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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 17h

Great pub. Was in last Saturday. Love the Cannon Brewery mosaic as you walk in

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 1d

Crikey 😬

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, why take risks. I used to stop cycling a precautionionary two weeks before kerstbier after I came off once a week before and went over with fractured ribs. Unbearable, especially attempting to carry even light luggage

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't used to but I'm more weather aware for cycling now. Not so long ago I ignored a BBC weather warning and rode over the moors to Buxton, it was hellish. Especially crosswinds and driving rain. Never again

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha! This for display only. I prefer drinking from glass to be honest and I'm going to stick with cycling not dancing. Although the wakes horn dance they do in Abbots Bromley looks impressive

6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 1d

Not got any breweriana from Showells - Breweries in Oldbury, Stockport & Stoke. Tankard in quite nice condition Acquired by Allsopp & Sons 1914. No doubt due to their extensive pubs in disparate areas from Bollington & Biddulph to Stourbridge
www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx...

Side view of tankard partly showing the handle

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 2d

Full of natural condition. Well worth jumping off the train for

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 2d

Starmer has plenty of other problems to worry about. It'll be academic anyway if Reform form the next Government. YouGov had them on 311 seats, although a lot could happen before 2029

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 3d

They had The Orkney IPA on at Dewsbury Station Refreshment Rooms on Sunday. Was excellent

Half of Orkney IPA with the handpump behind it

A selection of cask beers at The Dewsbury station Refreshment Rooms

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 3d

Just a shame she's unwilling to take more affirmative action but they live in fear of reform

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely. I always keep an eye out for them

6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 3d

Ordinarily I'm a mid week stop in but a Monday evening sojourn in beautiful Knaresborough is vindicated. Blind Jacks has a brace of Two by Two on, a superb brewery (+ Bass available)

Exterior view of blind Jacks Knaresborough. A three story brick pub with cobbled frontage

Train to York under the canopy at Knaresborough station at night

A brace of Two by Two handpumps on the bar at blind Jacks Knaresborough with a bass handpump next to it

Knaresborough station and rail tunnel showing the canopy and large brick chimneys

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

That looks great!

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

"Standing at the top of the main street in Haworth Village lying adjacent to the Church The Black Bull Hotel can claim many associations with the Brontë family" Tied House - Bentley's Yorkshire Brewery. From The Guide to Free Houses & Inns of Character in The West Riding

Excerpt from the pub guide describing the black bull, Haworth

Map of pubs in the West Riding pub guide and a sketch of a mill surrounded by hills

Front and back cover of The Guide to Free Houses & Inns of Character in the West Riding

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely. I prefer Thornbridge Made North to be honest

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

More for the ambience really.

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

I'm with you. Nowt like. They've never managed to replicate Ind Coope Burton Ale either. Not sure if there's a point to it really

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

Going in! Good luck everyone

Half a Boddingtons at Thornbridge's Bankers Cat

External view of thornbridge brewery bankers cat boar lane. Four story high corner pub

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 4d

I normally visit the KWVR beer festival on a Friday but events conspired against me & meant a Sunday visit this year. No need to concern myself with reduced beer range. Select beers still still available & Craven NEIPA excellent.

Pacer train in platform at Keighley and worth valley railway

A half of craven brew co NEIPA on the bar at Keighley and worth valley railway beerfest with the handpump behind it

A half in front of a tank engine at the Keighley and worth valley railway

Steam train in platform at The Keighley and worth valley railway

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 6d

Great pub. Heading there Monday hopefully

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 11d

Bet that was fantastic!

6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 11d

Love that pub!

6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 11d

First visit to The Brickmakers, Newton Solney. Neil Morrissey's new pub. E of the River Trent, Derbyshire. Pentrich No Other Way DDH pale was excellent. Other local beers available too. Villager 3 service from Burton. Feature by @colstoncrawford.bsky.social
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/foo...

Three handpumps on the bar with an intentionally hazy pint in front

Exterior view of the brickmakers showing its entrance, hanging baskets and sign. Exterior is cream brickwork and black window frames

Exterior view of the brickmakers showing its very elongated exterior

The red Villager bus picking up passengers right out the pub

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 12d

🤣👍

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6TownsMart @6townsmart.bsky.social · 13d

Sounds like your day will improve, worth the hassle in the end

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