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A week in pubs: w/c 8 August 2011

Pub visits this week 4 Locations Sheffield, Grimsby A couple we’ve recently made friends with have just moved to Sheffield. They like pubs. Pretty good choice, then. And they’ve got themselves a place in Crookes. I think that’ll be a night at the Princess Royal then. So on Wednesday a little group of us get … Continue reading

A week in pubs: w/c 18 July 2011

Pub visits this week 3 Locations Dronfield, Sheffield, Birmingham There are times when we all wish we could be another person. As a fan of Grimsby Town there are many times when I wish I could just support another football club. Most of the time this is simply because they’re rubbish. But there’s far more … Continue reading

A week in pubs: w/c 17 January 2011

Pub visits this week 5 Locations Grimsby, Doncaster, Sheffield Visits to the pub can vary in many ways. One is the extent to which they’re planned. On the one hand they can be scripted months in advance or part of a routine you’ve been following for years. On the other they can be completely spontaneous. … Continue reading

A week in pubs: w/c 27 September 2010

Pub visits this week 6 Locations Sheffield, Grimsby Last week the Independent did another of those “hey, that real ale stuff, you thought it’s just for old men and tastes of socks, right, but some of the pale ones are almost drinkable” features that reliably do the rounds once or twice a year. Are these … Continue reading