January 2026. Radcliffe on Trent.
When I came to Radcliffe to tick the micropub (temporarily closed so no return) in 2019 I’d asked a local;
“What about the other pubs in Radcliffe ?” I asked. “Any good ?”
“Nah. Too cliquey”. Well, perhaps too cliquey when this photo was taken,
but I didn’t notice it last week.
The Manvers was a pub looking for an audience, perhaps folk like Mrs RM who need their phone charged,
or fans of the Parelboys (Scott will know),
and gentlefolk diners, except those had been eating bacon rolls in the Royal Oak that morning.
A tidy 3 roomer with comfy seating, deserving of more lunchtime trade.
Our polite Pub Men form a CAMRA-approved vertical queue for the bar,
faced with an impossible decision at the pumps.
“It’s 6X or 6X, lads”.
“Seven pints of 6X, please”.
Those were the only pints I saw poured that 25 minutes, but as you’ll know one pump is plenty, often more than enough, and this was a solid malty NBSS 3.5 (Quinno adjusted NBSS 3).
Paul produced the Notts CAMRA Guide from 1980, possibly the last year a pub only selling 6X got in the Guide.
Oh, forgot the Anchor in High Offley.
Talking of 1980, your soundtrack was a classic of that year.
Shame it was followed up with Coldplay’s “Yellow”.
retiredmartin 
Until I saw Paul I thought you were playing in a new band.
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I’ve driven through Den Oever. Duncan must have been at a match surely?
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“Well, perhaps too cliquey when this photo was taken,”
(looks down)
Did they even know the word ‘cliquey’ back then?
“The Manvers was a pub looking for an audience, perhaps folk like Mrs RM who need their phone charged,”
(looks down)
Blimey! Do they charge you to have any heat pointed your way if it’s cold?
(or maybe you can only flush the urinal/toilet once and then have to wait 10 minutes to do it again, to save water?)
“or fans of the Parelboys (Scott will know),”
Yeah. I’m definitely NOT in the know.
“and gentlefolk diners, except those had been eating bacon rolls in the Royal Oak that morning.”
(slow golf clap)
“Our polite Pub Men form a CAMRA-approved vertical queue for the bar,”
What? The group wasn’t buying rounds? What kind of pub crawl is that?
“faced with an impossible decision at the pumps.”
(reads ahead)
(slow golf clap)
Also, there’s a guy in Texas, from South Africa, who swears by 6X. 😉
““Seven pints of 6X, please”.
Aha! So you were taking turns buying the pints.
“Those were the only pints I saw poured that 25 minutes, ”
A pint in 25 minutes? That would put me to shame, if you kept it up. 😎
“Paul produced the Notts CAMRA Guide from 1980, possibly the last year a pub only selling 6X got in the Guide.”
(looks down)
Heh.
Also, I’ve been to the Trip!
(back in 1981, and had to hold my hand over my stein to keep the dust from getting in my beer!)
“Talking of 1980, your soundtrack was a classic of that year.”
Classic indeed.
“Shame it was followed up with Coldplay’s “Yellow”.”
Blimey, what a segue.
Cheers
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