When/if we are allowed out this year can you recommend any decent beer gardens? Might not be able to drink but I miss actually socialising and basking in the sunshine. Though I'd plan ahead 😂

yes i think i would have been informed if the Bastard had shuffled off his mortal

Harry had no interest in football , only booze n drugs

3 hours ago, crawshawbooth said:

Harry had no interest in football , only booze n drugs

And Music . The bugger can sing.

On 16/02/2021 at 19:28, gonzo said:

Equally give me a nice pint in front a roaring fire in country pub any day.

 

Let's hear some recommendations for that...

 

River Wyre pub a stones throw from me is delightful on a cold winters day. Open fires throughout. Could sit there all day.

 

 

Not really  a country pub by anybody's standard, but Stonehill in Farnworth has open fires which have to be lit between end October and March (I think). It's a Sam Smiths house and the MD does surprise visits. If there's a fire not lit there's trouble so the landlord is always stoking them up. 

Regulars call him Coal Hand Luke.

On 17/02/2021 at 06:10, Biggish Dave said:

I’ve booked a weekend in York in July hoping we can go. I’ll be too bladdered to tamper with the wife

FFS. Surely, surely, surely in July. 

I am fairly certain that pubs will be open in early May, but 1+1.  

Hope so anyway as i've booked Crawley on non -refundable. 

Think that's going to be it though for BWFC games.   

22 minutes ago, captainmed said:

FFS. Surely, surely, surely in July. 

I am fairly certain that pubs will be open in early May, but 1+1.  

Hope so anyway as i've booked Crawley on non -refundable. 

Think that's going to be it though for BWFC games.   

If something is riding on Crawley many will travel regardless if no fans are back me included for a day out 

3 hours ago, Francis Fogarty said:

Not really  a country pub by anybody's standard, but Stonehill in Farnworth has open fires which have to be lit between end October and March (I think). It's a Sam Smiths house and the MD does surprise visits. If there's a fire not lit there's trouble so the landlord is always stoking them up. 

Regulars call him Coal Hand Luke.

Sam Smiths pubs? Are the ones who ban phones?

1 hour ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

If something is riding on Crawley many will travel regardless if no fans are back me included for a day out 

I know a couple of lads from crawley. Ive already said the same that if we need it for playoffs or heaven forbid promotion the place will be busy if pubs are open 

21 minutes ago, Traf said:

Sam Smiths pubs? Are the ones who ban phones?

Yes, no phones, no music, certainly no swearing, no nowt. And spot on to last orders too.

I got a bollocking when I called in after a night match and got my phone out to see the goals on Sky Sports.

All the locals gasping and looking shocked. You'd have thought I'd got little Francis out and was waving him about.

30 minutes ago, Francis Fogarty said:

Yes, no phones, no music, certainly no swearing, no nowt. And spot on to last orders too.

I got a bollocking when I called in after a night match and got my phone out to see the goals on Sky Sports.

All the locals gasping and looking shocked. You'd have thought I'd got little Francis out and was waving him about.

No phones sounds perfect but no swearing?

34 minutes ago, Francis Fogarty said:

Yes, no phones, no music, certainly no swearing, no nowt. And spot on to last orders too.

I got a bollocking when I called in after a night match and got my phone out to see the goals on Sky Sports.

All the locals gasping and looking shocked. You'd have thought I'd got little Francis out and was waving him about.

Sounds horrendous

16 minutes ago, Rudy said:

No phones sounds perfect but no swearing?

I'd be kicked straight out. Potty mouth. 

Just now, bolton_blondie said:

I'd be kicked straight out. Potty mouth. 

I wouldn’t go in. 

Walk in, buy a drink, call them all cunts, down your pint then walk out?

1 minute ago, jmjhb said:

Walk in, buy a drink, call them all cunts, down your pint then walk out?

Thats just my local. 

Like Sam smith beer at LOV but the one in Lincoln’s beer was fow 

Last thing I want to do when I go for pint is speak to some pissed up pub wally about total bollocks I have to talk to customers about all week. 

No phones my arse. 

I hope they go bust the bunch of weird cunts.

20 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Walk in, buy a drink, call them all cunts, down your pint then walk out?

And it wouldn't cost much for the privilege. Their prices pre lockdown were chep as you like. Can't remember exactly, but the price began with a 2

Pub in Rochdale the other year had a no phones policy it didn’t last long 

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Last thing I want to do when I go for pint is speak to some pissed up pub wally about total bollocks I have to talk to customers about all week. 

No phones my arse. 

I hope they go bust the bunch of weird cunts.

The landlord told me once that the owner/MD goes out and parks up on the pub carpark early mornings to check what's going on, opening times etc. fires lit, curtains open and everything. 

1 minute ago, Francis Fogarty said:

The landlord told me once that the owner/MD goes out and parks up on the pub carpark early mornings to check what's going on, opening times etc. fires lit, curtains open and everything. 

Jesus.

They do seems really strict with it. My mate got asked to leave the Bispham Hotel for sitting alone outside with his phone. Ignored them twice and then they asked him to leave.

I really don't understand the policy. Talking loudly is one thing, I can get that, but what's thw difference between reading your phone or the paper?

Madness.

 

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Jesus.

They do seems really strict with it. My mate got asked to leave the Bispham Hotel for sitting alone outside with his phone. Ignored them twice and then they asked him to leave.

I really don't understand the policy. Talking loudly is one thing, I can get that, but what's thw difference between reading your phone or the paper?

Madness.

 

being quirky

What if you just want a quiet drink? Or need to check bus times?

Edited February 18, 20215 yr by jmjhb

1 hour ago, Francis Fogarty said:

The landlord told me once that the owner/MD goes out and parks up on the pub carpark early mornings to check what's going on, opening times etc. fires lit, curtains open and everything. 

He’s called Humphrey and is a really strange bloke, owns most of Tadcaster and won’t let anything get built. Turns up in pubs to ‘spy’ on how it’s being run but not many people know what he looks like 

8 hours ago, Francis Fogarty said:

Not really  a country pub by anybody's standard, but Stonehill in Farnworth has open fires which have to be lit between end October and March (I think). It's a Sam Smiths house and the MD does surprise visits. If there's a fire not lit there's trouble so the landlord is always stoking them up. 

Regulars call him Coal Hand Luke.

I  reckon  i've had at least a pint in 99% of Bolton pubs that have been open for business during my drinking "career", but i can honestly say i've never heard of Stonehill, where bout's in Farnworth is it?