Opening Times 1986
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021 - January 1986
TAKEOVERS - THE THREAT TO YOUR PINT!
Palatial Alexandria! - Former Wilsons Alexandria on Mill Street, Philips Park has been smartened up
Pub Grub - The Castlewood, Bridge Street Brow, Stockport
Castle Mxxxx - The facts about the "Aussies favourite lager"
Manchester Prices - All outlets in Manchester City Centre surveyed for both prices and whether there were legible price lists.
Belle Vue Disco Pubs
Pub Of The Month - Blossoms, Buxton Road, Heavily, Stockport with Humphrey Higgins
Stagger - A Motor Tour Of Wythenshawe Pubs with Jim Flynn
022 - February 1986
CAMRA JOINS PUSH FOR EXTRA TIME!
CAMRA Fights 'Romper' Plans - Plans submitted for "develpment" of Red Lion on Pinfold Lane
Send Them Victorious! - The Retirement of Bob & Doreen Smyth of the Victoria in Withington
Tetleys Take The Oak - The Shady Oak In Bramhall sold
Pub Grub - Church on Ardwick Green, Manchester
Pub Of The Month - Grapes, Castle Street, Edgeley, Stockport with Johnh Clarke
Stagger - The Withington Wander & Didsbury Dawdle with Andy Cooper
023 - March 1986
PLANNERS AXE HANGS OVER 15 PUBS
Imperial Echos - The Imperial on Birch Street, West Gorton, Manchester sold
Manchester's First Juke Box? - An article from a 1907 Manchester Guardian will enlighten
New Welsh Brewery Starts Up - Plassey Brewery, Eyton, Wrexham founded
Pub Grub - Bakers Vaults on the Market Place, Stockport
Pub Of The Year 1985 - Red Bull, Middle Hillgate, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Midway on Newbridge Lane, Stockport with Rhys Jones
Stagger - A Wet Night In East Manchester with Rhys Jones
024 - April 1986
A SLOPPY BUSINESS! Recycling slops into kegs and barrels
Over The Top? - Pennine Hosts inflict identikit on two more locals
Granted! - Justices reject 11 pm extension in Trafford, Salford & Eccles districts but green in Manchester
Hyde Road Axe Latest - Road widening plans changed
Pub Grub - Sun in September, Burnage Lane, Manchester with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Crown on Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester with Stuart Ballantyne
Stagger - The Cheadle Crawl with Andy Cooper
025 - May 1986
Landlord To Go As Robinsons 'Do' The Union
Reddish Round-Up
Farmer Hosts - The Farmers, previously the Farmers Arms in Cheadle Heath, Stockport converted by Hosts
Northenden News
Gassy Ale at Inflated Prices
Tin Time - Celebrating the first canned beer of 1935 vintage
Websters of Halifax launch new strong Premium Bitter, Websters Choice
Pub Grub - Egerton Arms, St. Petersgate, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - New Inn, Wellington Road South, Stockport with Humphrey Higgins
Stagger - Ardwick, Brunswick And Chorlton-on-Medlock with Rhys Jones
026 - June 1986
WILSONS TO STOP BREWING IN MANCHESTER
EIGHT INTO ONE WON'T GO!
Book Review - Beer, Bed and Breakfast edited by Roger Protz
How Many Tunnes Make 3? - Robinsons plans for the Three Tunnes, Hazel Grove, Stockport approved
Francly Amazing! - The Drovers Inn on Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, is about to be transformed into a French themed pub
Mild Matters
New premium bitter from Burtonwood to be called JBA
Pub Grub - The Waldorf, Gore Street, off Piccadilly, Manchester
Pub Of The Month - Boars Head, Market Place, Stockport with Humphrey Higgins
Stagger - Offerton by Omnibus with Peter Edwardson
027 - July 1986
SLEIGHT OF HAND - Greenall Whitley's despicable use of fake handpumps
Holiday Ale - 1 The Lake District: Pub bagging in the English Lakes
Head For The Axe? - Changes at the Kings Head on Chancellor Lane, Ardwick, Manchester
Mild Matters - Boddingtons axe milds and serve Higsons instead
Pub Grub - Red Bull on Middle Hillgate, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Crown on Heaton Lane, Stockport
Stagger - Out In Openshaw with John Clarke
028 - August 1986
TIME FOR CHANGE - Defeat of Sunday Trading Bill kiboshes reform of our antiquated Licensing Law
Holiday Ale - 2 Anglesey: A jaunt around Ynys Môn
Letters to the Editor
New Face At The Old - Kay Ord takes over at Ye Olde Vic, Shaw Heath, Stockport
Romper Re-Run - Boddingtons again try to knock about the Red Lion (Romper) out in Ringway
Comparisons - Tetley Walkers offer beer from three of their breweries, Boddington and Whitbread only one
Pub Grub - Grafton on Grafton Street, Chorlten-on-Medlock, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Bakers Vaults in the Market Place, Stockport
Stagger - A Homage To Holts with John Clarke
029 - September 1986
A RUDDLING SHAME! - Ruddles of Langham, Rutland, taken over by Grand Metropolitan
Manchester Shown Up - Manchester Show has no Mancunian beer, only Scottish & Newcastle's keg Scotch Bitter
Holiday Ale - 3 York: Patrolling Eboracum
Don't Be Vague! - Transformation of Woolpack, on Brinksway, Stockport, into the towns latest freehouse
Pub Grub - Griffin on Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Strawberry Duck on Crabtree Lane, Clayton, Manchester
Stagger - Stockport Ten Years On! with Humphrey Higgins
030 - October 1986
ANOTHER MILESTONE - Banks build third new pub, Milestone on Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester
Holiday Ale - 4 Blackpool: Coastal highlights
Dog Gone - Despite several stays of execution, Boddingtons Buck & Dog, in Stockport closed
Pub Grub - Manor House in Withington
Pub Of The Month - Churcn Inn, Ardwick Green, Manchester
Stagger - The Abbey Hey Crawl with Angela Walker
031 - November 1986
STUFF THIS GREAT BASS! - Only 1 in 4 local Bass licensees are able to sell the beer
IS THE PRICE RIGHT? - Almost one in three of our areas' pubs don't display their prices
Pack 'Em In! - Chesters Big Lamp on Higher Hillgate reopened and re-named (Pack Horse) after refurbishment
CASTLED - The Castlewood, Bridge Street Brow, reopened after extensive refurbishment
Swan Upping - Wilson's Swan on Shaw Heath, Stockport, has reopened
Beer Drinkers Bible - CAMRA published the fourteenth edition of the Good Beer Guide
Letters to the Editor
Pub Grub - Little Jack Horners on Wellington Street, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Swan With Two Necks on Princes Street, Stockport
Stagger - The Reddish Route March with Jim Flynn
032 - December 1986
BASS TO GET IT RIGHT? - Bass changes its policy allowing switch from keg to cask
COUNTY FOR THE BIG LEAGUE? - National distribution of the flagship beer, Ruddles County
Winter Ales - Taste the warmth of Christmas past with these hot, spiced, mulled ales
Church Times - After being closed for a number of months the Church in Northenden has reopened
Bottling Store - Jever, a true German (Friesland) lager available in ASDA!
Reaping The Benefit - Introduction of a new bottled beer, Vintage Harvest Ale, by Manchester brewers John Willie Lees
END OF THE FAG! - House of Commons passed the first reading of a bill aimed at creating no-smoking areas in pubs
Pub Grub - Marble Arch on Rochdale Road, Collyhurst, Manchester
Pub Of The Month - Holt's Claremont on Claremont Road, Moss Side, Manchester
Stagger - High In Higher Openshaw with Rhys Jones