I’m sure Pub Curmudgeon will quickly correct me in lumping Cheadle Hulme‘s newest pub in with Greater Stockport, but the Good Beer Guide can’t make up it’s mind whether the Heatons Norris and Chapel deserve separate billing, so I’m in good company. The Chiverton Tap is certainly winning awards from Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA though,… Continue reading THE CHIVERTON TAP
Tag: Greater Manchester
THE OTHER SIDE OF SALFORD
It took me a while to get to grips with what constitutes Greater Manchester, itself an entirely artificial construct. What I quickly realised were the essentials; Stockport and Manchester are quite different, and Manchester United don’t play in Manchester, or even in Salford. “That [neighbouring] Stretford and Salford are not administratively one with Manchester is… Continue reading THE OTHER SIDE OF SALFORD
LEIGH WEAVES ITS MAGIC
My last Beer Guide entry for Greater Manchester was in Leigh. I always save the best Manc tick till last, except for the time I had to go to Walkden. Leigh doesn’t make a natural weekend break, but while Mitchells & Butler ran their Innkeepers Lodge in Lowton at bargain rates (£59.90 for 3 nights… Continue reading LEIGH WEAVES ITS MAGIC
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