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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 Granby Arms, Uppermill

The Granby Arms, High Street, Uppermill


This pub got its first beer licence in 1831 and has been through several changes of name since then, before sticking with the present one. It was first the Dog and Partridge, in 1840 it was the Queen Adelaide. After this date its licensee got a full licence. (In times past, pub licensees could be given licenses to sell beer only, or to sell beer, wine and spirits. 'Beerhouses' were distinctly downmarket premises.) In 1842 it was renamed the Marquis of Granby, but the locals called it the Granby Arms and the name stuck.


ambience - 3
decor - 4
well maintained, light and bright

service - 3  prompt and polite

ale - 1
one guest ale when I was last there, though I'm told it normally has a range of guest ales

features - 3
serves food until early evening, varied menu
quiz night once a week
poker night once a week

toilets - 3

score: 17 out of 30

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