December 2023. Grimsby. I actually played “Caribou” in the car on the way down to Waterbeach yesterday. It’s actually not as bad as contemporary reviews of Elton’s stellar run of early ’70s albums suggest, but those titles ! Who puts tracks called “Pinky”, “Grimsby”, “Solar Prestige A Gammon” and “Stinker” on a Number 1 album ?… Continue reading FISHING FOR GRIMSBY PRE-EMPTIVES ROUND FRESHNEY PLACE
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Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Fish
December 2023. Grimsby. Dock Beers doesn’t really feel looks like it belongs in Grimsby, but there it is, tucked away top right, just over the bridge above the Tesco extra. I guess it’s the Grimsby equivalent of Heist or St Mars of the Desert Tap in industrial Sheffield. I’d been before, but wasn’t sure I’d… Continue reading Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Fish
6 pints of Madri and 6 raspberry sambucas for the Grimsby “social after Christmas” lads
December 2023. Grimsby. Part 3 of my Greater Grimsby crawl curated tour of public houses, as I realised I might as well do ALL the GBG pubs while I’m here. I hadn’t been in the Barge for 10 years, but I remembered the best haddock and chips ever there, and a man should not enter… Continue reading 6 pints of Madri and 6 raspberry sambucas for the Grimsby “social after Christmas” lads
LINCOLNSHIRE HAS FALLEN
December 2023. Great Grimsby. Not only does Elton John’s “classic” 1974 album contain “Grimsby”, it also has “Ticking”, a Taupin tale of a chap frustrated by micro pub opening hours. “Don’t ever ride on the devil’s knee,” Mama said. Remember Mama said . Ticking, ticking“ I wasn’t riding the devil’s knee to New Waltham to… Continue reading LINCOLNSHIRE HAS FALLEN
“Oh, oh, Grimsby, a thousand delights couldn’t match the sweet sights of my Grimsby”
December 2023. Great Grimsby. Those are actual lyrics there, from an actual UK and US Number 1 album. I only know about “Grimsby” because Caribou is currently in the Top Albums on Tidal, along with “Guts” and, er, “Rumours”. Possibly only because they’ve added “Step Into Christmas” onto the CD, mind. Bing’s new AI function… Continue reading “Oh, oh, Grimsby, a thousand delights couldn’t match the sweet sights of my Grimsby”
GRIMSBY DOCKS
Only 9 days behind with the blogging now, or (checks spreadsheet) 28 pubs. Oh dear. Nearly as bad as BRAPA, who hasn’t even met up with me at the Champion on his blog yet. Normally at this time of year I’d be telling you how wonderful Hull Old Town is, making a poor pun on… Continue reading GRIMSBY DOCKS
PUB FOR GUY
Celebrity pubs, eh ? Nearly as dreadful as celebrity beers. Still, I was excited to visit Guy Martin‘s pub in Kirmington, Greater Grimsby, keen to see if he’d kept any Madonna memorabilia in the divorce settlement. Oh, sorry, that’s Ritchie. (I genuinely thought they were the same person). This Guy is a famous biker, apparently.… Continue reading PUB FOR GUY
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