Opening Times 1996
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141 - January 1996
Guinness Gets Real?
But Swinging Sporran Goes Keg
Old Ales, Winter Warmers by John Clarke
Wetherspoons 2 - Second outlet opens on Piccadilly Gradens, Manchester
Overdraught Blows In
Pubs of North Wales - The Llyn y Mawn, Brynford, near Holywell
Turners Turnaround
High Peak Featured Pub - Royal in Hayfield with Tom Lord
Pub Of The Month - Travellers Call on Buxton Road, Great Moor in Stockport
Stagger - Brinnington and Portwood in Stockport with Jim Flynn
Curmudgeon - More Beer, Less Chips - By Golly, it Does You Good - Official!
142 - February 1996
Football Crazy! - 'Man Utd HQ' Faces Bulldozer
Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA Pub of the Year 1995 - The Davenport Arms in Woodford, Stockport
A Special Mention ... Runner-up Pub of the Year - the Circus on Portland Street in Central Manchester
Websters Axed!
Rothwells Award - CAMRA and English Heritage Pub Design and Conservation Awards
Sam Smiths Price Shocker
Pubs of North Wales - Salusbury Arms in Tremeirchion
High Peak Featured Pub - Star Ale House on Howard Street in Glossop
Hayfield Review
The Station Reaches 1000 - 1000th guest beer at the Station in Ashton-under-Lyne
Local Haunts - Thatched House on Churchgate in Stockport
Rhythm and Booze - The Darker, the Bitter
Pub Of The Month - Waterloo on Waterloo Road in Stockport
Stagger - Chorlton cum Hardy in Manchester with Duncan Geddes
Curmudgeon - No Smoking, No Pub? - Earlier Closing Rejected - Little Chef Meets Brewer's Fayre
143 - March 1996
Fight Rages Over Imperial
Happy Birthday To Us - CAMRA's 25th birthday
End of an Era - Arthur Gosling retires
Stanley Shock - Stockport's Stanley Arms closed
Designs on Rothwells
A German Interlude with Tom Lord
Spencer's Ales - Independent agent, Phil Spencer of Openshaw
High Peak Featured Pub - The Dandy Cock, Disley with Geoff Williamson
Steak & Ale II - Smithy in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport becomes a Steak & Ale House
Lass O'Gowrie - Reopens after refurbishment under the 'Hogshead banner
Pub Grub - The Hungry Horse in Cheadle Heath in Stockport
Stagger - Ashton Old Road and Openshaw in East Manchester with David Hanson
Curmudgeon - Designer Rip-Off - Serious and Silly Brewers - Three-Minute Pop
144 - April 1996
Bass Chase Tetley - Bass seek to purchase the brewing interests of Allied Domecq
Stockport Beer Festival - Progress Report
Tables Turned at Pub of the Year
Castlefield Capers
Devonshire Cream? - Devonshire Pub Company is 5 years old
High Peak Featured Pub - The Bakers Arms on West Road, Buxton with Frank Wood
Holts Move Inn - Holts purchase ten pubs from Greenalls including the Kingsway in Levenshulme, Manchester
New Faces at Old Mill - Jon and Judi Laidlaw move in
Pub Grub - Oxnoble on Liverpool Road in Manchester
Pub Of The Month - Gladstone on Middle Hillgate in Stockport
Stagger - A6 from Hazel Grove to Heaviley in Stockort with Rebecca Pendlebury
Curmudgeon - Genius Loci - Ecstasy vs. Booze
145 - May 1996
War of the Roses - Scottish Courage move Yorkshire' Bitter from Halifax to Moss Side
All Change at Stalybridge Buffet - Ken Redfern leaving
Award for Robbies - Brewing Industry's International Bronze Medal for Frederics
Misleading Dispense - CAMRA's Policy
Now You See It ... Now, You Don't - Tidal wave of 'Irish' bars be receding?
O'Neills... Oh really! - Times Square on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury, Manchester reopens as O'Neills
Focus On Weetwood Brewery
BOOK REVIEW - Real Beer in Sheffield: published by Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
High Peak Featured Pub - The White Hart in Newton, Hyde
Home Brew - Tom Lord looks back
Pub Of The Month - Copperfields Bar on Adswood Lane West in Stockport
Stagger - ABC (Ardwick, Brunswick and Chorlton-On-Medlock) with Rhys Jones
Curmudgeon - Nitrokeg on the March - Pub In-Conveniences - Out of Condition
146 - June 1996
Festival Fever - Look back at the 10th Stockport Beer & Cider Festival
Mild - Making An Impression
Midway Moves - Neil and Norah Brookes take over
Walk From Whaley Bridge to Buxworth
BOOK REVIEW - Inn and Around York by York CAMRA
High Peak Featured Pub - Cheshire Cheese on Lower Market Street in Broadbottom
Focus on Red Lion in Lower Withington, Cheshire
Pub In THe Peak - Peter Edwardson visits The Duke of York, Elton
Pubs of North Wales - Three Pigeons in Graigfechan
Pub Grub - Old Mill in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Friendship on Wllmslow Road in Fallowfield, Manchester
Stagger - Cheadle village with Roger Wood
Curmudgeon - Denim Blues - The Lost Generation - Ash and Trash
147 - July 1996
THE BOMB - Devastation wrought by IRA bomb
Legal Lates? - Home Office proposing an extra hour's drinking on Friday and Saturday evenings
Eastern Viewpoint - Colchester CAMRA Branch go on safari to Derbyshire
Win Your Own Pub... For a Day
The Old Pint Pot Brewery at 2 Adelphi Street in Salford - Pete Cash Reports
Carry Out - Carringtons on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury
BOOK REVIEW - The Concise Guide to Lakeland Pubs by CAMRA Westmorland Branch
Magic Sell-Out - Pub company sold to Greene King of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk
High Peak Featured Pub - Kinder Lodge on New Mills Road in Hayfield
Disley News
Focus on The Highwayman in Rainow with Brian Kemp
Pubs of North Wales - Red Lion in Dinas Mawddwy
Rhythm and Booze with Richard Hough
Pub Of The Month - White Swan on Green Street in Ladybarn, Manchester writes John Hutchinson
Stagger - Barlow Moor Road, Didsbury to Withington with Roger Wood
Curmudgeon - More Freedom, Less Choice - Suit You, Madam?
148 - August 1996
Back In Business - The Crown on Hillgate reopens
Drink-Drive Threat To Pubs - Peter Edwardson takes a dispassionate look at the issues
Those Crazy Tykes ...
BOOK REVIEW - Viaducts & Vaults II by Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA
Cheshire Pubs - The Grosvenor Arms in Aldford with Peter Edwardson
Pub Grub - Boundary in Guide Bridge with John, Clarke
Pub Of The Month - Crown on High Street in Cheadle, Stockport
Stagger - BBC (Beswick, Bradford and Clayton) in East Manchester with Mark McConachie
Curmudgeon - Must Try Harder - Spotting the Danger - The Real Ale Fitness Plan
149 - September 1996
The Bad News - And The Good --- Guest Beers Under Threat
Porter Comes Home
Stalybridge Buffet Saga Draws to a Close
The Beer Monster - GBBF 6-10 August, Olympia London
END OF AN ERA - Kay Ord said farewell to the Olde Vie on Chatham Street, Edgeley
Focus on The Admiral Rodney in Prestbury, Macclesfield
Cheshire Pubs with Peter Edwardson - The Rising Sun in Tarporley and the Traveller's Rest in Alpraham
Pub Of The Month - Unity on Wellington Road South in Stockport
Stagger - Edgeley in Stockport with David Hanson
Curmudgeon - Spoilt by Progress - The Best in the North-West - The Great Chip Debate
150 - October 1996
"The Real Ale of Manchester"
Pot O' Beer - Harp & Shamrock on New Mount Street in Manchester repoens and renamed
Kingsway - Holts complet refurbishment of the Kingsway in Levenshulme, Manchester
Gladstone on Hillgate in Stockport re-opened under new management
BOOK REVIEW - City Life Cafe Bar, Restaurant and Pub Guide to Greater Manchester by Greater Manchester Publications Ltd.
The Beer Monster - Peterborough. Riverside, August 20-24
Robbies Goes U.S. - Bottled Frederics exported to Boston Beer Brands of Boston, Massachusetts
High Peak Featured Pub - Sportsman in Hyde
Porter's Railway Builds Up Steam
Focus on The Lord Byron on Chapel Street in Macclesfield
Cheshire Pubs - Rowland's Bar in Frodsham with Peter Edwardson
Pub In The Peak - The Duke of York in Flagg
Pub Grub - Scruffy Murphy's on Grosvenor Street, Manchester with Stuart Ballantyne and a taster from new contributor John Purbrick - Sir Robert Peel on Castle Street in Edgeley, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Three Bears on Jackson's Lane in Hazel Grove, Stockport
Stagger - Didsbury in Manchester with Peter Edwardson
Curmudgeon - Behind Closed Doors - The Soft Option
151 - November 1996
Euro-sense at last
Focus on Phoenix Brewery
Cheshire Pubs - The Combermere Connection with Peter Edwardson
Railway on Track
Around the Cider Houses - Rhys jones looks at some local pubs in the Guide to Real Cider
BOOK REVIEW - Guide To Real Cider by Ted Bruning, CAMRA Books
Harley Gum, Huffcap, Merrylegs & Tumper - Perry in the 21st Century
High Peak Featured Pub - Rose & Crown on Market Street in Stalybridge
Focus On the Harrington Arms in Gawsworth near Macclesfield
Pub Of The Month - Griffin Hotel, on Didsbury Road in Heaton Mersey, Stockport
Stagger - Reddish and Heaton Chapel with Jim Flynn
Curmudgeon - The Luck of the Irish - Free to Mislead
152 - December 1996
Nitro-threat to Cask Ale - Predictions made for the future of cask beer by brewing giants Bass
Whisky - the Beer Spirit: Peter Edw ardson traces a surprising connection
Still More Cider In The Jar... Cider: Traditional or Real?
Focus on - Sand Bar on Grosvenor Street in All Saints, Manchester
Christmas Fayre - Festive recipes: Old Tom Cake and Opening Times Christmas Pudding
BOOK REVIEW - The Complete Guide to the Vale of Glamorgan's Pubs 1997 by David Matthews
The Dearth of the Beermat - Ralph Warrington highlights an endangered species
High Peak Featured Pub - The Junction on Mossley Road in Ashton-under-Lyne
Focus on - The Castle Inn on Churchwallgate in Macclesfield
Ye Olde Vic on Chatham Street in Edgeley, Stockport re-opens under new management
Stay Safe- Don't Drink and Drive this Christmas
Pub Of The Month - Coach and Horses on Belle Vue Street in Gorton with Rhys Jones
Stagger - Gatley, Stockport and Northenden, Manchester with Rhys Jones
Curmudgeon --- Drink Sensibly - Go to the Pub --- Spotting or Campaigning?