May 2023. We only had the company of the Southworths for a lunchtime beer and curry on their UK trip, but what a beer and curry it was. Bradford, you never let us down. We started off at the Waterstones, searching in vain for the 1975 Good Beer Guide. Perhaps the most gorgeous book shop… Continue reading THE SOUTHWORTHS DO BRADFORD, PROPERLY
Tag: West Yorkshire
WELCOME TO BRADFORD
6th May 2023. We’d planned to meet the Southworths on their latest UK trip (tour T-shirts from the usual sites), and figured that rather than go back to Sheffield from Manchester we might as well take the train to Bradford and do a giant loop. For a start, it was cheaper, and we found Bradford… Continue reading WELCOME TO BRADFORD
DON’T AVOID, MYTHOLMROYD
11th March 2023. When you’re setting out on your Good Beer Guide ticking career, you can confidently expect to find half a dozen new Guide entries in an afternoon. But, as BRAPA well knows, the deeper the you go the harder to extract are those ticks. And so I approach the penultimate West Yorkshire entry… Continue reading DON’T AVOID, MYTHOLMROYD
ON THE BUSES TO OUTER BRADFORD
26th January 2023. I only just made the bus back from Eccleshill back into town to catch the next bus out to the Watchmaker’s in the west, but in their defence First Bradford or whatever they’re called are nice buses and it’s not their fault I always cock up by putting the bar code on… Continue reading ON THE BUSES TO OUTER BRADFORD
MELTHAM MAGIC
1st January 2023. At last ! 2023 arrived with the traditional Sheffield New Year’s fireworks, best viewed from our upstairs bedroom window as displays on six hills compete for attention. I’m really no fan of fireworks, but the scale and beauty came as quite a shock when we spent our first New Year in Sheffield… Continue reading MELTHAM MAGIC
TOP 100 PUBS – RECORD CAFE, BRADFORD
19th December 2022. Having quickly acquired my new Bradford GBG tick* at Boar & Fable, I had to make a quick decision about how best to get value from my £14.40 Off-Peak return ticket, having missed cut-off for the Media Museum. Another bar on North Parade ? There’s nine to choose from; I’d been having… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – RECORD CAFE, BRADFORD
TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN TO BRADFORD
19th December 2022. Enough of Mrs RM, it was almost MY birthday now. To warm up I took a look at my GBG spreadsheet (really ought to blog about that) and found to my horror the ONLY new Beer Guide entry I could do was in Bradford. And even that didn’t open ’till 16:00. What’s… Continue reading TAKE THE FIRST TRAIN TO BRADFORD
A HORSFORTH HOP
Just as I was getting to love the railways, they stopped running. Despite all the gripes folk have, I’ve had a pretty good service from Sheffield, apart from all the pricing anomalies. A lot of travel for one tick, like the hour to Granvilles in Horsforth, one of those towns that could sit under “H”… Continue reading A HORSFORTH HOP
NO POLITICS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE BREWER’S PRIDE, SO CONVERSATION TURNS TO CAVITY INSULATION
When I was drawn back to Ossett the other week for a first new tick in a decade I remembered with affection the local brewery tap in that town. So I thought I’d go back and find it. I might need a third visit to do the Horse & Jockey, an ultra-rare OPEN Sam Smiths.… Continue reading NO POLITICS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE BREWER’S PRIDE, SO CONVERSATION TURNS TO CAVITY INSULATION
Ossett’s Prop’ur Baa – A Proper Bar
Back home in Northern England, it was nearly December and I’d made a paltry start to ticking GBG23, if indeed I harbour any ambitions at a (record-breaking) second successive completion. Loads of newbies, including a first visit to Ossett since Yorkshire Guide tickers Eddie and Simon were in short trousers (Simon still is). Actually, Eddie… Continue reading Ossett’s Prop’ur Baa – A Proper Bar
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