Just like the old days :-)

Very nice those York Brewery pubs. But I can't say they stand out in York, where the "great pub" competition is fiercer than anywhere else I've ever been...

No shortage of "real pubs" in York, which for whatever reason is probably the best town for pubs in the UK (taking a balanced view across choice/quality of beers, architectural quality, general atmosphere).

Stockport isn't far off, though ;-)

Well he would say that wouldn't he. :-)

After a bus trip over from Haworth, the ales at the Riverhead are wonderful. Be sure to walk up to the pub at the tunnel end, cause they have great brews too, then come back to the Riverhead for another before catching the bus back to Haworth ...

Wotta Day!

nick

Richard the Riverhead Brewery Tap at

I've never been to the Rose and Crown - it's now at the top of my 'to do' list. Might get there next Saturday after the Wakefield Beer Festival (ok I *do* still go to beerfests despite what I said earlier!).

Another couple of pubs worth a mention are the Nook at Holmfirth (although, like the Shears in Halifax and the Star in Belgravia, it's not easy to find.) And I understand that the Wharfeside at Slaithwaite is now a Copper Dragon pub, and although I've not yet been, Copper Dragon have a policy of allowing tenants to have guests alongside their own beers.

Absolutely!

Depends what you mean by 'far' - it's well over 70 miles away.

... ah... I'll get me coat.

SD

In message , Secret Drinker writes

How can the Maltings be a ruined interior, nothings been do to it for years

It used to be a multi-roomed classic town pub called the Lendal Bridge, where I used to play darts, amongst other things. True, the beer wasn't exciting, but that's not the point.

It's all been opened out and given a fake retro-look and renamed The Maltings. When that was done is irrelevant. I hate it.

(Oh, and you might want to respond to the post that you're referring to, rather than a follow-up one!).

I'm intrigued - how long ago was this? I've always known it in its present form and I'm the wrong side of 50!

Do you remember the Whitbread 'House of Horrors' look, when they adorned some of their pubs with various odds and sods, books, old sewing machines etc etc. I've often wondered what the message was meant to be and who it's meant to appeal to. (The Head of Steam in Hudds is getting dangerously close to being a bit twee with an over abundance of railwayana). Unnecessary.

In message , RichardInglis@?.?.invalid writes

Wasn't just Fizzbread. W&D did it too, with bric-a-brac everywhere (so did Mr O'Rourke, but then his pubs were always intended to have outlandish decor). I'm afraid I wondered about it too, so I can't give you any more insight. At around the same time there developed the idea that the more different patterns you could have between carpets, curtains and chair covers the more attractive the pub would be - again, to whom and why I've no idea. Counting the patterns when visiting a 'done up' pub for the first time has provided Herself and me with a fair amount of childish amusement over the intervening years! We've come to refer to the whole awful business as the 'Brewer's Nightmare' style. Unfortunately it's still alive and kicking in the West Midlands :-(

In the old days we'd also have 'no travellers'.

E.

So am I :-(

No, sorry, but I was an expat for most of the intervening years, so that would explain that.

MMV - I love railwayana in pubs.

And not that many years ago, especially in Scotland, "No women"

Ay, they were the days???

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At least the Scots have now got 'no smoking'

E.

Ah yes, closely followed by "no customers" and then "no pub".

Interesting comment given that various pubs in scotland have reported