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Month: January 2021

SAVED BY THE BELL

SAVED BY THE BELL

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021 38 Comments

The estimable Tim Thomas has asked me to compile a “Guess the Pub” for his local branch. Sadly, there are very few Craft Union or Sizzlin’ pubs in Newbury, but I have one idea. This isn’t a Guess the Pub. I bet 75% of you can identify this famous place from the picture above, or… Continue reading SAVED BY THE BELL

AldworthBellWest Berkshire
TAX RETURNS

TAX RETURNS

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021 13 Comments

Don’t panic; you’ve still got 13 hours to get yours in. The Inland Revenue just let me off doing mine after I gave up claiming travel to tick GBG pubs was a deductible expense and my tax affairs became rather simpler. That leaves Mrs RM and my 19 year old barber to do theirs, if… Continue reading TAX RETURNS

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IN THE SPRING, BECOMES THE ROSE

IN THE SPRING, BECOMES THE ROSE

January 30, 2021February 2, 2021 21 Comments

Enough “Guess the Pub” for today, time for some Bette Midler. Hard to believe this classic sold less copies than Spizz Energi’s “Where’s Captain Kirk” when it was released at the end of ’79, but then we Brits failed to see the merit of a number of overblown soppy epics. Did you know that “Lost… Continue reading IN THE SPRING, BECOMES THE ROSE

Rose HouseWalkley
GUESS THE PUB GOES “NORTH”

GUESS THE PUB GOES “NORTH”

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 35 Comments

It’s snowing in Sheffield, so my trip to explore the closed pubs of industrial Attercliffe on foot will have to wait. Have another quiz, as I head north. Or do I ? Depends on your view of when “North” starts, I guess. If it helps, today’s mystery was selling this “substantial meal” in December; “Hot… Continue reading GUESS THE PUB GOES “NORTH”

Cheese HallCreweGuess the pub
SHISHA

SHISHA

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 32 Comments

More “Guess the Pub” fun for your Saturday, as I bring you another of the brilliant “360 degrees pub tours on Google Maps”. Admit it, if I hadn’t told you this was a Shisha lounge you’d have guessed it was communal bench seating from the Black Country, wouldn’t you ? Here’s the first clue to… Continue reading SHISHA

Mystery pub
IT’S…………THE WALDEGRAVE ARMS

IT’S…………THE WALDEGRAVE ARMS

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 6 Comments

While England sleeps, Dave “US” Southworth creates Bernie memes solves the Guess the Pub. I thought I was going to have to give you more clues like the Brunel photos. Yes, it’s the Waldegrave Arms in East Harptree, a pub I’d never heard of till yesterday, and will probably never hear of again. Tucked in… Continue reading IT’S…………THE WALDEGRAVE ARMS

East HarptreeGuess the pub
GUESS THE PUB

GUESS THE PUB

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 17 Comments

Another dreich day in Sheffield. Taking cardboard to the tip, washing dishes, moving the cans from the utlility room to the fridge. I’m sure there were more than 4 cans yesterday. One of those is from Waterbeach, one from Hackney Wick, two are from Melbourne (Australia). I am SO cosmopolitan. I’ve become a bit obsessed… Continue reading GUESS THE PUB

Guess the pub
A STUMBLE IN STANNINGTON

A STUMBLE IN STANNINGTON

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 19 Comments

Another ambitious 2 hour walk yesterday, after that first push westward towards the Peak. A grey day, always threatening rain but a day wise enough to hold off till I’d got home. Stannington had been calling me since that first walk up Hagg Hill on New Year’s Day. Down beyond the bubbling streams and sweaty… Continue reading A STUMBLE IN STANNINGTON

Loxley ValleySheffieldStannington
THE ALNWICK MYSTERIES

THE ALNWICK MYSTERIES

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 20 Comments

27th January. Soon be February. That’s Spring, isn’t it ? Spring brings Easter, Easter brings Summer, Summer may bring a review that leads to a tentative plan for pubs to return in an entirely unattractive manner. How am I passing the time ? Hoovering, washing, reading great literature. Well, only if you count BRAPA in… Continue reading THE ALNWICK MYSTERIES

AlnwickQueens Head
TOON ’84

TOON ’84

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 40 Comments

I’ve fallen into a bit of a routine with the blog. One local walk a day,centred on a closed pub with some unexpected graffiti and an attempt to resist a takeaway, followed by a delve into the archives, prompted by Alastair‘s kind donation of North East pub guides. In the interest of recycling, and to… Continue reading TOON ’84

Bridge HotelCAMRA Pub GuidesMatthew ParrisNewcastle-upon-Tyne

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