I lived in Lancaster for five years but the Stonewell and Water Witch were never regular haunts. Never made it to the Snatchems Golden Ball which I rather regret now as I think it has closed down.
I lived in Lancaster for five years but the Stonewell and Water Witch were never regular haunts. Never made it to the Snatchems Golden Ball which I rather regret now as I think it has closed down.
There's nothing on the pub's website, but their Facebook page has a (slightly ambiguous) farewell at the start of the first lockdown, but this is confirmed in this article reporting that the pub is on the market for £825,000.
Come On You Hatters!
Post War Pubs, 10 of the best.
1/10 for me, just nos 9 back in the day.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Just the Shakespeare on the PuG crawl around Leicester.
Pretty sure you were on that crawl Moby, so maybe you've been in two?
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A pub is for life not just for Christmas
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
Good grief, 50s-70s architecture... how on earth did these 'visionaries' get away with so many absurd post-war builds/rebuilds? Absolute insanity, not just in this list but city centre eyesores all around the country in all guises of buildings.
Same for me, just the Shakespeare in Leicester, now gone, an amazing throw-back, in style and prices!
The Festival Inn - photographed only. If I'd known it was Grade II-listed and had an interior of National Importance I'd have tried it out.
The Shakespeares Head
I've also been in the Samuel Whitbread, but only in Q Quick/Burger King mode only.