picard.
Nearly 20,000 souls, but you wouldn’t think so, and the Wiki page is one of the dullest you’ll ever read. The town’s motto is “At least we’re not Dewsbury“.
A fair few entries in the GBG over the years, none of which I can remember; at least the Knowl Club left an impression.
West Yorkshire does clubs better than most. The Knowl is a vast rambling place with a nod to local breweries and a map with instructions on finding the loos, always A Good Thing.
You always expect clubs to be packed with all day drinkers, but I was in the Knowl for half an hour on my own, watching England’s tail-enders put South Africa to the sword.
When it’s just you and a barmaid it can be hard to strike a balance between being sociable and being creepy, so luckily the lass here was just chatty enough to put me at my ease. I do hope some Old Boys tipped up after I left.
“Is there a game on ?” she asked.
“No, Huddersfield have got a day off”
“I mean on the telly”
“Oh, Brentford v Leicester at 12:45”
“That won’t have them coming in off the streets, will it?”
An excellent White Rat (3.5), superbly poured, in old-fashioned hotel bar- like surroundings.
So here it is, West Yorkshire complete. In pink.
BRAPA beat me by a week, and Duncan apparently has one to do in Leeds but I’m sure he’s been there and forgotten; it happens.
retiredmartin 
How did I miss the subbuteo display at the Knowl Club?! Will need to go back. Great work.
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They’d got Bristol City 1 v St Mirren 5 (agg) set up for you as well.
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The 1980 Anglo Scottish Cup Final – tremendous recall on your part.
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The research that goes into these blogs….
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Combining the Ladies Toilet and the Smoking Area makes a change from all those micropubs combining the Ladies Toilet and the Gents Toilet.
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Good job I’m not thinking about taking up the fags again.
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Bit concerned at the length of the grass on the subbuteo pitch.
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But there’s no plant pots inside.
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No space for VAR control box either.
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Mallinsons is still brewing. Their web site even lists pubs that you might get their beer at (at least if you’ve been a good boy) https://www.drinkmallinsons.co.uk . Down the hatch!
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Thanks Paul.
Yes, I’ve seen and enjoyed Mallinsons this year. It’s just that 5 years ago I thought they were taking over the world, or at least the specialist beer houses.
Unlike, say, Brass Castle, they lack a signature beer. I couldn’t name a Mallinsons beer without cheating!
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Is the roundabout in the club a BRAPA sobriety test?
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😂
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