New Broom (In Checkley) On Monday

There was I thinking I had a great idea for a blog post title with a bit of 80’s Brummie new romantics Duran Duran fitting the bill. There’s a big niche market out there amongst fans of Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, Visage and the Durannies for a blog about low key pubs in the Midlands.…

Uttoxeter: Average Age Of Pubgoer = 65+

Having established that Uttoxeter pub goers have an average of 75.5 after visiting two boozers in the horse racing capital of Staffordshire then I felt it only right to confirm those stats. All bloggers love a stat and my two most read blogs today have been the last one and a post from almost 12 months…

Less Is More In Uttoxeter

You left me in a proper boozer on the outskirts of Solihull (no that isn’t a typo Russ, it’s true) and staying with the theme I turned up about three weeks too late to the Beer & Pubs Forum Proper Day Out in Uttoxeter. Of course even if I’d turned up early then I wouldn’t…

A Plug For Bass And The Wickingman

I know https://twitter.com/thewickingman is in the process of writing up a Bass directory so I’m not about to steal his thunder but, having checked my blog records, I thought it might be an opportunity to display some pictures of Bass! It has its critics and yes, it can be perceived as an old man drink…