Opening Times 2025

431 - January 2025

Walk, News and More
Letters to the Editor
Heard at the Bar - New Foundry, Congleton - Snowgoose, Macclesfield - Plough, Macclesfield - Poachers, Bollington - Hoppy Daze, Ashton
Obituariy - Neil Kellett
Lost Pubs of Stockport - Higher Packhorse, Middle Hillgate - Hope Inn, Wellington Road North
News - Oxford Road Tap - Strawflower Ales - P-Noot - The Frog on the Bine, Buxton - Tūn Brewing Co. - The Voltigeur
Pub Walks — Around Stockport - Part 6 Cheadle to Stockport
January Pub of the Month - Chiverton Tap in Cheadle Hulme with John Clarke
February Pub of the Month - Blossoms in Heaviley with John Clarke
Stagger - Gatley and Cheadle with Jim Flynn

432 - March 2025

Mild Magic 2025 - Visit pubs, drink beer, win prizes
Brewery News — Bridge Beer closeure - Steelfish moves - Made of Stone renamed
Stockport & South Manchester 2025 awards
— Pub of the Year is the Crown in Heaton Mersey
— Cider Pub of the Year is the Petersgate Tap
— Club of the Year goes to Ladybarn Social Club
— Most Improved Pub is the Railway in West Didsbury
— Community Pub of the Year is the Blue Bell in Levenshulme
Central Manchester 2024 Cider Pub of the Year is the Marble Arch pub on Rochdale Road
Lost Pubs of Stockport - Imperial Hotel, St Petersgate - Inn with a Chance, Tiviot Dale
News - Britons Protection Update - Cheadle Hulme News
Pub Walks — Old Glossop
March Pub of the Month - Gateway in East Didsbury with Mark Clayton
April Pub of the Month - Sandbar on Grosvenor Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock with Jack Lyons
Stagger - Gatley and Cheadle with Jim Flynn

433 - May 2025

Stockport Beer and Cider Festival Preview
Homebrew Compertition Results
Brewery News — Runaway English Hop Series - Top Award for Holt’s Mild - Award for Trooper - Phoenix Heritage Beers
Stockport Beer and Cider Festival — Festival Charity, Reuben’s Retreat - Bar Nouveau -Entertainment
Heard at the Bar — New Era for Crown, Heaton Lane - New Inn, Buxton - Award to Albert, Disley
Macclesfield Pub News — Plough, Dolphin & St Dunstans Inn, Macclesfield - Ship, Wincle
Macclesfield Pub of the Season — Chester Road Tavern, Macclesfield
News — Award for Petersgate Tap - More Annual Awards
Lost Pubs of Stockport — Jack and Jill, Brinnington - Jolly Sailor, Marple.
Pub Walks — Disley
May Pub of the Month - Grey Horse on Broadstone Road in Reddish with Ray Cronie
June Pub of the Month - White Lion Coaching House on Great Underbank in Stockport with Jim Flynn

434 - July 2025

Stockport Beer and Cider Festival Review, News and Winners
Cider and Perry — Festival Cider & Perry Bar - Top Awards for Petersgate Tap
News — Mild Magic Records Broken - Saints Club, Stockport - Underbank, Stockport
High Peak Pub of the Month - Old Hall, Whitehough
Central Manchester Awards — City Arms on Kennedy Street - Fell Northern Quarter, Dale Street
Night Out In Withington with Jim Flynn
Brewery News — Coley’s Brewery
Heard at the Bar — Sandbar Withington - Dolphin, Macclesfield - Armoury, Shaw Heath
Lost Pubs of Stockport — Kossuth Inn, Hindley Street - King’s Arms, Warren Street
Pub Walks — Sett Valley (Hayfield to New Mills)
July Pub of the Month - Bakers Vaults on Stockport Market Place with Lawrence Devaney
August Pub of the Month - Midland on Wellington Road North, Stockport with Phil Rowbotham

435 - September 2025

Please note: This is the proof copy and the page footers are still set to July/August - corrected on print version!
Crown, Heaton Lane reopens — Awards galore
Macclesfield & East Cheshire Awards — Pub, Club & Cider Pubs of the Year
More CAMRA Awards — Oxford Road Tap - Jack’s Bar, Hyde - Railway, West Didsbury - Blue Bell, Levenshulme
Brewery News — Boddies Comes Back - Magic Dragon - Award for Track - New from Robinsons
Heard at the Bar — Shamrock Revived - The Dog, Peover - Double Award for Magnet - Wild Alderman, Didsbury - Steelworks Beer Bus - Brew 32 at the Three Shires
Lost Pubs of Stockport — Land O’ Cakes - Lamb
Pub Walks — Knutsford and Tatton Park
Stagger — Reddish with Lawrence Devaney
September Pub of the Month - Victoria at 438 Wilmslow Road, Withington with Jim Flynn.
October Pub of the Month - Armoury at 31 Shaw Heath, Edgeley, Stockport with John Clarke