July 2025. Worksop. A stop on the weekly 2hr 26 slog down the A57/A1/A14 from home to see Dad, and breakfast in Worksop, where the walls opposite the Spoons show how North Notts folk make their own entertainment. Hey ! Isn’t that a bottle of Jamaican tonic wine on the right ? Spoons should do… Continue reading MR STRAW’S HOUSE
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22 MINUTES WAIT AT WORKSOP STATION ? IT CAN ONLY BE THE MALLARD, THEN
February 2025. Worksop. The last thing you want on the morning of your mum’s funeral is an e-mail deleting your social media account. “A Bluesky account you control has been assessed as a spammy, fake, or inauthentic account.“ Me, “inauthentic” !!! ChatGPT reckoned I’d broke their community guidelines by promoting Doom Bar or something, so… Continue reading 22 MINUTES WAIT AT WORKSOP STATION ? IT CAN ONLY BE THE MALLARD, THEN
CLUTCHING AT (MR) STRAWS. 22 MINUTES TO ADMIRE WORKSOP
February 2025. Worksop. From the funeral in Waterbeach down to Kent and then over two borders to take Father-in-Law to a hospital appointment in East Grinstead (not even a pub stop), and then straight back up the A1 to Sheffield for more death-based paperwork. I needed a break. On Thursday, the sun shone and I… Continue reading CLUTCHING AT (MR) STRAWS. 22 MINUTES TO ADMIRE WORKSOP
NOTTS HAS FALLEN
FINALLY. Finally, I finished Nottinghamshire the other Saturday. Where better than in Worksop ? Well, I guess it would be nice to do a few more trips to the North West of Notts. Does Bawtry even exist ? Still, an hour before the Dukeries Tap opened gave me chance to tour the rarely seen ecclesiastical… Continue reading NOTTS HAS FALLEN
WORKSOP – LIQUORICE, LACINGS & FRENCH HORN
Makes Worksop sound exotic, doesn’t it ? And if you live in South Anston, it probably is. Sadly, the gorgeous tiling often adorns closed or keg pubs, making Worksop the Rotherham or Woolwich orPoole of the Midlands, My route to Sheffield to see my lad often flies past the edge of Worksop, though I reckon… Continue reading WORKSOP – LIQUORICE, LACINGS & FRENCH HORN
“THEY CAN’T SAY HALF IN WORKSOP”
A quick stop in Worksop on the way to Sheffield to ensure James has found the toaster. Lunch is a shared pizza and pint of Punk IPA for £6.49 in the Spoons. “I’m a cheap date” says Mrs RM, cradling her bargain pint as I dash off for a half in my new tick. Worksop… Continue reading “THEY CAN’T SAY HALF IN WORKSOP”
AMBER TAVERNS GET IT RIGHT IN WORKSOP
One of the surprises in St Helens the other week was the quality of the Unicorn in the Market Tavern, a straight-forward opened up town pub serving a lot of JS Smooth and Fosters. Owners Amber Taverns have over a hundred pubs now, mainly in large industrial towns in the cheaper parts of the Midlands and North (the… Continue reading AMBER TAVERNS GET IT RIGHT IN WORKSOP
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