Retired Not Out, Paul Chappell's Journal

Posts About my Favourite Pubs

Cheshire, Penketh, The Ferry Tavern

Photograph of The Ferry Tavern, a pub on the banks of the river Mersey at Penketh, Cheshire.

31st December 2024

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Durham, City, Victoria Inn

About the Camra Good Beer Guide; and the Victoria Inn in Durham, a grade two listed pub with a historic interior. The interior of the pub is largely unchanged since it was opened in 1899.

30th June 2025

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Glasgow, Scotia Bar

Photograph of the Scotia Bar in Glasgow, one the city’s oldest pubs.

30th December 2024

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Greater Manchester, Oldham, Fox and Pine

A visit to the Fox and Pine micro pub in Oldham.

24th July 2025

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Lancashire, Burscough, The Hop Vine

A recent photo of The Hop Vine Pub, Burscough, Lancashire.

25th February 2025

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Lancashire, Clitheroe, The Beer Shack

Photograph of the Beer Shack, Clitheroe, Lancashire. A very nice micro pub with its own brewery.

17th November 2024

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Lancashire, Clitheroe, The Bowland Beer Hall

Photograph of the Bowland Beer Hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire.

16th November 2024

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Liverpool, Aigburth, Old Bank Alehouse

Photo of the new road bridge across the river Mersey between Widnes and Runcorn, taken during a visit to Runcorn with my friend JB.

28th May 2025

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Liverpool, City, Baltic Fleet

The Baltic Fleet is a pub serving excellent real ale, close to the Royal Albert Docks.

16th August 2025

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Liverpool, City, Brewing Company Tap

Photograph of the bar of the Liverpool Brewing Company Tap, Lime Street Liverpool.

9th October 2024

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Manchester, City, Grey Horse Inn

The Grey Horse pub in Central Manchester, a Hydes Brewery pub.

20th June 2025

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Merseyside, Bebington, Rose and Crown

Photo of the Liverpool waterfront and the Seaforth dock, taken from the Shorefields Nature Park during a visit there with my friend John.

29th May 2025

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Yorkshire West, Hebden Bridge, Fox and Goose; Drink

About two of the more interesting pubs in Hebden Bridge (the Fox and Goose and Drink); community pubs; and micropubs.

2nd May 2025

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Yorkshire West, Huddersfield, The Sportsman

Photograph of the bar of the Sportsman Pub, Huddersfield.

9th December 2024

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