retiredmartin

September 2024. Mexborough.

Mrs RM and I were discussing with the Southworths the lack of world knowledge of most of their countrymen. To prove my point, in a recent survey only 0 out of 1,123 Americans surveyed could place Mexborough (pop.15,244), that wise Uncle of the South Yorkshire mines, on a world map.

In fairness, I couldn’t have told you the town’s fame to claim before looking at Wiki just now.

“Blessed assurance“, as Fanny Crosby would have said, it’s Brian.

That’s him, celebrating the arrival of Mexborough’s new GBG entry in typically reserved style.

The Old Market Hall joins a diverse half dozen of GBG entries over the decades, including the most famous concertina club (RIP) in the Guide and a gorgeous brewery tap on the Meccie riviera.

I was absolutely convinced I’d already done Mex Spoons, but the spreadsheet never lies, and besides, who could resist a Monday afternoon on Mexborough High Street ?

Well, all of Mexborough, it seemed. Unless they were filming a 40th anniversary update of Threads while I was there.

I’ll shortly have some more in-depth analysis of dead pubs in Mex from my visit with BRAPA,

but it’s important to keep this blog in strict chronological order or Brian Blessed will shout at you.

So for now I’ll just say the Old Market Hall is a high class JDW, with cheery staff who bellow “What you ‘avin ?” even as you’re entering the door, and only a beer bore would complain about that.

Retired Martin, who’s just paid £1.49 for a gorgeously cool and rich NBSS 3.5 pint of Riggwelter due to Monday Club and CAMRA token, is NOT that beer bore.