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EXTENDING THE OVERDRAFT IN WINCHESTER

EXTENDING THE OVERDRAFT IN WINCHESTER

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 17 Comments

  Not ALL the Winchester pubs had forgot what “pub” is an abbreviation of.  We had a great night there; we always do. Winchester is an odd place. At times it seems the exclusive preserve of well-off 25-35 year olds; the pubs packed with folk with enough cash left after their mortgage for a proper… Continue reading EXTENDING THE OVERDRAFT IN WINCHESTER

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HITCHIN CRAFT INVASION

HITCHIN CRAFT INVASION

July 2, 2017July 3, 2017 15 Comments

I’d always thought the real sign of a craft breakthrough would be a bar with keg fonts on the back wall in the North Hertfordshire towns of my youth. Well, Letchworth suddenly has a modern brewery tap and a bottle shop to rival anything in Glossop. And now, from possibly the lowest starting point of… Continue reading HITCHIN CRAFT INVASION

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OXFORD v CAMBRIDGE REVISITED

OXFORD v CAMBRIDGE REVISITED

November 15, 2016February 27, 2018 18 Comments

  There’s an assumption of a great Cambridge/Oxford rivalry.  It doesn’t exist, anymore than Uttoxeter and Doncaster are daggers drawn because both hold horsey races. I don’t know anyone who watches the boat race, and even on trips to the Manor or Kassam Stadiums I doubt many United fans bothered to set foot in the… Continue reading OXFORD v CAMBRIDGE REVISITED

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