Opening Times 1987
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033 - January 1987
BASS GET IT WRONG! - Fobs Wine Bar in Didsbury & the Hope Inn, Heaton Norris change to traditional beers, but that's all
There's A Treat In Store - The First Stockport Beer Festival announced [what no cider!]
Busy Boddies - Boddingtons complete 2 major refurbishments. OId Garratt (Princess Street) & Victoria Tavern in Bramhall
Hosts Of Changes - Pennine Hosts refurbish the Levenshulme, Pack Horse, Victoria, Midway and Crown (Longsight)
Royal Oak - The rebuilt Royal Oak (High Street, Stockport) reopens
Station, Makes A Ton - The Station, Didsbury, first licensed on 20 November. 1886
Freshly Minted - Genuinely free houses springing up in industrial East Manchester
Dog Gone! - The Dog & Partrldge in Heaton Mersey re-opened as the Mersey Vale
Top Stars - Holt's refurbished Seven Stars on Ashton Old Road re-opens
Pub Grub - Boars Head, Market Place, Stockport with John Clarke
Stagger - The Wet Walk: Edgeley Blind Side Crawl with Andy Cooper
034 - February 1987
TAKE THE FIZZ OUT OF LAGER
Festival Bulletin - Update on Stockport's First Beer Festival
OUT OF TOWN - Places to visit around and about: Buxton with Jock Stroller
Price List - A look back at 1961 prices
Midland Moves - The Midland, Wellington Road North, Stockport has recently opened after refurbishment
Pub Grub - City Arms on Kennedy Street, City Centre, Manchester with John Clarke
Pub Of The Year - Crown on Heaton Lane, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Hare and Hounds on Abbey Hey Lane, Abbey Hey, Manchester
Stagger - Bottled on Burnage Lane with Peter Edwardson
035 - March 1987
IT'S A CON! - Disgraceful practice of dispensing keg beer through handpumps is coming to light
£2M Pubs Plan - Whitbread Delamere Inns to spend £2 MiIIion on pub refurbishment
Waggons Roll - The Waggon & Horses (Holts), Hyde Road, Gorton, selected for the 1987 Good Beer Guide
Festival Bulletin - Update on Stockport's First Beer Festival
Pub Grub - Davenport Arms, Woodford, Stockport with Andy Cooper
Pub Of The Year - Crown on Heaton Lane, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Tatton Arms, Moss Nook, Manchester
Stagger - Toping Round Town - The City Centre Crawl with Stuart Ballantyne.
036 - April 1987
THE E.E.C. DAMBUSTERS - European Court of Justisce challenge West Germany's pure beer laws
Monroes - The pub on London Road, Manchester undergoes a major revamp
OUT OF TOWN - Places to visit around and about: Eccles with Hurnphrey Higgins
Festival Bulletin - Update on Stockport's First Beer Festival
On The Right Lines - New Tenants at Holt's Railway on Manshaw Road, Openshaw, Manchester
Pub Grub - Bowling Green on Grafton Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Romper (Red Lion) on the corner of Pinfold Lane and Yewtree Lane, Ringway Airport, Manchester
Stagger - The Cheadle Challenge with Rhys Jones
037 - May 1987
IS THE PRICE RIGHT? MAKE MINE MILD
Romper Plans - Boddingtons once again put in plans permission to revamp the Romper, Pin Fold Lane, Ringway
Goodbye, Squire - Obituary for the Old Grey Horse in Didsbury which has become Squires
Turners Taps - Stolen old brass & ceramic spirit taps from the Queens Head (Turners Vaults) on Underbank recovered
Pub Grub - Grove Hotel, Hazel Grove, Stockport with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Queens Arms on Stockport Road, Cheadle
Stagger - Up and Down Hyde Road with John Clarke.
038 - June 1987
ELECTION SPECIAL!
CAMRA ASKS: Where do the parties stand on the drinkers biggest threat: Brewery takeovers and mergers?
By George! - The re-furbished George, Mersey Square, Stockport, re-opened
Ask The Family! - With Jim Flynn.
Pub Grub - Strawberry Duck on Crabtree Lane, Clayton, Manchester with John Clarke.
Pub Of The Month - Crown on Middle Hillgate, Stockport
Stagger - The Goyt Valley Ramble with Peter Edwardson
039 - July 1987
BACK BRITAIN'S INDEPENDANT BREWERS -Takeovers in brewing industry continue to restrict the drinkers choice
Dallas Comes To Town - JRs Place, formerly the Old Rams Head on Higher Hillgate, latest adition to Stockport drinking scene
On The Right Track - Greenall Whitley's Railway on the A6 in Stockport re-opens after refurbishment
PIER 1 - REAL ALE 2: Pier One, a new wine bar, has opened on Copson Street, Withington, Manchester
Midway Murder - The Midway, New Bridge Lane, one of Stockports' first free houses sold to Courage
HOLIDAY ALE - Chester with Humphrey Hrggins
Pub Grub - Mersey Vale on Didsbury Road,Heaton Mersey, Stockport with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Grafton Arms, Grafton Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester
Stagger - Rambling Through Rusholme with Rhys Jones
040 - August 1987
LAGER -THE TRUTH! - At Last The Facts About British ''Continental'' Lagers
Crescent Turns The Corner - Old Brewery on Bell Crescent, Beswick re-opened and re-named as the Crescent
HANDS OFF! - That is the clear message to Robinsons following a survey of the public at the Stockport Beer Festival
Greenalls Chop - The closure of Wem Brewery in Shropshire announced by Greenall Whitley
HOLIDAY ALE - Morecambe with John Clarke
Slop It! - Busy pub in our area has inspection by Local Authority & warned against unsavoury practice
Pub Grub - Gransmoor on Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, Manchester with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Manchester Arms, Welllngton Road South, Stockport
Stagger - Bramhall By Bus - A gem of a tour with Andy Cooper
041 - September 1987
NEW BREWS SOUEEZED OUT
Arms For The Man! - Greenall Whitley re-opens the Stockport Arms, St. Petersgate, Stockport after refurbishment
Church Times - Robinsons praised for their refurbishment of the Church, Edgeley, Stockport
Case Of The Hidden Pumps - Grand Metropolitan hide away Wilsons handpumps
HOLIDAY ALE - Oxford with Martin Wystryk
Pub Grub - Station on Manchester Road, Cheadle, Stockport with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Ye Olde Vic, Chatham Street, Edgeley, Stockport
042 - October 1987
WHAT'S IN YOUR PINT?
It's The Computer! - A breakdown in Tetley Walker's multi-million pound computer caused delivery chaos
PIER TWO? - Hot on the heels of Pier One, Fritzby's has opened on Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield opposite Owens Park
Banks's Sell Pub - We learn that Banks's have sold the Gransmoor on Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, Manchester
HOLIDAY ALE - Keighley and Worth Railway with Time lord
Pub Grub - Barleycorn on Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury, Manchester
Pub Of The Month - Nursery on Green Lane, Heaton Norris, Stockport
Stagger - Levenshulme and Longsight with Malcolm Swallow
043 - November 1987
CHESTERS GET'S THE CHOP! - Whitbread have announced the closure of their historic Salford Brewery
Newbods & Ridlingtons? - Boddingtons have negotiated with Granada TV to use the Newton & Ridley name
Ale & Darts Stars! - Ladies darts team at the Seven Stars on Ashton Old Road finally joined by a men's team
Pub Grub - Royal Oak on High Street, Stockport (opposite Robinsons Brewery) with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Blossoms on Buxton Lane, Heaviley, Stockport
Stagger - Dawdling In Didsbury with Rhys Jones
044 - December 1987
IT'S HOW MUCH A PINT? - Third year of CAMRA's pub prices survey
Clarence Cheer - The Clarence Hotel on Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, re-opens after a 12 month closure
Recipe - Old Tom cake
Pigs' Ear? - Opening date announced for the PIG & BALL BEARING on Hyde Road, Gorton
Local Brew By Rhys Jones - We start an occasional series profiling the breweries supplying local pubs kicking off with Boddingtons
Time For Change - First step taken to reform the outdated licensing hours - the Bill passed its Second Reading
Book Review - A History of Stockport Breweries by Mike Ogden
Pub Grub - Queens Arms on Honey Street, Red Bank (off Cheetham Hill Road) with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Horse and Farrier in Gatley, Stockport
Stagger - Halloween Grind In Hazel Grove with Alastair Walker