22nd March 2023. Quite a significant date, this. The first day my son James drove me to a pub. #ProudParent #23YearsWellSpent etc. etc. If he’d passed his test a year earlier he could have driven me to Claddach Kirkibost. I’d sat quietly in the passenger seat when he drove his car (a blue one) home… Continue reading DRIVEN TO THE PUB BY MY SON FOR THE FIRST TIME
Tag: Eccles
SEVEN SAM SMITHS SIZZLERS
Bass pubs are fine, but I know what you’re really after* is some photos of Sir Humphrey’s homages to an Edwardian era. With Dickensian working conditions. There’s been a tiny difficulty capturing the majesty of Sam’s pubs of late. But you can get round the mobile phone ban one way; and I’d like you to… Continue reading SEVEN SAM SMITHS SIZZLERS
SPOONS CARPETS, ECCLES
It seems a shame to waste some lovely pictures of Eccles, just because I can’t attach a beer to the post. It’s not as if anyone else blogs about Salford. And I reckon the Milton Hotel deserves some credit. Part of “a select group pf hotels in Europe’s most beautiful locations”, namely Perth, Carlisle, Paisley and… Continue reading SPOONS CARPETS, ECCLES
TOP 100 PUBS – THE LAMB, ECCLES
Yes, I’m staying in Eccles. That’s how brave I am at 53. The Milton Hotel has a job centre and NHS facility built into it, which could be useful later. Great view for £34, but the WiFi is rubbish, so here’s one from my phone. A wasted £34, since the GBG pub up the road… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE LAMB, ECCLES
MALTY MICROS IN MONTON
You may have noticed that I get my easts and wests mixed up a bit, something to do with my incompetence in science no doubt (Grade 4 CSE). But I always reckon I can tell you where any place in England is, and so it’s slightly embarrassing I continue to get my Montons and Mostons… Continue reading MALTY MICROS IN MONTON
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