Pubs, Pints & People in Trafford & South West Manchester
For the second year running the Trafford & Hulme branch Pub Of The Year for 2013 was Costello’s, Altrincham
August was a good month for the furniture salesmen of Chorlton with no fewer than three bars in the area undergoing makeovers. The first was Oddest on Wilbraham Road which has had new fixed seating installed outside, the floor stripped, a lick of fresh paint and some reworking of the internal oddities. Old favourites like … Read more
The branch was extremely sorry to hear that landlord Steve Crook has left The City Arms in Kennedy Street. Earlier in the year, Steve suffered a serious back injury which has seen him unable to work in the cellar since. Unfortunately, his recovery from this injury has taken a lot longer than doctors originally predicted … Read more
Below is the itinerary for the Sale Stroll 2014, our annual wander round the many hostelries of Sale which offer real ales. This year the Stroll will take place on Saturday 20th September. Everybody is invited to join us – either for the whole day or just pop in and out when you are free.
Sale has a great variety of pubs from major chains to small independent free houses so will make for a varied day out.
The Trafford & Hulme Branch Pub of The Season for Autumn 2014 is perhaps one of the most unusual “pubs” in the whole of the branch area but one that has made an impression in just six months of trading. Located in former office space above an estate agent’s office, the only sign of the Stretford Sip Club’s existence is a hand painted wooden sign in the window adjacent to the anonymous door of the premises on the corner of Barton Road and Kingsway.
Step inside the door and assorted casks stacked under the stairs are the first clue to what lies above. Climbing to the top of the stairs and you may think you’ve been mistaken and you have entered into somebody’s lounge complete with sofas and dining table – it’s only when you venture to the rear room that you will find the bar complete with it’s two handpumps and well stocked fridge.
Opening in April 2014, The Sip Club was the realisation of the dream of landlady Heather Garlick, a born and bred Stretfordian who wanted to bring to her hometown the kind of place she would like to socialise at herself – a cosy and welcoming space offering only genuine quality beers & wines. How the Sip Club has embedded itself into the local area in such as short period of time is remarkable and testament to the vision and hard work of Heather and the band of family, friends and suppliers who have embraced what she set out to do.