Christmas Day 2023. Royal Tunbridge Wells and Sheffield. You’ll know I’m not one for Christmas, or celebrations of any kind, really. We spent our 25th wedding anniversary in the Letchworth Spoons, and the best 25 Decembers I remember flying home from somewhere distant after a curry. This 25 December was spent at the in-laws in… Continue reading A CHRISTMAS TRADITION RUINED…
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PLUM PORTER AND KATSU CHICKEN IN SPOONS
July 2023. Hillsborough. Sheffield. Not sure what you’ve done to deserve a blog post on my lunch in Spoons; surely an Instagram post like Mrs RM does would be sufficient. Perhaps. But as I staggered out of Beer House I knew that I needed to eat (Axholme Rob doesn’t eat when he’s pubbing, it’s his… Continue reading PLUM PORTER AND KATSU CHICKEN IN SPOONS
WETHERSPOONS KEEP THE 25th DECEMBER SPECIAL
25th December 2022. It was a joy to have both boys home with us for Christmas, unwrapping presents, singing carols, watching re-runs of Noel Edmonds making folk blub. Don’t be daft. 25th December means the shops are shut and pubs close early, if they open at all. And Mrs RM INSISTED on cooking a roast… Continue reading WETHERSPOONS KEEP THE 25th DECEMBER SPECIAL
OLD SPOONS ON TUESDAY
This blog does NOT approve of flags or commemorations or national anthems or minutes silences, and particularly disapproves of Saints Days. But I was still disappointed to see that my local Hillsborough Spoons had no authentic Oirish meals last week, though Sheffield’s own Bradfield had kindly produced a special beer. I have NO idea what… Continue reading OLD SPOONS ON TUESDAY
BOXING DAY – BALTIKA & BELGIAN BLUE
Boxing Day is “traditionally” the day that blokes go to football while their wives clear up the mess from Christmas Day and make up an inedible casserole from turkey and Brussel sprout leftovers. You can guess what the retiredmartin household thinks of “tradition”. Talking of football, saw this on the Manchester City Blue Moon forum;… Continue reading BOXING DAY – BALTIKA & BELGIAN BLUE
THE HEAVENTEENTH OF MAY
I had a late night on Sunday, gripped by a Mumsnet saga about a Dad who forgot to wake up his wife before their 7 year old opened his birthday presents. Mumsnet Advice – “Leave the Bastard” , “Never forgive him”, “Chop his willy off“. So ANGRY. So I was a bit tired this morning,… Continue reading THE HEAVENTEENTH OF MAY
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