February 2025. Stockport. Happy International Women’s Day, and a post where an Old Bloke mansplains Stockport to three women who really aren’t interested in the town’s crumbling facades, or the niche appeal of Redrock’s entertainment complex. home to that tribute to legendary Sufragette Elsie Plant. Wikipedia says that a century ago “Marie Stopes arranged for… Continue reading NO BATHAM’S IN THE MAGNET ? IT’LL HAVE TO BE THE APPLE, BLUEBERRY AND MAPLE PASTRY STOUT, THEN
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PREMATURELY CHECKING IN BEERS ON UNTAPPD AT THE MAGNET
June 2024. Stockport. Or is it Heaton Norris ? Where were we ? Oh yes. Curry and Greater Manchester beer night with Blackpool Jane, after a Bailey’s chaser. Now, here’s why Jane is so great. That’s the prescribed walking route from the Crown to the Magnet, but it’s SO dull. Why not walk under the… Continue reading PREMATURELY CHECKING IN BEERS ON UNTAPPD AT THE MAGNET
SHE’S IN BROADSTAIRS
June 2023. Broadstairs. You can never have too many Half Man Half Biscuit references in your blog. “She’s on the Isle of ThanetI wake up on a trolleyAnd realise the follyI tell them I can manageThere isn’t any damageAnd as I’m being led outI get my A to Z out“ That “A to Z” really… Continue reading SHE’S IN BROADSTAIRS
REFLECTIONS ON COLCHESTER
April 2023. Sticking to the knitting now; trips to unsung English towns with some pics of old buildings and adverts for enticing events you’ve already missed. Not sure why Colchester is unsung, but it surely is. Rather like the whole of Essex (except Grays, obvs), Colchester is a real 3.5 of a town. Which means… Continue reading REFLECTIONS ON COLCHESTER
BACK TO THE FUTURE IN OFFERTON
For many folk the end of May signals the start of the major beer festival season, with Cambridge and Stockport fests cruelly coming up in successive weeks. They hold no interest to me. Mrs RM and I took the DeLorean to a short break in the pub capital of the UK to enjoy a stagger round one… Continue reading BACK TO THE FUTURE IN OFFERTON
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