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Save Our Pubs – Mass Lobby Day

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  Are you free on Tuesday 30th October?   On 30th October hundreds of CAMRA members will descend on Parliament to lobby their MPs in a national day of action. We will be asking MPs to commit to the following CAMRA campaigns: – Axeing plans to increase beer duty in the upcoming Autumn Budget.  – … Read more

Obituary – Mike Kerr

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The branch has recently been informed of the sad loss of one of its long-standing members, Mike Kerr, who lost his fight with cancer on Wednesday the 18th July.  Mike was most active with the branch during the branch’s early 2000s renaissance under the chairmanship of Neil Worthington and Beverley Gobbett but continued to keep … Read more

Chorlton Challenge 2018

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Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th November 2018

The Chorlton Challenge is the annual survey of Chorlton’s 24 pubs and bars which serve cask ale.

Spread over two days, the challenge is to visit all 24 pubs but if you can’t make the full weekend just drop in when you feel you can to support your local pubs. If you know the area then it may be a chance to visit pubs you don’t regularly go to.

The final itinerary for 2018 is below.

All times approximate. If need to check where we are up to, call 07957 157292 or 07879 880972

Click here for map of pub locations

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Pub News July & August 2018

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The following changes were reported at the August Branch Meeting. The Gardeners Arms in Timperley has re-opened. Two Sam Smiths pubs, the Windmill in Carrington and the Red Brook in Partington are both s boarded up and the car park entrance blocked.   The Imbibe in Urmston is still being refurbished  The Num6er in Sale is … Read more

Tuesday Tipple to Chorley

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The 24th of July saw the inaugural branch midweek trip to an out of town destination namely Chorley.

Of course midweek trips had been a regular thing for some time but this one was more inclusive to all members of the branch, members whose circumstances meant an afternoon trip on a weekday was possible. 

A good half dozen of us turned up and all managed to be on the same train but wouldn’t you know it after weeks of unbroken sunshine the rains finally came and we were met at our destination with a light drizzle, no matter the pubs we visited were all within a short walk of the station.

Passing various places we would be gracing with our presence later we homed in on the Bob Inn guided by Bev who had been on the previous ladies day trip, after claiming not to remember where it was she soon picked up the scent and zoomed straight there.

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Pub News June & July 2018

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In Timperley. The Gardners Arms has recently closed, and looks unlikely to re-open in the short term. The Stone Masons is also closed, but Altrincham Today reports it is to be taken over by the landlord of the Firbank Pub & Kitchen, Wythenshawe who hopes to re-open it late August. A planning request to change the Bay Malton, Oldfield … Read more

When is keg not really keg?

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This article was originally published in What’s Brewing in December 2015 by CAMRA’s Technical Advisory Group. It was adapted from an article by Trafford & Hulme’s John O’Donnell which appeard in Opening Times magazine in November 2015. The original can be read here. Although some thinking and CAMRA’s outlook has changed since it was originally published, it … Read more

Ashton on Mersey – New Evening Bus Service

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The pubs in Sale West and Ashton on Mersey are once again accessible by Public Transport in the evening. From the 8th April the 245 Altrincham – Sale – Stretford – Flixton – Davyhulme – intu Trafford Centre service has been re-routed to run via Ashton on Mersey meaning that the following real ale pubs are now … Read more