Opening Times 2005
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249 - January 2005
Return of National Winter Ales Festival to Manchester
Owl Brewery launched
Pub Of The Month - Railway, Openshaw
Stagger - Edgeley, Stockport
Curmudgeon - Divide And Rule
250 - February 2005
Boddingtons shuts
Looking Back on Opening Times' history
Witchwood (Ashton-U-Lyne) saved
Real Ale In a Bottle - supermarkets rise to real ale challenge
National Winter Ales Festival review
Tasting panel - RAIB
Pub of the year - Legh Arms, Openshaw
Pub Of The Month - Sand Bar, All Saints
Stagger - Hillgate, Stockport
Curmudgeon - Genius In A Bottle - A Niche Too Far?
251 - March 2005
Full Pints Campaign
Luscious lambics
Swan (Kettleshulme) saved
Arden Arms is National Pub Of The Year runner-up.
Pub Of The Month - Ye Olde Vic, Edgeley
Stagger - University area
Curmudgeon - Don't Knock It Till You Try It - Lies, Damn Lies...
252 - April 2005
Duty increase - a plea to brewers to absorb rise
Opening Times Abroad - Chorlton
Pub Grub - Marble Arch
Pub Of The Month - Fletcher Moss
Stagger - Stockport Market place
Curmudgeon - The Third Way - No More Room At The Inn
253 - May 2005
Stockport Beer & Cider Festival preview
Change for the better at J. W. Lees
Tasting panel - Belgian beers.
Pub Of The Month - Alexandra, Edgeley
Stagger - Mild in Stockport
Curmudgeon - Another One Bites The Dust - Pale And Uninteresting
254 - June 2005
Roundup of Stockport Beer & Cider Festival
Featured pub - The Rope & Anchor, Dunham
Smoke room blues - a look back at smoking in pubs
Chorlton's 1st beer festival
Pub Grub - The Didsbury, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury
Pub Of The Month - Ye Olde Woolpack
Stagger - Gatley and Cheadle
Curmudgeon - Stuffed
255 - July 2005
Howard Town brewery opens
Bazens Brewery and Facers Brewery split
Greene King snaps up Ridleys of Essex
Beerenteering
New faces at The Cheshire Ring (Hyde)
Featured pub - The English Lounge, High Street, Manchester
Pub Of The Month July - Pack Horse, Stockport Market Place
Pub Of The Month August - Kings Head, Tiviot Dale, Stockport
Stagger - Hazel Grove, Great Moor and Heavily
Curmudgeon - Really Good Pubs - Belt, Braces And The Rest
256 - September 2005
Misleading Cask Ale signs
Featured pub - Marble Arch
Featured pub - The Station Hotel, Warrington Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne
Pub Grub - Bulls Head, Old Glossop
Pub Of The Month - Thatched House, Churchgate, Stockport
Stagger - West Didsbury and Withington
Curmudgeon - Not In My Back Yard - The Open Door Lottery
257 - October 2005
Royal British Legion Poynton is regional Club of The Year
Cider articles
Crown & Kettle re-opens
Hydes Oscars - Victoria Withington wins award for best kept cellar
Three Rivers Brewery on the move
First ocourence of the Cider circuit
Phil Booton visits Budapest
Jackson's Boat afloat again
Out With The Lumphammer - pub refurbishments
Pub Of The Month - Crown, Great Moor, Stockport
Stagger - Reddish and Heaton Chapel
Curmudgeon - Chimneypots - The Well-Presented Pint
258 - November 2005
Licencing shake-up
CAMRA given government super-complainant status
Opening Times Abroad - Glossop
Ken's kitchen - Kreik ice cream
Pub Grub - Vale Cottage, Kirk Street, Gorton
Pub Of The Month - Sun in September
Stagger - Ardwick and City Center
Curmudgeon - Out Of The Woodwork - Beyond The Pale
259 - December 2005
National Awards for local brewers
Featured pub - The Hanging Gate, Higher Sutton
Festive Fayre - Old Tom Cake
Ken's kitchen - Smoked cod and hapkin
Cask Marque - what does it do?
Pub Of The Month - Vale Cottage, Gorton
Stagger - Stockport town centre West
Curmudgeon - First, They Came For The Smokers...