Solid Estate Pubs #1: The Fairham

New readers to this blog might be wondering exactly who Alan Winfield is?  He is often mentioned in reverential tones on LifeAfterFootball and with some justification, as he is the doyen of #pubmen. You can still read his wonderfully gritty blog here whereby he would go on legendary all dayers, often with Mrs Winfield in…

Blitzkreig Bop

Always stick a punk title at the top of your blog to entice in Duncan and BRAPA and in true LifeAfterFootball fashion it is the loosest of links. A debut in East Leake, and in case you’re wondering there is a West Leake (steady on Russ) and it’s in the hinterlands between Kegworth and Wymeswold…

Be Nice…We’re Tripping In Nottingham

Wetting the baby’s head on a Tuesday afternoon?  In these ‘unprecedented times’ where there has been an ‘exponential rise’ in pubs being shut then ‘the new normal’ is Tuesday lunchtime celebrations. I think the phrase anything goes is probably more apt and now the shackles are off it is great to see the people of…

Roadside Boozers Up And Running In Chilwell

“Let’s go to the Greene King purpose built pub and grill boozer on A6505 next to Chilwell Industrial Estate for a pint” Said no one ever But you shouldn’t always judge a book by its (very similar) cover. Of course, I say that safe in the knowledge that the late great Alan Winfield has reviewed…