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If you love the British pub, you will like this blog. Here I will review the pubs I drop into in my wanderings around my home region - urban, rural, posh, homely, fun pubs, restaurant pubs, and local backstreet pubs. I hope to encourage people to appreciate them.
I will score each pub out of five points each (30 points maximum) on its ambience, decor, service, whether it serves real ales, state of the toilets (but I can't vouch for the state of the gents because I don't use them!) and what extras it has - games, beer garden, newspapers, serves food, karaoke, quizzes, live music.
If after reading one of my reviews you decide to check out a pub, I hope you enjoy the experience. But bear in mind that I have only visited some of them once, and pubs and pub managers change. If the review needs updating, please leave a comment.
Ups and downs? Well, people drink when they're down. And they drink to celebrate, when they're feeling 'up'. Besides that, this is hill country. It's full of ups and downs.
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Friday, 29 July 2011

The Carters Arms, Oldham

The Carters Arms, Rochdale Road, Oldham
 
The Carters Arms, corner of Rochdale Road and Shaw Road, between Oldham town centre and Royton.

Ambience - 4
Decor - 4
Covered with distinctive green tiles on the outside, clean and tasteful on the inside with comfortable furniture.

Ale - 0
No real ale

service - 2
Bar staff more interested in chatting to each other than in serving customers waiting at the bar

features -5
separate pool room 
separate darts room, 
beer garden at the back, 
dogs are allowed in. 
Too many pubs ban four-legged companions when there's no real need to do so. The staff tell me that dogs are admitted on the same terms as humans, "Good behaviour, no fighting or getting rowdy".
disco on Friday nights

Toilets - 3

Score 18 out of 30
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