It’s a busy time in retiredmartin Towers.
My first jab yesterday, Mrs RM has hers Thursday (just in time for pub gardens, I reminded her), carpets laid, elder lad moved home last week and started a job today, and younger sun keeping busy till barbers are back on 12 April.
If only he lived in Chester rather than Ancoats.
Then he’d be able to walk over the Welsh border and start cutting hair today, as the devolved administration starts to outpace the UK Government on things that matter (don’t get any ideas, not pubs).
He could set up a mobile unit on the self-explanatory Boundary Lane* and infuriate local barbers by offering proper Manc cuts to Welsh and English lads alike.
Then he could pop into town and follow his father in admiring the city’s tourist highlights. Like the Olde Cottage,
and the Sam Smiths pubs that I’ve never actually found. I fear their gardens may be a little limited.
HE won’t, but I bet a few scousers will. Good to know we’re still a United Kingdom, eh ?
*The Blues Bar at Chester FC is literally on that boundary; I believe the lone handpump dispensing Spitting Feathers is on the right side of the line while the keg is on the other.
Both Sam Smith’s pubs are within 5 minutes walk of the final photo above. One is on the Rows where the photographer took the photo standing and one is in Watergate down the hill in the direction where the pedestrians can be seen walking.
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Thanks. I “sort of” know where they are, but missed a pub crawl last year (forget why !) where we’d have visited at least one of them.
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The Boot might take some finding, the Falcon is hard to miss.
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Ooh see me try.
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Bill,
Maybe the Falcon flies high while the Boot is more down at heel.
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B,
There’s nothing wrong with the Falcon but I’ve always much preferred the Boot.
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I agree. Pre-Covid the Boot was serving OBB from Hogsheads. Falcon’s cellar isn’t big enough.
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“but I’ve always much preferred the Boot.”
I think he’s asking to get banned Martin. 😉
Cheers
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B,
I’m not surprised about hogsheads in the Boot.
I was sat in there for about an hour one reasonably busy afternoon and noticed one person, probably the landlady, efficiently serving about sixty customers are realised how much more profitable, even at £2 a pint, that was likely to be than Duttons with at least several staff on and maybe fewer customers many of them ordering meals.
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Chester,
Ah yes, 24th April.
Not last year, nor this 24th April.
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I remember not finding the Boot on a number of occasions. There again I am a Scouser.
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It is on the upper Row on the opposite side of the street to the Grosvenor Hotel in the direction of the Town Cross.
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Hey, we don’t have Scouser-bashing on this blog (except on the morning after a Liverpool defeat).
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“Mrs RM has hers Thursday”
She beat you to it? I thought the whole purpose of her agreeing to drive you was to sneak in a jab herself? 😉
“elder lad moved home last week ”
For a moment there I thought you meant that he’d moved back in with you! 🙂
“and younger sun keeping busy till barbers are back on 12 April.”
Do you call him ‘sun’ because he’s so bright? 😉
“Then he’d be able to walk over the Welsh border and start cutting hair today, as the devolved administration starts to outpace the UK Government on things that matter (don’t get any ideas, not pubs).”
So, you can get your hair cut but can’t see a dentist?
(where my sister lives in Ontario it’s the bloody other way round!)
“He could set up a mobile unit on the self-explanatory Boundary Lane* ”
Ah. A bit like Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec then. 😉
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/countries-stay-locked-us-canadian-border-communities-struggle/story?id=74723130
“Then he could pop into town and follow his father in admiring the city’s tourist highlights. Like the Olde Cottage,”
Good luck with that happening. 😉
“I fear their gardens may be a little limited.”
Blimey. Looks a bit like the inspiration for ‘A tree grows in Brooklyn.’
“Good to know we’re still a United Kingdom, eh ?
Yes but… united in what? 😉
Cheers
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On vaccinations, Russ, it’s odd. I had mine on Sunday (see “Jabbed”), but only because I travelled 30 miles to Wakefield to get it early, otherwise I’d have had to wait till 29 March to have a jab on the edge of Sheffield.
Mrs RM (next age group down) got an invite to book her jab yesterday (Monday), and the church up the road had appointments in 3 days time !
I think we’ve upped the programme significantly. All good.
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“I think we’ve upped the programme significantly. All good.”
Definitely doing better than my province. They started jabbing those over 90 last week so I could be a while yet. 😉
Cheers
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Over 90 ! But they weren’t going anywhere anyway !
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Oh, you can see a dentist here. We’ve all been recently (I blogged about it, that’s how dull life is !).
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(slow golf clap)
And, wasn’t your dentist above a takeaway or some such?
Cheers
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A Starbucks with sticky buns and chocolate cake. One provides business for the other.
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