retiredmartin

May 2026. Bradford.

Time flies. Five years ago I was sitting outside the Jacobs Well (aka Beer House aka Jacobs etc etc), waiting for BRAPA to be vaccinated.

Afternoon all! Pre vaccine fun at Jacobs Beer House, Bradford. The Abbeydale Deception is drinking well, the locals and staff seem perky, it is raining and sunny but I’ve got a fluffy green hat pic.twitter.com/GvX7WihPk1

— Si BRAPA Everitt (@StymieSi) May 10, 2021

Simon was able to confirm that beer actually boosts the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine, or was it Sputnik ?

I was BRAPA’s DES that momentous day, so I hadn’t joined him in Jacobs, one of a handful of “trad Brad” GBG entries.

So I left the £50 a night luxury of the Midland Hotel for a Sunday evening pint of Dark Mild,

a rich NBSS 4,

and found a locals pub still in rich in character and banter.

Darts, blokes watching the Snooker final on their phone,

a tray of uneaten cheese sarnies. All signs of a Proper Pub, though in truth it’s pub you go to with mates for best effect.

Yes, yes, BRAPA would have stolen a sandwich in 2021, but back in those dark days we weren’t completely sure whether cheese would dullen the benefit of the COVID vaccine. And you can’t be too careful.