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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.
(ALL PHOTOS ARE COPYRIGHT)

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

The Tollemache Arms


The Tollemache Arms, 415 Manchester Road, Mossley OL5 9BG
01457 834555
Cosy canalside pub, on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. It is one of four pubs in the country named after Baron Tollemache, whose claim to fame is that he was a long-standing Conservative MP for Cheshire, and the largest landowner in the county in the 1800s. He also built Peckforton Castle, (Peckforton Hills, Cheshire).
     
     The pub can be entered from the road, as in the photos, or from the canal towpath. Very much a regulars pub (I got stared at when I walked in; a sure sign they don't get many non-regulars dropping in). It's not unfriendly to walkers, though when it's crowded the small rooms mean you'll have a job finding somewhere to put your rucksack down.

Ambience - 3
decor - 2
Dark decor with wooden floors, makes it a bit gloomy, though it might look less so in sunshine (I've only managed to find this pub in the rain so far.)

ale - 0
service - 3
Friendly enough

features - 3
quiz at weekends
canalside beer garden
welcomes dogs and walkers

toilets - 4

Score 15 out of 30

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