Opening Times 2009
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293 - January 2009
National Winter Ales Festival preview
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Hornbeam Brewery
Old Hall (Whitehough) Bounces Back
Pub Of The Month - Ladybrook on Fir Road in Bramhall
Stagger - Offerton Offerings
Curmudgeon - Giving With One Hand - A Silver Lining?
294 - February 2009
Stockport & South Manchester Pub of the Year - Arden Arms on Millgate, Stockport
Ken's Kitchen - Furness meatballs
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Bank Top Brewery
Pub Grub - The Swan With Two Necks, Princes Street, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Fletcher Moss, William Street, Didsbury
Stagger - Hyde Road, Gorton, Manchester
Curmudgeon - The Poundland Arms - Drinking In The Atmosphere
295 - March 2009
National Winter Ales Festival a sell out - review
A6 Campaign - One Year On
Featured pub - Stalybridge Buffet Bar
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Phoenix Brewery
Ken's Kitchen - Caribbean Combo Soup
Pub Grub - The Old Wellington Inn, Cathedral Gates, Manchester
Pub Of The Month - Ashlea, Manchester Road, Cheadle
Stagger - Hazel Grove South
Curmudgeon - Forced To Lie - Restraint Of Trade
296 - April 2009
Local Pubs Week - A Celebration of Stockport's Pubs
Mild Challenge this year called Mild Magic
Festival Entertainment - The Curragh Sons; The Soul Bandits; Pete Goode; Ye Olde Vic Band; YesSir!; The Casual Ties; The Blues Blasters
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Bollington Brewery
Pub Grub - Restaurante El Cuba Libre, at the Sportsman, Hyde
Pub Of The Month - Alexandra, Northgate Road, Edgeley
Stagger - King Street West
Curmudgeon - Reaching For The Revolver - A Bunch Of Fakers
297 - May 2009
Local Pubs of the Year - Knott Bar, Deansgate, Manchester & New Oxford, Bexley Square, Salford
Mild Magic
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Marble Brewery
Viabuct and Vaults 4 launched
Pub Of The Month - Grapes, Hazel Grove, Stockport
Stagger - Fallowfield & Rusholme, Manchester
Curmudgeon - Shock News For Drinkers - Pale And Interesting? - Open All Day?
298 - June 2009
D-Day for Pubcos - House of Commons Business & Enterprise Committee investigate
25 years of Opening Times 1984 - 2009
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Pictish Brewery
Featured pub - Sportsman, Mottram Road, Hyde
Ken's Kitchen - Italian Cauliflower Cheese Soup
Regional Pub of the Year - round up of finalists
Pub Of The Month - Nursery, Green Lane, Heaton Norris, Stockport
Stagger - Stockport South
Curmudgeon - Night Half-Life - Punch Drunk
299 - July 2009
Brewers Under Threat - Fair Pint campaigners head for Europe
New cask outlet in Poynton - Cask Tavern, Park Lane
Opening Times 25th Birthday Beer - Howard Town Brewery
Macclesfield & East Cheshire CAMRA Pub of the Year - Harrington Arms, Gawsworth
Phew, What a Scorcher! - Stockport Beer & Cider Festival Breaks All Records
Pub Grub - The Bull's Head, Market Place, Stockport
Pub Of The Month - Circus Tavern on Portland Street in Manchester
Stagger - Didsbury Village, Manchester
Curmudgeon - Is The Price Right?
300 - August 2009
More Beer! - Black Lion, Blackfriars Street, Salford opened as another free house
Featured pub - Oddfellows Arms, Ashton-under-Lyne
OT Birthday Beer August - Bazens' Brewery
Pub Of The Month - Blue Bell on Barlow Road in Levenshulme, Manchester
Stagger - East Cheadle, Stockport
Curmudgeon - With Friends Like These... - Never On A Saturday
301 - September 2009
Another New Free House in the pipeline - Magnet sold by Admiral Taverns to local businessman
Campaign for Real Ale national celebration of 100,000 members after 38 year history
OT Birthday Beer September - Rossendale Brewery
Old Tom Hits Gold Again - crowned as the World's Best Ale.
Opening of Black Lion in Salford delayed
Pub Grub - Oddfellows Arms, King's Road/Alderley Street, Ashton-under-Lyne
Pub Of The Month - Swan With Two Necks on Princes Street, Stockport
Stagger - Hazel Grove and Bramhall
Curmudgeon - A Weak Argument - Standing Room Only
302 - October 2009
Cider & Perry Special - CAMRA's Cider & Perry Month
Wayfarer - Steve Smith explores mid-Cheshire by bus and train
Jim Bowden Award - a veteran campaigner remembered by award made in his memory.
Stockport Ale Trail - CAMRA & Stockport Council have co-operated to produce a guide
Ken Kitchen - (1) Smoked Salmon and Lancashire Rarebit (2) Bean and Spinach Spicy Wraps
Featured pub - Electrik, Wilbraham Road, Chorlton
Not Just About Beer - Mick Lewis on CAMRA's cider campaigning
PERRY - What it is and why it matters
When Curmudgeon Met Keith Floyd
OT Birthday Beer October - Outstanding Brewery
Pub Of The Month - Thatched House, Churchgate, Stockport.
Stagger - University and environs
Curmudgeon - Don't Castrate Our Cat - Don't Knock It Till You Try It
303 - November 2009
Cask is Back - 2009 Cask Ale Report
Marble Brewery triumphs at Manchester Food & Drink Festival
New Brewery for Marble - situated in a converted railway arch near the pub
OT Birthday Beer November - Millstone Brewery
Thirsty Star Customer Buy Out - The Star on Back Hope Street in Salford bought by customers!
Railway, Wellington Road North, Stockport becomes a free house
Pub Of The Month - Lord Nelson, Hyde Road, Gorton, Manchester
Stagger - Edgeley, Stockport
Curmudgeon - Keeping Drinkers In The Dark - Chopping Down The Grapevine
304 - December 2009
Merry Christmas to all our Readers and Advertisers
Winter Warmer Wander
Magnet Opens
Cask Champions 2009 - Didsbury Beer Festival
Gone but not forgotten... Ashton under Lyne, a study in misery for the drinker
OT Birthday Beer November - Millstone Brewery
Three Rivers Dries Up
Pub Of The Month - Railway on Wellington Road North, Stockport
Stagger - Stockport Market Place
Curmudgeon - Nutts About Drugs - Everyone Must Suffer