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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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Sunday 15 January 2012

The Dog and Duck, Oldham

The Dog and Duck, King Street, Oldham
UPDATE: Alas, the Dog and Duck is no more. It closed shortly after I did this entry and is now tinned up and up for sale.
Update April 2014: still tinned up and no sign of it reopening.  
August 2014: demolished by Oldham Council to make way for a new sports centre.
 
It looks like your average high street pub but this is Oldham's premier gay bar. You wouldn't guess it if you go in around teatime when it's quiet except that the chandeliers and looped pelmet over the bar give it a definite touch of camp, and if you look in the pool room there is a rainbow flag on the wall. Later in the evening, at weekends, it is a friendly, lively fun pub with music (the DJ is often a drag queen) and karaoke.
ambience - 4
decor - 3
well maintained, features original Victorian clay floor tiles in the bar area, decor mostly tasteful but although it's obviously in keeping with the theme of the pub, the pink painted panels in the bar clashed a bit with the rest of the colour scheme. 

service -5
very welcoming

real ales - 0
features - 3
music Thursday, Friday, Saturday
'play your cards right' game Thursdays
karaoke on Sunday

toilets - 3
decent and clean

score 18 out of 30
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