Duke of Edinburgh, Barrow-in-Furness

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:47:03 +0000, loobyloo wrote (in article ):

No apology necessary - us Barrovians know the place is not over-burdoned with good, or even bearable, pubs. On the whole we jump on trains and buses to outlying towns and villages with better pubs.

The Duke of Ed opened at the end of Nov last year and has been an instant hit despite the fact the kitchen is not up and running. The fact the a pint costs about £1 more than the tiresome W'Spoons a short stroll away hasn't troubled too many people who realise that a good beer in a good environment is worth forking out extra for.

I was propping up the bar a couple of weeks ago when a hatchet/orange-faced middle aged woman (a Barrow stereotype) requested three bottles of blue WKD and was told the pub doesn't sell any alcopops - the look on her face and her body language was fascinating; it read astonishment, affront, bafflement, incredulity and offence all in one - brilliant.

Late news: it is now, from last Friday, according to the manager of the Sun in Lancaster.

Fantastic. What an education they're in for!

Same thing (almost) happened when I was there on Thirsday. A couple of chavs came in in Argos sportswear chic, took an astonished look round, and walked straight out again.

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:56:10 +0000, loobyloo wrote (in article ):

I was in there on Thursday about 9-11.30, when were you there?

Just where is this pub?

I must love it :-) Even before I see it.

Dave

In Lancashire.

No, it was an afternoon trip. We left at about 6, much the worse for wear!

Come out of Barrow station and if you can work out some way of going round the roadworks instead of having to vault some sort of health centre's walls as we did, then it's literally 20 yds away on the main road slightly to your left.

Why didn't I see this thread this morning?

Just come back from Barrow - (rugby - bleugh!) called in at POW Foxfield instead of looking for somewhere in Barrow - previous efforts have been disappointing!

Next time .....

Here are three photos we took:

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:47:03 +0000, loobyloo wrote (in message ):

I had lunch there last Friday and I was thoroughly impressed - no Brakes crap, fresh local produce, easy on the wallet - excellent all round. Even my step-father described it as brilliant and he is pathologically predisposed to dissatisfaction.

FYI the whole place is still in the "soft opening" stage and the kitchen is only open at lunchtimes for the time being.

Free wireless internet access & daily papers too.

TB