June 2024. Grenoside. In 1998 I stopped at the Cow & Calf on the way to see Cambridge United nick a famous 1-0 win at Hillsborough, and introduced old schoolmate Sean to the joys of Sam Smiths. (Pure Lager, but never mind). 20 odd years later, the Cow & Calf failed to supply Sir Humphrey’s… Continue reading THE COW AND CALF LIVES !
Tag: Sheffield
FAREWELL, LIZ. HEADLESS IN THE HARLEQUIN.
May 2024. Sheffield. I do try to get round the Sheffield GBG entries if I can, and I always feel I never do the Harlequin justice, tucked away toward the Wicker (top right below), just off the main Kelham Island run next to Aizlewood’s Mill and the New Testament Church of God, rather than the… Continue reading FAREWELL, LIZ. HEADLESS IN THE HARLEQUIN.
WALKLEY’S EMBARASSMENT OF RICHES
May 2024. Walkley. Sheffield. It really is a mixed blessing living in Walkley; the lure of Kelham Island 10 minutes walk away and four Guide-worthy pubs on my doorstep. The Blake Hotel you know, the Blind Monkey has been swapping places with the Raven of late, and the “village” beer shop has just had one… Continue reading WALKLEY’S EMBARASSMENT OF RICHES
AVOIDING THE CUP FINAL
May 2024. Sheffield. Where are we now ? May 27th. Only five more posts and I’m up-to-date and we’ll get back to “Half a dozen pubs in every GBG county” and I know you can’t to see my Argyll picks. I know I should really be ploughing round the country like BRAPA, ticking the 300-odd… Continue reading AVOIDING THE CUP FINAL
THE WASHINGTON
May 2024. Sheffield. And just like that, 2 pints becomes 3 as I leave Duncan outside Triple Point and return to a Sheffield absolutely bouncing on a Friday night. The only thing the city really lacks is a consistent small venue music scene to match Manchester and Leeds, but you’ll always get some enthusiastic youngsters… Continue reading THE WASHINGTON
BACK TO BLAKE
April (still !) 2024. Sheffield. One of the great lines, from one of the great songs, from one of the great bands; “And as her kissing got worseoh, her paintings improvedbut what does that prove?It proves nothing“ Well, as my GBG ticking gets worse, so my pubbing improves, and back in Sheffield I decided I… Continue reading BACK TO BLAKE
SPOONS LIFE, WOODSEATS PALACE
April 2024. Woodseats. Sheffield. Usual pattern; couple of nights in Waterbeach to start the week, then back “home” to Sheffield to forlornly try to get the laundry dry. Though, as Angela Rayner is finding out today, is “home” actually home if the neighbours say you’re never there and the grass is too long. We helped… Continue reading SPOONS LIFE, WOODSEATS PALACE
A KIRKSTALL ENCROACHMENT INTO SHEFFIELD
April 2024. Sheffield. I concluded a two hour stroll, through the pub interiors, graveyards and botanical gardens, and cryptic comments, at The York, the smartest pub on Fulwood Road, the “University street”. Or at least that’s how I remember the York from James’s first year in Endcliffe residences, when True North ran a more pubby… Continue reading A KIRKSTALL ENCROACHMENT INTO SHEFFIELD
ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 844 – THE BEAR, ABBEYDALE ROAD
April 2024. Sheffield. You left me in Sheffield’s antiques quarter, braving 50mph winds and taking refuge in Hagglers Corner. Even the banks round here have been converted into “old tat” shops, such is the power of the antiques market. I took a look on What Pub at the nearest pubs on the 2 roads south-east… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 844 – THE BEAR, ABBEYDALE ROAD
ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 1,073 – HAGGLERS CORNER
April 2024. Sheffield. 3 years in Sheffield and we still haven’t really got to grips with London and Abbeydale Roads, the lanes snaking south from the centre and United’s ground, so on an increasingly blustery Saturday I set off to remedy that. I really must see Dr John Cooper Clarke live, while I still can;… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 1,073 – HAGGLERS CORNER
