6 May 2023. Should have mentioned “Reg”. On the way down from Platform 14 that morning a handsome chap tapped me on the shoulder and said “You are Retired Martin and I claim my pint of Doom Bar“. I had to chase him half way down the steps before he admitted his name. I knew… Continue reading PORK PIE & DUCHESSE DE BORGOGNE – ARTISANAL FOOD MATCHING AT CASK ANCOATS
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OH, MANCHESTER etc etc
Mrs RM didn’t recognise Frank Sidebottom. She’s not a TRUE Manc like what I am. Bet she didn’t recognise this bloke, either, a headliner at Simon’s upcoming Blackpool “punk” festival with his disco covers of Joy Division classics. After a night of curry in Lymm we were back in Manchester for another of those annoying… Continue reading OH, MANCHESTER etc etc
THE LAYTON ACES
Back in Blackpool, and a largely featureless walk from the (wrong) station to Cask in Layton. Not to be confused with Cask & Tap, Tap @299b or Ma Kelly’s Cask Emporium. While I’m on the route, I should apologise to any owls who were offended by the comparison of this stretch of wall on Talbot… Continue reading THE LAYTON ACES
A DIDDY PUB FOR SIR KEN
I don’t actually have a bucket list, but if I did a Ken Dodd show would be on it. Reports of Springsteen-length gigs ending at 1am abound, but where Bruce plays the stadiums, you can still see Ken at the Skegness Embassy. It is possible that my first record was the famed Diddymen EP in… Continue reading A DIDDY PUB FOR SIR KEN
LEGENDS AT CASK, MANCHESTER
A fairly perfect Manchester weekender included a gig, a City win over Stokelona, Manc sunshine, some new architectural discoveries and a few new pub ticks in St Helens. That all paled into nothing, compared with a chance to meet a top pub blogger in one of Manchester’s finest pubs. I’d ticked Cask some years back, but on… Continue reading LEGENDS AT CASK, MANCHESTER
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