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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)

Sunday, 28 March 2021

In the past year, I have managed just two pub visits last August when the regulations allowed them to open for outside table service. That was to The Summit at Littleborough and the Waggon and Horses at Walsden in the Calder Valley. (You'll find both pubs in this blog, under their locations.)

It remains to be seen how many pubs survive. I'll be adding more photos of them at least on 

upsanddownspubphotos.blogspot.com

Meanwhile here are a few articles for fans of British pubs, which have pertinent things to say about their fate, especially in relation to development companies. 


theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/20/britain-pubs-value

Britain's pubs: we'll soon see the value of them, but will it be too late?  John  Harris 29th November 2020 The Guardian

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/21/rising-from-the-rubble-london-pub-rebuilt-brick-by-brickafter-bulldozing

Rising from the rubble: London pub rebuilt brick by brick after illegal bulldozing  James Topper 21st March 2021  The Observer

This article, above, is especially cheering for pub supporters, as it sets a precedent for dealing with developers who destroy pubs out of spite when their planning applications for an alternative use are questioned or refused. This council ordered a developer to restore a pub they'd illegally bulldozed literally brick by brick. 

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/13/the-death-and-life-of-a-great-british-pub

The death and life of a great British pub Tom Lamont 13th October 2015  The Guardian

An alarming, and informative, article about the power and bad faith of property developers


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