6th May 2023. Coronation Day. I’d made a bid mistake, huge, and left myself with three hours before kick-off in Manchester. What on earth can you do in Manchester for three hours before a nervy fixture against Dirty Leeds ? Loads of things, but none you want to read about, so let’s pop in the… Continue reading CASK IS KING AT THE CROWN & KETTLE

….we still have Christmas Eve, Eve in Manchester. 23rd Manchester 2022. Or “Black Eye Friday“, the last working day before Christmas, in my book. A highlight of the year. Except it seemed most folk had packed in work a week early, the lazy sods. Matthew was busy cutting student hair till lunchtime on Christmas Eve,… Continue reading “And if a double decker bus, crashes into us…”