Tag: Kirkby-in-Ashfield

KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD – BLUE MONKEY, WORN-OUT LOLA

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October 2023. Kirkby-in-Ashfield. Now all these trips to honeypot villages in Bradford and Grantham are fine and well, but I know it’s Mansfield you really want to read about. GBG24 brings two (2) new entries in and around Kirkby (not Merseyside) home to Larwood, and once home to four railway stations, impressive for a mining… Continue reading KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD – BLUE MONKEY, WORN-OUT LOLA

OLIVES IN A TEA CUP IN KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD

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Last stop on the Mini Midlands Micro tour was in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, the “edgy” bit of Mansfield and a regular stop for GBG visits over two decades. Sadly, George’s Tradition chippy seemed to have given way to an inferior copy, though you can’t complain at £3.70 for fish and huge pile of chips to last you… Continue reading OLIVES IN A TEA CUP IN KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD