Pub visits this week 7 Locations Grimsby, Sheffield, Manchester This week in pubs has been a little busier than I might have anticipated, given the devastation visited on my insides by last week‘s stag weekend in Brighton. It begins on Tuesday night, at the Rutland Arms (featured here), a desolate, down-at-heel boozer on the back … Continue reading
Pub visits this week 5 Locations Manchester, London, Nottingham The last time I was at the Castle Hotel in Manchester it was 2007. I was on tour with MJ Hibbett and we played totally acoustic in the back room with The 10p Mixes. The audience numbered about 14. There was exposed electrical wiring, a stack … Continue reading
Pub visits this week 7 Locations Sheffield, London, Manchester Last week Get to the pub.com visited the Walkley Cottage – only to discover the next day that it was about to close down. The manager has retired, but locals were uncertain whether the owner, Punch Taverns, intended to reopen the pub or sell it off. … Continue reading
Pub visits this week 3 Locations Manchester, Sheffield Stay with us, reader, for this week we discover a higher mode of drunkenness, and the pub takes us into the sublime. But first, the winner of our grand ‘Drink Beer and Carry On’ T-shirt competition is Mr A Hartley of Rotherham, South Yorkshire! Congratulations, sir, and … Continue reading