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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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Tuesday 30 August 2011

The Abbey, Oldham


The Abbey, Middleton Road, Oldham
A669, near Oldham College

UPDATE 2022: The Abbey is no more, it was demolished c.2017 to make way for a new sports centre

I am lucky enough to have five pubs within a 200 yard radius of where I live. This pub is one of the five, though it is not one of the best. I think it must have a loyal set of regulars to have survived, two nearby pubs have closed (I used to have seven pubs within 200 yards of where I live!)

Ambience - 1
one big room, one medium sized bar
When I was there they had the TV and the jukebox on loud at the same time,
causing an unpleasant cacophony

Decor - 1
Furniture and floors well worn and drab, poorly maintained

service - 3

Ale - 0
No real ale, usual range of mass produced beverages and spirits

Features -1
Live music at weekends


Toilets - 0
Sorry to say it, but it was the kind of lav that makes you shudder.
The Ladies and the Gents both have identical black doors with no signs, which makes them unnecessarily difficult to find. The Ladies was grubby, smelly and covered with graffiti. And I don't mean artistic graffiti.

Score: 6 out of 30
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