December 2025. Sheffield. Leg 4 (of 5) of my attempt to get to the heart of Black Eye Friday in my own city. But first ! I nip into Marks & Spencer’s, ignoring the lure of Alpine Bar, a Top 100 pub as recently as 2021 but which may lose that status as I need… Continue reading RESISTING THE 10% JAIPUR X IN THE HALLAMSHIRE HOUSE
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CHRISTMAS JUMPERS
December 2025. Sheffield. Will had curated an itinerary for our mini-Sheffield Black Eye Friday crawl. As a southerner, he’d never actually ever heard of Black Eye Friday, but then unlike me he’s not slave to biblically-inspired Christmas rituals like dressing up as Santa and falling over. Most of the Daily Mail’s pictures from the great… Continue reading CHRISTMAS JUMPERS
A QUIET START TO BLACK EYE FRIDAY AT THE FARGATE
December 2025. Sheffield. I’d left Mrs RM in Rye (Home 3) to keep an eye on her parents while I popped back on the train to check on Dad and Sunnyside (Home 2). But I also needed to make sure our actual home in Sheffield (Home 1) was still standing and pick up post, so… Continue reading A QUIET START TO BLACK EYE FRIDAY AT THE FARGATE
NO BLACK EYE FRIDAY IN CHORLTON
23rd Manchester 2022. We’d paid for our prime site Manchester hotel the night before Christmas Eve (£59, pushing the boat out) and we were going to use it. Or not. Mrs RM had work to do, she’d catch up with me and Matt for tea later. I contemplated the trio of Proper Pubs on Portland… Continue reading NO BLACK EYE FRIDAY IN CHORLTON
BLACK EYE FRIDAY IS BACK !
Last December was a terrible month for everyone except the citizens of Tier 1 Cornwall and the Isle of Wight who received hordes of visiting GBG tickers with open arms. And after moving north I found myself without the joy (and blog potential) of Black Eye Friday for the first time in years. But 17… Continue reading BLACK EYE FRIDAY IS BACK !
SO, HOW’S YOUR BLACK EYE FRIDAY ?
‘Twas the Friday night before Christmas, and all across the land lads and lasses donned Father Christmas hats and drank 8 pints of Bass Carling WKD in the nearest pub after their jovial boss, probably called Martin, sent them home after lunch. Well, no, of course they didn’t. There are no pubs, Proper pubs anyway,… Continue reading SO, HOW’S YOUR BLACK EYE FRIDAY ?
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