20th March 2023. Just as you only watch “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” or hear Lizzy McAlpine’s “Five Seconds Flat“ for the first time once, you only get to go in a classic Batham’s pub for the first time on one occasion. But that’s no reason never to revisit the Vine or the Swan, or the… Continue reading BOSTIN’ BATHAM’S BITTER
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THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING IN WOLLASTON
20th March 2023. I’d given myself two hours to walk the 5 miles to outer Stourbridge and back, visit the two new GBG pubs, squeeze in lunch and perhaps a Bathams. It was JUST enough time. I’d forgot how many pubs there were along the A458 as Stourbridge becomes Wollaston, and the Black Country becomes… Continue reading THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING IN WOLLASTON
I AM OLDSWINFORD’S ONLY BEER TOURIST
20th March 2023. I’m making terribly slow progress towards completing GBG23 (IF I’m actually doing it), which I know will disappoint those of you who had a tenner on me at 18/1 to repeat my GBG22 triumph (what happened to the film starring Emma Stone by the way ?). In truth I’m waiting for the… Continue reading I AM OLDSWINFORD’S ONLY BEER TOURIST
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