April 2025. Sheffield. A Good Friday 10,000 steps around Kelham but definitely not a pub, oh no. Hang on that’s Ireland that’s dry today (once arrived in Kilkenny on that day, not fun). Oh, hang on, Alder, haven’t been there for ages. A whole year, in fact; I was bemoaning the loss of the keg… Continue reading A GOOD FRIDAY FOR SHEFFIELD BASS FANS
Tag: Bass
A WORKINGMAN’S BASS AT LOUGHBOROUGH’S PEACOCK
March 2025. Loughborough. Despite his looks Quinno is actually younger than I am, so doesn’t remember those magical times when the Good Beer Guide described entries as ” basic town pub”, “rough pub, women tolerated” and “workingman’s pub”, which was all the description you needed in 1975, in an age before street art. I don’t… Continue reading A WORKINGMAN’S BASS AT LOUGHBOROUGH’S PEACOCK
NOTHING MUCH BEATS A PINT OF BASS BESIDE THE FIRE IN THE DEAD POETS
April 2024. Holbrook. Belper. I had to run through Belper‘s high street to catch the bus, scolded gently by a lovely driver. “Why’d ya run ?, I saw ya“. The journey to Holbrook takes 10 minutes, passing perhaps a half dozen worthwhile pubs on the way, including the White Hart. But today, at least, I… Continue reading NOTHING MUCH BEATS A PINT OF BASS BESIDE THE FIRE IN THE DEAD POETS
A BELPER BASS BUS BURST
April 2024. Belper. A free afternoon in Sheffield. Zero chance of a new GBG tick; let’s have some nostalgia. I’ve been promising you I’d revisit the Dead Poets since I started this blog, and a hop and a skip via Derby and it’s 13:45 and I’m about to “alight” (weird word, alight) at Belper Station… Continue reading A BELPER BASS BUS BURST
NATIONAL BASS DAY 2024
March 2024. Sheffield. Ian had arranged National Bass Day for the 30th March, so it didn’t take the gloss of the Doom Bar celebrations two days later. Only one place in Sheffield, and by good fortune it coincided with the Folk Weekend. I guarantee you won’t find a better collection of pubs to hold a… Continue reading NATIONAL BASS DAY 2024
ECCLESHALL – A BASS, A BAG OF CRINKLYS AND A CHURCH
March 2024. Eccleshall. We decided we’d better get some use out of the campervan now Spring had brought sunny, dry, weather (HA !). Two hours through the Peak via Leek and Stone to Eccleshall. Six pubs here in about two minutes walk, but quite a shake-up from a decade ago. The George, notorious home of… Continue reading ECCLESHALL – A BASS, A BAG OF CRINKLYS AND A CHURCH
THE FLYING HORSE – BASS, OF COURSE
Blimey, that rhymes. I’m a poet and I didn’t know it. I should write for a CAMRA branch magazine. March 2024. Rochdale. I love this little Rochdale pub crawl artisanal curated beer trail on a beer mat, and wish it all the best when it kicks off on Thursday. We did the town justice, but… Continue reading THE FLYING HORSE – BASS, OF COURSE
HARRY BELAFONTE NIGHT IN THE VAULTS
February 2024. Uttoxeter. Thursday night in Uttoxeter. Got the tick, done the pre-emptive Marston diner, one question remained; What a silly question. Incredibly, only my third visit to The Vaults, perhaps the most famous Bass pub, alongside the bankers of Stockton and the flat nectar of Bath. But then, I haven’t been to the Coopers… Continue reading HARRY BELAFONTE NIGHT IN THE VAULTS
“You dancing ?”, “You asking ?”. BAY CITY ROLLERS IN THE WHITE STAR
February 2024. Liverpool. Since City got Haaland the Norwegian tourists now flock to Manchester rather than Beatlesland, and the Cavern Quarter looked quieter than usual last Sunday afternoon. But that was because they were in the bars watching the Reds lose, or packing out the restaurants of Bold Street. Liverpool doesn’t wind down on Sunday… Continue reading “You dancing ?”, “You asking ?”. BAY CITY ROLLERS IN THE WHITE STAR
GREAT PUBS REVISITED No. 5 – THE COACHMAKERS ARMS, HANLEY
February 2024. Hanley. Stoke-on-Trent. Before I get to the last pub of the night, I need to confess that when the driver of the Number 4 back to Hanley asked to see my day bus ticket I flashed him my receipt by mistake. I take full responsibility. Back in the “capital of the Potteries“, nowt… Continue reading GREAT PUBS REVISITED No. 5 – THE COACHMAKERS ARMS, HANLEY
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