Opening Times 1998
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165 - January 1998
Griffin is Regional Pub of the Year
Full Pints on the Way
Public Back Full Pints
New Look For City Pubs
Fancy Another One? Later Opening for Pubs on Friday and Saturday evenings
New Look and Bad Luck at the Parrs wood
Bass Chops White Shield
High Peak Featured Pub - The Godley Hall in Hyde
Pub Of The Month - Crown on, Heaton Lane in central Stockport
Stagger - Gorton and Abbey Hey with Dave Hanson
Curmudgeon - The Good Cuppa Guide - In-Pub Mountaineering
166 - February 1998
Manchester's Grey Horse is Pub of the Year 1997
... And Railway is Runner-Up
Cheadle Changes
Spotlight on Cambrinus Craft Brewery
Protected Pubs by Peter Barnes
Help Save White Shield
High Peak Featured Pub - Dog & Pheasant in Ashton-u-Lyne
Sunny Days in Buxton
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival 1998 - A prieview
Macclesfield Festured Pub - Chester Road Tavern
Pub Of The Month - Sand Bar on Grosvenor Street in Chorlton-On-Medlock in central Manchester
Stagger - East Manchester Minibus Outing with Mark McConachie
Curmudgeon - Facts, Not Hysteria - The Furnace & Firkin?
167 - March 1998
Taxing Times
White Shield Saved!
The Beer (Less Than) Express
Down TheLine by Wayfarer - The Golden Pheasant on Plumley Moor Road and The Smoker, Chester Road, A556
Bass Beer 'Baggage'
High Peak Featured Pub - Stalybridge Station Buffet Bar on Platform 1 at Stalybridge Station
The Third 'Request Stop Beer Hop'
Stockport Mild Challenge 1997 Winners
Macclesfield Featured Pub - The Weaver in Thornton Square
Didsbury Doings - The Didsbury on Wilmslow Road reopened
Out Inn Cheshire
Hogshead Expansion
Pub Of The Month - Grafton Arms on Grafton Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock
Stagger - _Brinnington and Portwood with Rhys Jones
Curmudgeon - Seriously Conserned - Uncorking the Market
168 - April 1998
A Gift for French Brewers - Booze Cruises
What Is Real Ale?
On Your Marques - Q. How can we stop the decline in cask ale?
A Pint Too Far? - Does the road safety case for reducing the drinkdriving limit really stand up?
High Peak Featured Pub - Crown on Victoria Street in Glossop
Beer Festivals and Other Events
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival - Music line-up
They're At It again! - Bass talk down cask beer
Pub Of The Month - Osborne House on Victory Street in Rusholme, Manchester
Stagger - Burnage and Heaton Mersey with Paul Hutchings
Curmudgeon - One Man's Meat
169 - May 1998
Apology - Parts of the original hard copy are missing causing gaps
BLACK FRIDAY - Three brewery closures announced via Whitbread & Morlands
Fair Pints Fight Goes On
Crown [Heaton Lane] Sold?
Out Inn Cheshire
Park Blossoms
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival - Preview
The Pomona Award - The Cider Drinkers' Oscars
Wayfarer ventures into Derbyshire - All twelve pubs of Padfield and Hadfield
Pub Of The Month - Union on Stockport Road in Levenshulme, Manchester
Stagger - Stockport Town Centre with Dave Meynell
Curmudgeon - Old Curmudgeon's Almanack
170 - June 1998
Apology - Parts of the original hard copy are missing causing gaps
Festival Fun - A look back at Stockport Beer & Cider Fesival
Crown [Heaton Lane] Safe?
In and Around the Northern Quarter
Pub-Co Going Places - A look at the Marie Pub Co
On The Wrights Road - Chris Wainwright looks at the Wrights Arms in Offerton, Stockport
Robbies Round-up
High Peak Featured Pub - The Vine in Birch Vale
National Cider and Perry Championship
Farmers in Northenden refurbished
Pub Of The Month - Moss Rose on Didsbury Road in Heaton Norris, Stockport
Stagger - Rusholme in Manchester with Rhys Jones
Curmudgeon - Waiter, the Beer List, Please - The Goldfish Bowl Inn - Ballykisschelmsford?
171 - July 1998
Stuff This, Great BassMajor overhaul of the Sportsman in Hyde
A Matter of Choice! - Marston's Head Brewer's Choice!
Letter from Anglesey - Lllythr ô Fon
BOOK REVIEW - Out Inn Cheshire
High Peak Featured Pub - The Romper in Marple, Stockport
21st National Festival - Christine Cryne looks back at the Great British Beer Festival
Cheshire Lines Tavern - Banks's give the Station in Cheadle a major facelift
Pub Of The Month - Old Mill in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport
Stagger - Gorton in Manchester with Rhys Jones
Curmudgeon - Saving Electrcity - Soft Thinking
172 - August 1998
Vandals! - Manchester City Council turns its attention on The Plough on Hyde Road in Gorton
Nationals Abandon Real Cider
Cains Move In - Liverpool brewery buys Gatley Wine Bar
Marble Beer House opens in Chorlton
Moor Top impressively refurbished by Scottish & Newcastle
For The Love of Robbies - Two stalwarts visit all 400 plus Robinsons pubs
Day Trips From and Beer Gardens in Munich
Holt's New Brew - Special draught beer to mark their 150 year anniversary
High Peak Featured Pub - Boundary in Guide Bridge
BOOK REVIEW - Dublin Pub Life and Love - An Oral History by Kevin C Kearns
Down the Line with Wayfarer - A double header with Glossop Old and New
Pub Of The Month - Pack Horse on Ashton Old Road in Openshaw, East Manchester with John Hutchinson
Stagger - Hazel Grove North in Stockport with Paul Moss
Curmudgeon - Ye Olde Fake Hostelrie
173 - September 1998
Crown Sold (Again!)
Plough Safe
Didsbury Hogshead
GBH! - Good Beer Guide to Belgium and Holland
Real Beer Is Best
Northumberland Memories - Garth Prenderville remembers the Northumberland Hotel in Stretford
How Beer is Brewed
Burtonwood Sell-Off
High Peak Featured Pub - Travellers Call in Bredbury, Stockport
What Is Real Ale?
Tameside Travels (1) - Mark McConachie has been visiting most of the pubs in Tameside
King's Back - Kings Arms on Bloom Street, Salford is to become a true freehouse
Pub Of The Month - Royal Oak in Didsbury, Manchester with Stuart Ballantyne
Stagger - Openshaw in East Manchester with Dave Hanson
Curmudgeon - Fear of Flavour - Bite Your lip
174 - October 1998
REGIONAL RUMPUS - Vaux Quit Brewing - Morrells Closure Confirmed - But Castle Eden Saved?
Hydes in the Black
Winter's At Last - Holt's open Winter's on Little Underbank in Stockport
Tameside Travels (2) - Mark McConachie has been further trudging round Tameside
Good Beer Guide '99 - 26th Thumping Great Edition
We Brew Real Ales Too! - News from across the pond in the USA
BOOK REVIEW - Good Beer Guide to Northern France by Arthur Taylor
BOOK REVIEW - Irish Pubs by Barrie Pepper
King's Hall - A new J D Wetherspoon pub opened its doors in Cheadle Hulme
Pub Of The Month - Blossoms on Stockport Road, Heaviley in Stockport
Stagger - Manchester's university quarter with Rhys Jones
Curmudgeon - Broad or Narrow Minded?
175 - November 1998
Fresh Call for Full Pints
More Pubs Up For Grabs - Greenalls join Big Sell-off
Country Born And Brewed? Not Likely! - Keep Ruddles In Rutland
Supermarket Sweep for Armchair Drinkers - CAMRA Launches New Guide to "Real Ale in a Bottle"
Trafford Centre - Real ale (at a price) reviewed
Wayfarer visits Tarporley and reports on its pubs
Kens Kitchen - Real Ale Pie recipe
Tameside Travels (3) - Mark McConachie continues his journey, covering Ashton this month
Brewing Over There - New England Brewing
Pub Of The Month - Mawson on Frances Street in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Central Manchester
Stagger - Cheadle in Stockport with Richard Cleverley
Curmudgeon - The Hogshead & Haemorrhoid - Something for the Weekend, Sir? - Not The Beer Talking
176 - December 1998
Apology - Parts of the original hard copy are missing causing gaps
Banks's Stalk Marston's
Winter Ale Spectacular
Stay Safe! - Don't Drink and Drive This Christmas
Fletcher Moss - Reopens after refurbishment (formerly the Albert) just off Wilmslow Road on Albert Hill Street
Ken's Kitchen - Recipe for Cerises Rodenbach
High Peak Featured Pub - Old Glove Works on George Street in Glossop
Festive Fayre - Old Tom Cake and Opening Times Christmas Pudding
Manchester Walks: Chinatown - Pete Soane takes a walks around Manchester, taking in the sights and calling in some pubs
Pub Hours Shake-Up
Holt's Happenings to celebrate their 150th anniversary
Tameside Travels (4) - Mark McConachie heads for Stalybridge this month
Pub Of The Month - Horse & Farrier in Gatley, Stockport with Jim Flynn
Stagger - Wet Night In Withington, Manchester with John Clarke
Curmudgeon - The Cold Light of Day - Drinking With Your Eyes