Opening Times 1988
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045 - January 1988
BUY IT SHUT IT! - Brewery takeovers and closures
Open The Gate - Hydes reopen the Gateway, Wilmslow Road, East Didsbury, Manchester after renovations
Real Thatch? - Real ale coming to the Thatched Tavern in Reddish with Tetleys cask Bitter on handpump
WINTER ALES
Phantom Bouncer - Surprise at the Bakers Vaults, Market Place, Stockport where a bouncer materialises then vanishes
Prospects For 88? - Openings, purchases and renovations in the pipeline
Pub Grub - Retrospective of the last two years with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Egerton Arms on St. Petersgate, Stockport
046 - February 1988
BODDIES AXE OLDHAM
FESTIVAL LATEST
Update on the progress of the Second Stockport Beer Festival
East Of Ashburys - The Railway on Pottery Lane, Ashburys, opens and wants to change its name
Diceys Rolls! New outlet in Levenshulme as Dicey Reillys opens
Letters
Driven To Drink? - Upsurge in the sales of low and non-alcohol beers
Holland House? - Robinsons unveil their revamp of the Flying Dutchman on Higher Hillgate, Stockport
Join The Cheshire Set! - Heaton Chapel offers Cheshire country pub atmosphere in Hind's Head, Manchester Road
Pub Grub - Manchester Arms on Wellington Road South with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Old Garratt on Granby Row, City Centre, Manchester
Stagger - Beswick and Bradford, The East Side Run with Andy Cooper
047 - March 1988
OLDHAM BREWERY THE FIGHT IS ON!
Update on the progress of the Second Stockport Beer Festival
The Old Steam Brewery - New cafe bar opens on York Street, Manchester (north of the University)
Pub Shopping
Platform Alterations? - Didsbury's Station on Wilmslow Road is about add an extra room
The New Breweries Part One with Philip Levison
Pub Grub - Angel Inn on Wellington Street, Gorton, Manchester with John Clarke
Pub Of The Year - Ye Olde Vic, Chatham Street, Edgeley, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Arden Arms on Millgate, Stockport
Stagger - Withington and West Didsbury with Stuart Ballantyne
048 - April 1988
PRICE LISTS, CAMRA GETS ACTION! - Manchester Trading Standards officer acts
Are Pubs For Families?
Give Us Strength! - A Government ruling compels Brewers to state the alcoholic strength of all beers, wines and ciders
Eccles Lass - Latest special brew rolled out by Lass O'Gowrie, Charles Street, Manchester
The New Breweries Part Two with Philip Levison
Pub Grub - Swan With Two Necks on Prince's Street, Stockport with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Britannia on Rowsley Street, just off Ashton Old Road in East Manchester
Stagger - Hiking around The Heatons with Paul Braidley
049 - May 1988
WE'RE SORRY - Friday and Saturday night at Stockport Beer Festival cancelled by police
Banks Buy Out
(Pennine) Host Busters
New Breweries 1974 - 1976 with Phil Levison
Manchester Matters
Pub Of The Month - Church in Cheadle Hulme
Stagger - Ardwick, Brunswick and Chorlton-On-Medlock with Rhys Jones
050 - June 1988
CHANGE AT LAST - Outdated drinking laws reformed
False Ale - Selling Keg through handpumps
Boddingtons - We are 100
Titanic Sinks
Letters
New Breweries 1976 - 1981 with Phil Levison
Manchester Matters
Pub Grub - Hinds Head on Manchester Road in Heaton Chapel, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Royal Oak, High Street, Cheadle
Stagger - Gatley and Northenden with Jim Flynn
051 - July 1988
TIME PLEASE - Time for action on the problems of drunkenness and the violence that accompanies it
Derby Winner? - The Derby in Fallowfield opens after major alterations.
Sun Shines At Last - Sun & Castle, Middle Hillgate win a Tetley-Walker award and follow up by installing cask beer
Horse Rides Again - Horse & Farrier in Gatley, Stockport, reopens after undergoing refurbishment
Book Reviews - Great British Beer Book by Roger Protz - Vintage Pubs and Real Ale in the Manchester Area by Peter Barnes
Belgium Land Of Beer with Rhys Jones
HOLIDAY ALE - Southport and Liverpool with John Clarke
Pithed Off! - After less than 3 years, Stockport's Far Pavilions has re-emerged as the Chestergate Tavern
The New Breweries - 7 newcomers had started since 1977 with Phil Levison
Pub Grub - Station on Manchester Road, Cheadle, Stockport with Alexander Panesh
Pub Of The Month - Sidings on Broom Lane, Levenshulme, Manchester
Stagger - The Clayton Crawl with Stuart Ballantyne
052 - August 1988
LOW ALCOHOL - THE LOWDOWN
Carnival Time - CAMRA takes a stall at the annual Castlefield Carnival
The Price Is High - The crazy round of price increases that plague the pub goer was off
THE NEW BREWERIES - Sudden upsurge in 1979 by Phil Levison
Belgium - Land Of Beer with Rhys Jones
Book Review - On the Demon Drink by Jancis Robinson
HOLIDAY ALE - High and Low Peak with Rhys Jones
Pub Of The Month - Grove on Ashton New Road in Clayton, Manchester
Stagger - Off To Offerton by Andy Cooper
053 - September 1988
CHOICE CHOPPED! - AND WILSONS TO GO IN 2 YEARS?
More Breweries Please! - CAMRA' s Independent's Day celebrations struck a chord with Geoff Corfield
HOLIDAY ALE - York with Peter Edwardson
Manchester Matters
THE NEW BREWERIES with Phil Levison who continues his look at 1979
Pub Grub - Midway on New Bridge Lane with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Waggon and Horses on Hyde Road, Gorton, Manchester
Stagger - Around Gorton with Rhys Jones
054 - October 1988
NEW HOURS, FACT OR FICTION
GREENALLS HITCH, TETLEY ROLL ON
New Crown - Finishing touches put to the Crown, in Heaton Mersey, Stuart Ballantyne has a look
Letters
New Hours Round Up - Opening Times gives first impressions of the new hours on pubs around Stockport & South Manchester
LOCAL BREW - Looking back on Robinsons on their 150th anniversary
Ladybrook Re-Opens - Bodingtons Ladybrook Hotel on Fir Road, Bramhall, Stockport after renovations
Pub Grub - Holt's Sidings on Broom Lane in Levenshulme, Manchester with John Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Crown on Heaton Lane, Stockport town centre
Stagger - East Didsbury and Heaton Mersey with Ian Saunders
055 - November 1988 - Missing
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056 - December 1988
CLUBS CLOBBERED - The viability of many clubs under threat from the new, extended pub hours
NEW BREWS - John Smith's, the Tadcaster brewer, introduces a second cask beer Magnet Bitter
Nice Beer, Shame about the food
The Lowdown - Wheelwright, Robinsons low alcohol beer launched
Xmas Cheer - Created a light fruity cake using Robinsons Old Tom
Don't Skid Off The Road This Christmas
Winter Ales with Andy Pringle
Pub Grub - Sun in September on Burnage Lane, Manchester, with Alex Panesh
Pub Of The Month - King's Head on Chancellor Lane, Ardwick, Manchester
Stagger - Shaw Heath Shuffle with Robin Wignall