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Community Pub Of The Year 2014

Railway Broadheath Community POTY 2014 2 SmallCongratulations to Pete & Wendy (pictured with Beverley Gobbett who proposed the award) and the rest of the team at the Railway in Broadheath, on winning the 2014 Trafford and Hulme Community Pub of the Year award.

A well deserved award for this pub that has successfully served the locals of Broadheath since it was saved from demolition in the mid 1990’s by a joint campaign organised by CAMRA and its locals. Pete and his partner Wendy have carried on the tradition of keeping the Railway a locals local since taking over the lease.

Some pubs have a smart kitchen and are able to serve meals, the Railway doesn’t, some pubs have the space to allow live music & comedy acts, the Railway doesn’t. The Railway relies entirely on its community spirit, and great ale, to attract and keep its customers   So let’s wish Pete & Wendy a long and successful future, well done!

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Pub Of The Season – Autumn 2014

Stretford Sip Club signThe 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.

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Pub Of The Season – Summer 2014

Old Market TavernTrafford & Hulme Camra Pub of the season for summer 2014 is The Old Market Tavern in Altrincham – better known as’ O.M.T.’ to most people.

John Glover with his wife Linda and family ‘took over the reigns’ in March, 2005 and quickly set about making the pub what we see today. However when they first entered the building it was in a mess having been closed for a period of time and certain ‘undesirables’ had broken in and the place had been vandalised with many items ‘gone missing’. Over the years the pub has been transformed into a thoroughly enjoyable place to participate drinking some fantastic beers.

2008 was the year that saw the OMT re-enter Camra’s Good Beer Guide and has been in every edition since. Also the same year saw it voted as Trafford & Hulme’s Camra Pub of the Year.

Although the OMT is owned by Punch Taverns, John has an excellent agreement with them which allows him to choose which beers he wants. Six beers are permanent – Caledonian Deuchars IPA, George Wright’s Drunken Duck & Northern Lights, Taylor’s Landlord, Phoenix Arizona and Facers DHB, with a futher five handpumps reserved for guest beers from far and wide.

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Pub Of The Year 2014

cityarmssmallThe Trafford & Hulme Branch Pub Of The Year 2014 is The City Arms, Kennedy Street, Manchester.

While hype rages about the “Craft Beer Revolution” and the press raves about specialist beer bars, the City Arms is testament to the enduring popularity of a well run traditional pub. The pub is nestled away on Kennedy Street, a quiet narrow back street which runs parallel to Princess Street, one of Manchester’s busiest streets. Despite being so close to Albert Square and the heart of the city, once inside you could forget you are in the city and imagine yourself in a lively suburban local, the kind of which there are sadly fewer and fewer of these days.

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