December 2023. Ramsbottom. I’m always surprised to see Ramsbottom in the Greater Manchester section of the Guide; but I suppose I could never paint it as a posh Rawtenstall, could I ? GBG22 – Bare boards and barrels brewery bar, Northern Whisper. GBG20 – Royal British Legion Club selling mini Ploughmans GBG18 – Cheery station… Continue reading SO, WHAT’S THIS YEAR’S NEW RAMSBOTTOM BEER GUIDE ENTRY, THEN ?
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RAMSBOTTOM AND “The Odious Loathsome Sin of Drunkenness”
Another year, another lone new entry in charming Ramsbottom, the Dronfield of the West. I have no idea if that’s true, haven’t been to Dronfield for years. The trip north of Bury always seems to happen at the end of my Gtr Manc ticking, giving me time to admire those hills. Last year, just before… Continue reading RAMSBOTTOM AND “The Odious Loathsome Sin of Drunkenness”
JARL AND A MINI PLOUGHMANS IN RAMSBOTTOM RBL
6th February 2020 Onto my latest trip now, a rather disastrous attempt to get my hair cut. My base for the next two days was Heaton Chapel, which some of you may have heard of. It’s in Greater Manchester/Stockport/Cheshire Lancashire. I paid the princely sum of £54.40 for a two night stay in Trivelles on… Continue reading JARL AND A MINI PLOUGHMANS IN RAMSBOTTOM RBL
TRAINSPOTTING IN RAMSBOTTOM
Not really of course. Trainspotting is, ahem, much too noble a pastime for the likes of me, but hopefully Tom will enjoy these pictures of noisy engines at Ramsbottom Station, where trains pretend to go to interesting places in Rossendale and Rochdale, ignoring the harsh reality that folk here really want to go to Accrington. Still,… Continue reading TRAINSPOTTING IN RAMSBOTTOM
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