In “Notes From A Small Island” Bill Bryson (an American without Dick and Dave’s taste in pubs) stops in Retford, noting its success in losing out to Worksop as HQ for Bassetlaw Council. Four years later, the TASTE* team went on a pub crawl of Winfieldesque proportions, painting Retford as Gomorrah to Doncaster’s Sodom.… Continue reading RETFORD -A (BASSET)LAW UNTO ITSELF
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CHARLES DICKENS IN RETFORD
Apart from the walking, one of the main attractions of retirement was reading books in pubs, with a pint in front of the fire. Perhaps I didn’t expect the seating to look quite like this, but then this is Retford 2016. My Charles Dickens** still felt like 1866 though. Retford had it’s brief moment at… Continue reading CHARLES DICKENS IN RETFORD
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