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
A STUMBLE IN STANNINGTON
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
THE ALNWICK MYSTERIES
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
TOON ’84
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
STEPPING STONES
Back to the walks. A two hour epic, almost reaching the Peak District before realising Derbyshire police would confiscate our coffee cups (Voluntary disclosure : James had a fudge brownie as well). The walk takes you through the student houses of Crookesmoor to the student flats of Broomfield and thence to the student village of… Continue reading STEPPING STONES
GHOSTS HAUNT THE BLACK SWAN IN YORK
After my post on the 1980 North Yorks Guide, reader “US” Dave asks; “Other than the Black Swan are there other York pubs in that guide then that are commonly visited now ? “ The answer seemed to be “NO”. Most of York’s 2021 GBG entries are outside the centre, and the central pubs long… Continue reading GHOSTS HAUNT THE BLACK SWAN IN YORK
PROPER CHOICE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE PUBS IN 1980
Today I walked to Middlewood, at the end of the Sheffield tram line. There are NO pubs there, just a Sheffield Wednesday training ground. Not that you’d know they trained. So, instead of a dull walk, I’m bringing you the highlights from the 3rd edition of the North Yorkshire Guide to real ale pubs. (thanks… Continue reading PROPER CHOICE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE PUBS IN 1980
SHEFFIELD SLEEPS
My blogging ritual can now alternate between earnest assessments of 1980s North Eastern pub guides, virtual crawls round closed pubs via Google Maps, and the highlights of daily Sheffield walks. If we were able to maintain this vaccination rate I’d get my first jab by the end of March. Hopefully in a giant Wetherspoons. We… Continue reading SHEFFIELD SLEEPS
YE OLD ELM TREE
Once/if things get back to “normal” I’ll be able to catch a train to Durham in less than 2 hours, which sounds like a win. I’ve been scouring my newly acquired first Guide to North East pubs for a Durham City boozer that’s in the current GBG I can write about. It’s harder than I… Continue reading YE OLD ELM TREE
1978 AND ALL THAT…
The lovely Alastair Gilmour (meet-and-drink.co.uk) from That Newcastle has been clearing out his files. I used to do a similar clear-out before the Southworths made their tri-annual pilgramage over to collect CAMRA magazines and hangovers; whatever happened to the Southworths ? By the turn of century I had a huge collection of local CAMRA pub… Continue reading 1978 AND ALL THAT…
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