Cheers North East magazine #51 - June 2015

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WELCOME We’ve met so many Cheers readers over the past few weeks that it’s a wonder that folks have time to do anything else but read the magazine. It never ceases to amaze – and delight – that traditional print is still a highlyregarded and accessible source of entertainment and knowledge.

Huge thanks to all of you for your good wishes.

Of course, the content of any publication has got to be right.

People can see straight through “churnalism”; that method of peddling someone else’s message for the sake of filling column inches. We work very hard at seeking out our own stories and sourcing material for ourselves – then present it for our readers to enjoy. It gives Cheers its USP, its own identity, and its own thrust and not because The XYZ PR Company wants us to sing the praises of its clients. We’d rather work with them to improve their profile – it’s hard work, but the rewards are in the pub customer coming up to you and telling you how much they love Cheers.

They’ll tell you how they start reading it from the back, doing the quiz first. Then someone else will ask for more women on the cover, or where dog-friendly pubs are, which ones have disabled access, and how many pubs offer glutenfree beer. We’re addressing all of those because listening is a big part of what we do.

So the next time you find someone with a notebook listening in closely to your pub conversation, don’t worry, it’s only Cheers doing its research.

Alastair Gilmour Editor, Cheers North East

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Society is changing in every way and the demands on people’s time are enormous. So pubs like any other business need to create more ways of attracting custom and to keep it. Funding cuts mean, for instance, that the highly-regarded annual North East Art Tour has been cancelled this summer. So what better time than for our pubs to offer wall space to established and upcoming artists? The Head of Steam group has put out an invitation to the region’s painters and illustrators to present their wares. It’s a god-sent initiative for the likes of Keith Opie whose Bridges Project is being presented this month at The Central in Gateshead.

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NEWS

SHIELDS SPIRIT ALIVE AND KICKING

A chance meeting with Kath Brains, manageress of The Steamboat in South Shields, threw up a challenge. “Come and see our range of spirits behind the bar, “ she said. “I bet you’ll be impressed.”

So, Cheers took her advice – and was bowled over.

Barman Paul Erskine showed the advance party the spirited display. “It’s not just whisky,” he said, “but we have 11 different gins, a great range of vodkas, and about 10 rums. A lot of our ale drinkers like to finish off with a chaser.

“The selection is very much tailored to our customers; for example if somebody mentions a whisky in conversation, Joe (licensee Joe Mooney) will go and seek it out so it’s there for the next time they come in. We’ve got Japanese whiskies, bourbon, and a ‘posh’ cupboard with a more expensive selection.”

The Steamboat is the current South Shields & Sunderland Camra branch pub of the year.

It happens so often the banner outside has dispensed with the date, simply stating “again”.

Paul said: “One thing I should say is that we’re a very dog-friendly pub – to the point that the other day there were five customers in and eight dogs – none of which bought a pint.”

The Steamboat hosts a Tyne Bank “meet the brewer event” on July 2.

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Impressed: Rhian Cradock at The Feathers Innt chefs

WHEN FEATHERS MET EL BULLI They say you should never meet your heroes, but when one Northumberlandbased chef/patron got the chance to meet the best in the world, could he turn it down? ’Course not.

Rhian Cradock from The Feathers Inn at Hedley on the Hill, Stocksfield, was presented with the opportunity to spend time with Ferran Adrià, the Spaniard who propelled elBulli restaurant into the best in the world – and who is in anybody’s books the world’s best chef. People pay to work in his kitchens. Rhian was invited to Spain on merit, so he listened and learned.

“He’s actually not a chef any more,” says Rhian. “He’s his own brand. He’s all about cooking methodology. Some of his restaurants he took us to were tiny, but they had so many staff in the kitchen – 30 in some cases. He

loves talking to people, though he doesn’t speak English, but he loves telling you about how flavours develop, why things taste the way they do, and how it all comes from his background and how it’s all very simple.

He explains everything so well – through an interpreter.”

Ferran Adrià has developed his own beer – which The Feathers stocks – that apparently took two years and 400 versions to perfect.

Estrella Damm Inedit (4.8% abv) is similar to a Belgian witbier – all malt and wheat with liquorice, orange and coriander notes, designed to sup from a wine glass.

Rhian says: “One of the reasons we did a Mexican weekend at The Feathers was through him. He makes tacos with amazing flavours at three euros so they’re very accessible. He wants quality food to be for everybody.”

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3 DAYS, 120 BEERS, 25 CIDERS, 10 WINES 8 BANDS, 2 CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINERS Over and trout: Libor Vojacek

CZECHBEERMAN: IS IT GOODBYE? Libor Vojacek, aka CzechBeerMan, might have come to the end of the road as far as beer writing is concerned. An occasional and very welcome supplier to Cheers of pub and beer stories from the Czech Republic, his writing has enthralled us with its poetic balance and ability to fly off into tangents and return to the core subject in his own sweet time.

But he finds he now has little opportunity to scour the country

for new stories, preferring instead to concentrate on fishing with his 18-year-old nephew Jan in his spare time. Libor’s parents are increasingly unable to get out much, while he wants to also spend more time with “my lady”, so breweries have taken a back seat.

He has sent a note thanking Cheers for publishing his reports over the last five years with a PS: “Last Saturday I got three nice brook trout, naturally on my loved Ohre River.” Thanks for all the fun Libor, and… Cheers!

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THESPIANS IN SEARCH FOR A BEER NAME The Castle Players, a community theatre company based in Barnard Castle, County Durham, are celebrating their summer production with a special ale.

But the beer produced by Mithril Ales – based nearby at Aldbrough St John – doesn’t have a name. The beer will be exclusive to the Old Well Inn and a competition to give it one will allow the winner to help brew the beer later this month.

Peter Cockerill, landlord of The Old Well Inn, Barnard Castle, said: “The Castle Players have always had a connection with The Old Well Inn so what better way to celebrate each summer production than with our own special real ale.”

This year’s Castle Players production, The Merry Wives of Windsor, is to be staged in the grounds of The Bowes Museum from July 7-11, so Shakespeare-ophiles will be searching their libraries for appropriately beery names.

CHARITY BEGINS AT THE PUB

North East hearts have gone out to Stu Ridley, a young Northumberland farmer and sports star who has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. The generosity and big-heartedness of our folks knows no bounds with rugby matches, beer festivals, walks, beers, pub events and even a Stay Strong Stew cookbook all being organised for the charity Stay Strong Stu. Allendale Brewery has produced a special ale with proceeds going to the charity, while Battlesteads Hotel at Wark – where Stu Ridley lives and farms – is dedicating its fifth annual beer festival to the cause (July 24-26).

Details and sponsorship opportunities at www. battlesteads.com To find out more about his story and the activities which are been held to raise money and awareness, please go to https://www. facebook.com/groups/staystrongstu/ Elsewhere, a 12-mile Derwent Walk event that visited the appropriately-named Derwent

Walk Inn and finished up at the Grey Horse in Consett has managed to raise in excess of £3,800 for Parkinson’s UK. Grey Horse regulars decided to act when they discovered fellow drinker Nigel Nattress had to take early retirement from his teaching job at age 49 after the symptoms of the disease set in.

Walk organiser Michelle Simpson said: “We were just blown away by just how generous how everybody has been. It has made us all more aware of what can happen at such a young age.”

Twenty-eight walkers, two cyclists and two runners were serenaded back at the pub with a rendition of When The Saints Go Marching In played by musician Jon Gordon – and appropriately enough, Nigel Nattress himself was first to arrive. www.justgiving.com/GreyHorseParkinsons/

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FAST-SELLER HEADS FLAVOUR CHARGE The first beer to run out at April’s Newcastle Beer Festival is being released in bottles. Tyne Bank Brewery’s Strawberries & Cream (3.8% abv) joins Belgian IPA (7.2% abv) and Carribean Rum & Raisin Chocolate Stout (6.5% abv) in a special-edition issue that should have beer lovers drooling over their vast array of flavours.

“A ridiculous amount of fresh strawberries is added after fermentation for big flavour and aroma, making this beer a quintessentially English pale ale,” says Tyne Bank’s Sam Capper.

“The creamy flavour is helped by

the use of lactose and vanilla.

“Belgian IPA is a hybrid of two popular styles, heavily hopped with American and New Zealand varieties against a strong malt base and fermented with a Belgian yeast. This creates a blend of flavours including earthy, banana notes and resinous, citrus fruits.”

Caribbean Stout is brewed with real chocolate and conditioned on raisins which have been drowned in black spiced rum.

Sam Capper is hosting a tasting session of the beers at Glug in the Grainger Market, Newcastle, on Saturday, June 20.

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEER-HOLDER This innovative contraption was spotted by beertourism.com at Le Brasse-Temps in Mons, Belgium.

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NEWS

Cook’s tour: The Dyvels, Corbridge

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We just love this post from the Cheers Café Bar & Tavern Facebook page. The multi award-winning pub in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is an obvious “twin” of ours (the “other” Cheers North East) being innovative and enterprising, although one does have to get used to the lingo, as you can perhaps tell.

THE HEAT’S ON FOR KITCHEN STAFF The pub food revolution is in full spate if the vacancies for chefs, cooks and kitchen staff in Northumberland pubs are anything to go by. It might be best to check if the jobs have been filled but there’s no harm in presenting your credentials.

The Bay Horse, West Woodburn, needs a chef/cook on a full-time basis (Tel: 01434 270213 or email cv to enquiry@bayhorseinn. org). Similarly, an experienced cook is required – full- or part-time – at The Dyvels in Corbridge (email cv to info@thedyvelsinn.com).

The Rat Inn, Anick, near Hexham is on

the look-out for a commis chef offering a great learning opportunity working with fresh produce. The position at this three-time Top 50 Gastropubs winner would suit a school leaver or more experienced chef (tel Phil on 01434 602814). Kitchen porters and part-time restaurant staff are required at the Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland. Call Tommy on 01434 675469 or email cv to pat.sparks@calcotmanor. co.uk Meanwhile in the city… Fitzgeralds on Grey Street, Newcastle, is looking for weekend bar/waiting staff. Call 0191 230 1350 or simply pop in and ask for a manager.

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LET BATTLE COMMENCE

Whistle an Ennio Morricone tune – there’s a gunfight about to trigger. Well, perhaps not a gunfight, but a battle pitching brewery against brewery is a serious business – and a lot of fun thrown in.

Northumberland-based Allendale Brewery has been invited by the award-winning York Tap to go head to head in competition this month with Thornbridge Brewery from Derbyshire – producers of the mighty Jaipur IPA. Both outfits are sending nine ales to the city with the proviso that some have been brewed specially for the event on June 30.

York Tap bar manager Khaled Abdulgani says: “The thought behind it is to allow the breweries to showcase some exclusive new beers, showing off what they can do in an attempt to outsell the opposition. If all goes well – which

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Allendale’s Neil Thomas says: “I must admit we were a bit daunted at first, putting us up against Thornbridge, but we’re really looking forward to it. The format for the evening rounds will be a pale ale versus pale ale and so on, with sales being taken into consideration as much as feedback.”

MEANTIME… ANOTHER BREWERY TAKEOVER The world’s second-largest brewer, SABMiller, has bought London-based Meantime Brewery for an undisclosed sum. The deal will allow the giant behind the Peroni, Fosters and Miller brands to muscle in on the UK craft brewing boom..

Meantime’s boss has defended the independent beer maker’s decision to sell out.

Chief executive Nick Miller said the craft tag was increasingly redundant and that selling would not harm the company’s reputation, built up over 16 years as a standalone producer.

“I think the term ‘craft’ will disappear,” said Miller. “It will become the norm that we have

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Mindful that the independent status of craft brewers making quality, uncompromising beers contributes to their popularity – despite this move taking it mainstream and craft beer now being included in the basket of goods used to calculate inflation – both parties stressed that Meantime would keep its autonomy and distinct character, stating that SABMiller’s ownership of Pilsner Urquell in the Czech Republic and Blue Moon in the US has left their quality undiluted. Pilsner Urquell now uses hop pellets rather than fresh hops, so could that still be termed as “undiluted”? Discuss. www.cheersnortheast.co.uk / CHEERS / 9

PUB NEWS & UPDATES

THE PUBS REVIVAL CONTINUES Don’t believe all those doom and gloom stories; most of our pubs in the North East are well aware of their potential and keeping ahead of the game

THE CENTURION, NEWCASTLE

There’s hardly a more magnificent pub in the country than The Centurion. Opened as the First Class Refreshment Room in 1893 for Central Station, it was totally transformed in 2000

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Inn Ltd with its unique tiling and restored to its former glory.

The Victorian tiles adorning the walls are said to be the finest example of Burmantoft (Leeds) baroque tiles outside a museum.

At first sight it is a breathtaking experience. Today, with fittings worth an astonishing £3.8m, the bar is quite literally a work of art.

Opulent: The Centurion, Newcastle

However, it’s now felt to be an appropriate time to fine-tune the interior, such as getting rid of the balcony used primarily by DJs and putting down new flooring.

“All told it’s quite an investment,” says Ryan McGee, The Centurion’s business development manager.

“There’s a new island bar waiting to be put in, the gents’ toilets have

been refurbed and the table tops French-polished. These are the sort of things that take months to do unless you want to close the place for three weeks.

“They’re all subtle changes that regulars can’t quite put their fingers on, but which improve the lace enormously while keeping to the pub’s ethos.”

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ROSIE’S BAR, NEWCASTLE

City classic: Rosie’s Bar, Newcastle

– but we had a Plan B. We’re absolutely over the moon with the way it’s going – daytime trade is well up and even coffee sales have risen by 600%.

“The pub, like the village, has a great community feel and Corbridge is a stunning place anyway. Now, if only the sun would stay out a little bit longer.”

Rosie’s Bar, one of Newcastle’s most popular city pubs, has been taken over by David Whitehead, who also operates the Jolly Fisherman at Craster and The Plough Boutique Hotel in Alnwick. Within a minute’s walk of St James’ Park, Rosie’s Bar is an obvious favourite among Newcastle United fans, while lovers of Chinese food haven’t far to venture either – it sits right on the end of Stowell Street in Newcastle’s legendary China Town and adjacent to the sumptuous Chinese Arch. Corner bars have their own charm and Rosie’s is no different – friendly, welcoming and as comfortable as old shoes.

David Whitehead says: “We’ve given the pub a tidy-up and changed a few products on the bar, pushing real ales and premium lagers a bit more and introducing a better wine list.

“Hopefully that will attract more female custom and also get everybody involved.”

Loyalty and incentive schemes for neighbouring businesses with discounts at the bar for people who have been dining on Stowell Street are also being introduced.

THE BLUE BELL, CORBRIDGE

Re-opened on May 1, the Blue Bell is finally wide awake to the needs of Corbridge after several years in the doldrums. New owners

Paul Whittle and Sarah Smith have seized the initiative and guided the pub into a very successful enterprise in barely more than a month.

“It’s been going exceptionally well,” says Paul.

“It’s much better than we even anticipated, to the point that we’ve had to take on more staff.

“Customer feedback has been really, really good although obviously we’ve had slight issues which we’ve managed to tweak, such as we thought we would hack off the plaster and expose the brickwork. That turned out to be breeze block

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Community: The Blue Bell, Corbridge

THE PERCY ARMS, OTTERBURN

Entrepreneur Duncan Fisher, who owns the Joiners Arms and Newton Hall in Newtonby-the-Sea is planning to revive the fortunes of the Percy Arms in Otterburn. The hotel has been closed for two-and-a-half years, despite having previously been a popular destination..

“We are looking forward to working with the Otterburn community and reopening a venue that everyone will be proud of,” he said.

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BEER-FEST POURS WHISKY IN THE JAR The first-ever Moscow Real Ale Festival had a real North East connection, writes Alastair Gilmour

Here’s a tip for going through airport security. Don’t carry a brass pumpclip in your handbaggage.

Brass pumpclips look fantastic on a bar, but in a holdall they get picked out in blue on an x-ray, looking awfully like explosive devices.

International terrorism incident over (surprisingly they said nothing about my bag of hops – a cousin of cannabis), we continued our trip to the first Moscow Real Ale Festival where a Russian audience was collecting to sample some of Britain’s best-selling beers.

Around 200 casks (14,400 pints) trunked relatively troublefree across Europe to reach Papa’s Bar & Grill in central Moscow – close to the Bolshoi Theatre and Red Square – in remarkably good condition for several days of

celebration. The beer list included Fuller’s ESB and Chiswick Bitter, Marston’s Pedigree, Belhaven Best, Jennings Cocker Hoop, St Austell Proper Job and Banks’ Bitter (with security-sensitive brass pumpclip).

Representing the North East of England were Stables Brewery Bell Tower and Silver Buckles from the microbrewery at Beamish Hall near Stanley – the latter being the first of the lot to sell out which pleased brewer John Taylor no end.

“Both beers were in great condition, despite being held up by customs on the Latvian border for seven days,” said John. His expression on holding up the first pint to the light was a joy to behold.

Festival organiser Yuri Shulakov’s company Britannia Travel specialises in off-the-beatentrack tours to the UK (including ale and whisky trails) plus British-

MOSCOW REAL ALE FESTIVAL themed events in Russia. The idea of a British Real Ale Festival had been inside his head for several years and the relief and emotion when the first beer was poured – despite a problem with the handpull connections – were again unmistakable.

“I can’t believe how many people have turned up to drink real ale,” he said. “I’m so happy.

“As beer enthusiasts ourselves, we are really glad that cask ales are becoming more popular in Moscow nowadays. We are doing this festival to further promote the original British pub culture and good-quality exciting ales.

“This is the first-ever British cask ale festival in Moscow, where beer enthusiasts, pub-goers, drinks professionals and other interested parties can discover a good range of real ales from a number of selected breweries across the UK.” There were teething troubles, of course – such an ambitious project could never be expected to run perfectly from start to finish – but the end result was hugely positive.

“It was thrilling to have our Stables beer alongside cask ale nationals like Banks, Belhaven and Fuller’s,” said John Taylor.

“The British beer engines were also held up and finally arrived at the 11th hour – but with the wrong fittings. However, the Russians ploughed on with good old British Bulldog spirit.”

Ale-lovers came from Moscow’s suburbs and outlying towns and headed home much more

knowledgeable about our beer and pub culture.

Curious ex-pats of all ages were attracted by a taste of Britain.

Local customer Vasily Smirnov said: “The most interesting beers for me at the festival were both Banks’ Mild and Bitter – which has a really good taste for such light beer – plus St Austel Pale Ale and Stables Bell Tower.”

Vasily, a beer importer (www.marketbeer. ru), added that he would have preferred to have sampled some more speciality beers and old ales, so that’s one for Yuri Shulakov’s notebook.

Live music helped the festival along with one Russian band lperforming magnificently in kilts, waistcoats and tartan trews; their guitars and drums supplemented by bagpipes and a fiddle hammering out Irish jigs before moving effortlessly into Whisky In The Jar, Star Wars and Beethoven’s Ode To Joy. The result was mesmeric, exhilarating and one whirling ball of fun.

One full side of the enormous Papa’s Bar & Grill – which evolves into a late-night and early hours venue – was taken over by a temporary bar with table football and several darts boards (enthusiastically commandeered), while the televisions suspended their usual offerings to show ’Allo ’Allo! and The Benny Hill Show.

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Tartan special: Live music at the Moscow Real Ale Festival music-hall equivalents. It was also Eurovison Song Conest night so feelings were running high.

The organisers had the foresight to invite beer professionals from the UK, such as Khaled Abdulgani, bar manager at The York Tap, to observe and make notes for future festivals.

Khaled manfully got stuck in behind the bar, offering help and advice to the young staff.

He said: “The first event is always going to be the most difficult. But despite all the obstacles we were still able to enjoy the process.

“What amazed me the most though, was witnessing cask ale born in a community for the very first time. It was refreshing to see such curiosity in real ale without all the gibberish we find so often in today’s critical beer society.

Everyone involved showed a real interest and

for me personally, it was a pleasure to provide insight to such an enthusiastic and responsive audience.

“There’s nothing more rewarding than teaching and witnessing the progression in others – especially when it involves proper beer. In the meantime, I’m optimistic that real ale can prosper in Moscow simply due to the passion and commitment of the organisers who have already generated so much interest among the beer community.”

Yuri Shulakov is already planning his next beer festival with November pencilled in, possibly with Scottish beers to the fore. But before that there are a lot of suggestions to take on board.

The first Moscow Real Ale Festival made a terrific start – as John Taylor said: “Beer, sunshine and fine Russian hospitality; what a weekend.” You could call that an ode to joy. *Next month Cheers will review two Moscow pubs – Bobby Dazzler and 1516 Brewpub.

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ART IN PUBS

A GLASS FULL OF EXHIBITION Pubs are terrific settings for art shows, as Alastair Gilmour discovers When Cheers interviewed artist Ben Holland for the June 2012 magazine, he made a particularly pertinent comment.

“You go to the pub much more often than you go to an art gallery,” he said.

Ben draws pubs and he often exhibits in pubs, so he’s perhaps a wee bit biased, but there’s a world of difference between viewing work in a bar – drink in hand – than creeping around the hushed atmosphere of a room full of studious people. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but in reality pubs are the perfect setting for appreciating art.

Pubs in Sheffield discovered this a few years ago – and there are a lot of fine ones in that city – when art lovers set up a Pub Scrawl. Organised tours slipped between them with a chance to buy there and then. The rationale was that people might make decisions on artworks in a pub that they might not in a gallery.

Pubs, like any other businesses, need to create more ways of attracting custom and to keep it. Funding cuts mean, for instance, that local authority galleries have had their opening times curtailed (to say nothing of staff reductions), while the highly-regarded annual North East Art Tour has been cancelled this summer – in its 20th year to boot. So what better time than for our pubs to offer wall space to established and upcoming artists?

The Head of Steam group has cottoned on to this and has sent out an invitation to the region’s painters and illustrators to present their wares. It’s a god-given initiative for the likes of Keith Opie whose Bridges Project collection is being presented this month at The Central in Gateshead, together with Pete Barlow’s Northern Giant series. This art trail, which is expected to include other venues in The Head of Steam group of pubs, kicked off in April with a Ben Holland show called Low Moon Over High Town.

Keith Opie, an illustrator and director at Paul Windle Design (appropriately based in Old 16 / CHEERS / www.cheersnortheast.co.uk

Brewery Court in Newcastle’s Sandyford), says inspiration came from a lack of shut-eye.

Keith says: “I started these works as I’m a bit of an insomniac and I needed something to wind down. I like doing the Tyne bridges because I pass them every day on my bike on my way to work.”

It’s also a nice change from the day-job illustrating characters and images for Warner Bros, Disney, Hasbro and Tomy.

“I’ve always been attracted to architecture,” he says of an extraordinary rendering of the Theatre Royal. “Pictures in pubs are a great talking point; people can access them easily and this kind of thing gives younger people the opportunity to get their work seen by a wider audience. I’m excited about it at my age, so for a young fella it would be fantastic.”

Daisy Turnell, marketing manager for Cameron’s Brewery is adamant pubs walls just lend themselves to exhibitions. Combine that with the need from artists for space to express themselves and you have the beginnings of a trend.

“The Cluny in Newcastle has always been known for its artworks and regular exhibitions, but places like Ernest on the Ouseburn Valley are also great supporters of artists and local talent,” says Daisy. “Some pubs perhaps don’t know there’s an artist living and working just down the street.

“We’d eventually like to work with university and college students. The potential is enormous.

Putting on exhibitions is also a great way of getting people to photograph your pub and share the painting or sculpture on social media.

After all, we now have people going to the cinema for screenings of opera and ballet, so this is opening art right out.”

Permanent hangings at St Mary’s Inn near Stannington in Northumberland include some fine works by Norman Cornish, who was often dubbed “the pitman painter” though he never cared for that description, even though the bulk

“I LIKE DOING THE TYNE BRIDGES AS I PASS THEM EVERY DAY ON MY BIKE” of his subject matter was mining communities at work, play and in sociable mood in pubs and clubs. Some gloriously funny framed drawings by Times cartoonist David Haldane also provide a terrific backdrop to the gastropub.

Similarly, when you sit down to enjoy your pint in The Black Horse in Low Fell, Gateshead, you soon realise you’re in the midst of a small art gallery with North East-inspired works by local artist Jim Harker looking awfully like something out of a classic catalogue. Jim is a freelance illustrator but following a few drinks, he and co-owner Chris Robinson got talking about using the pub walls as an art gallery – something different to prompt conversation.

“We came up with the scenario that if famous painters had come to Newcastle what would they have painted,” says Jim. “For instance, I thought if Claude Monet came here he would maybe stay at Malmaison on the Quayside so I

Excited: Keith Opie at The Central, Gateshead

painted a picture of the Tyne Bridge from there in his style. I also imagined Vincent Van Gogh would have painted his sunflowers displayed in a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale.” But it’s not only pubs that can use art as a conversation piece and visitor attraction.

Ford Escort With Lamp Post Through Bonnet is a surreal artwork in the car park of the Glenfiddich distillery in Scotland.

The handiwork of Spanish artist and “spatial sculptor” Luis Bisbe uses a car that once belonged to the distillery’s art programme coordinator Andy Fairgrieve (Glenfiddich has a long-running and acclaimed artist-in-residence scheme). It has been sitting in the car park since 2007 but has fallen victim to plans to resurface the area. However, visitors to the distillery will still be able to see the piece if they visit this summer.

The 25-foot tall lamp doesn’t actually

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ART IN PUBS work; when all the other lights are illuminated the car’s headlights come on instead. Distillery staff like telling visitors that workmen installing the lamp posts simply couldn’t be bothered to move the vehicle.

If they don’t want the Escort, wouldn’t it look great outside a North East pub?

On examining Keith Opie’s highly-detailed works, it becomes apparent that there’s a cyclist in almost every one of them – which Keith admits is himself. “The vans and trucks crossing the bridges are from local firms and I always include myself on my bike somewhere,” he says.

We’re on to something here – Ben Holland’s “signature” is a small star in the sky, while in The Central’s bar, the permanent collection of railway and steam locomotive paintings by Arthur Gills includes a West Ham United badge like something out of Where’s Wally.

Ben Holland says: “I’ve got a friend called Simon Bartram who’s a children’s book illustrator and he puts a Sunderland strip somewhere in his drawings. You’ll suddenly see a red-and-white striped zebra in the background.”

“We don’t want our exhibitions to become too elitist,” says Daisy Turnell. A glass full of exhibitions like the three at The Central knocks that notion on the head straight away.

Drink it in: A Norman Cornish at St Mary’s Inn, above; Glenfiddich Escort, left; Free Trade Inn (Ben Holland), Sunflowers

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ACCOLADE CROWNS TWO GREAT YEARS

A community-owned pub has gained a TripAdvisor certificate of excellence for its consistently positive reviews on the visitor website.

The Rose & Crown at Slaley, Northumberland, was purchased

by Slaley Community Assets Ltd in 2013 after it was threatened with closure, raising the necessary £282,000 from more than 160 investors in less than nine weeks.

“There is no greater seal of approval than being recognised by

one’s customers,” says the pub’s manager Tracey Weatherley. “It’s a remarkable vote of confidence.”

Director and secretary David Allsop says: “When we think back to two years ago when the pub was run down, didn’t serve food, and was in danger of closing forever to the transformation into what it is today, it is a testament to our staff, investors and of course our regular customers and visitors to the area.”

The Rose & Crown is continuing with a programme of improvements.

LET’S BE ALL-INCLUSIVE In recent weeks we have received several messages from pub lovers keen to find which are dog-friendly and wheelchair-friendly, plus and those that can offer glutenfree beers, such as Wold Top Against The Grain (4.5% abv) and Allendale GFPA (4.5%

abv) which are all available in bottles. The Boathouse in Wylam is particularly dog-friendly, as are the City Tavern and Bridge Tavern in Newcastle city centre.

We’ll post the details on the website (www.cheersnortheast. co.uk), so send them to info@cheersnortheast.co.uk

SKINNERS DIPPING IN HEXHAM A snippet from the Hexham Courant’s regular history feature reminds us that 125 years ago the town was heavily dependent on the leather trade. Apparently, tanners, skinners, wool warehouse hands and manure factory workers met at the Skinners Arms in Gilesgate in May 1890 to seek a reduction in their working week to 53 hours, in line with most other trades.

The Skinners Arms is now, of course, The Tannery – a vibrant, successful pub that sets the pace in cask and craft beer, cider and quality food.

But look up and you’ll still see the old Skinners Arms sign dated at 1897. Was there an older Skinners Arms? Did the militants win their case? I f you can cast light on the pub’s history, please us know at info@cheersnortheast.co.uk

TOWN SET FOR NEW HEARTBEAT

One of Hexham’s sleeping giants is to be revived with a slight change of name. The Heart Of All England pub has sat empty for several years but plans for a reawakening have been lodged with the town council – and are expected to be approved. The

new Heart Of Northumberland will become a family friendly, food-led, real ale and quality wine pub with attached beer garden.

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ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD

WE GET AROUND

As regular readers no doubt know, Cheers North East hit its 50th issue last month, so off we all went to the pub. Helping us celebrate at the Bridge Tavern, Newcastle, were representatives from the region’s pubs, breweries and ancillary organisations. And, thank you to all for your goodwill messages – they’re very much appreciated by the team.

We’re also pleased to publish photos of readers enjoying Cheers – and here we have a selection sent in from all parts of the world, which goes to show we’re just one big cheery family.

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1,2: John Emmerson and his pal Vic enjoy a pint in the Head of Steam, Durham.

3: Mark Scott and son Freddie on the beach at Takpuna, North Island, New Zealand.

4: Stables Brewery boss John Taylor finds something more interesting than St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow.

5: Ian Birkett, daughter-in-law Maryanne, and Oscar the dog outside of the Lochranza Hotel on Arran.

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SUMMER EVENTS

SUMMER TIME AND THE LIVIN’ IS EASY A selection of festivals, fun, food and beery things to celebrate sunny days

ALL SUMMER, SOUTH TYNESIDE FESTIVAL Three months of free live music and entertainment for all the family.

Highlights at the event, run by South Tyneside Council, include: DURING JUNE Live Music at the Amphitheatre: Thursday and Saturday evenings.

The programme will open with the

Alan Hull Songbook and close with Britpop band, Dodgy. In between there will be performances by a host of up and coming bands, emerging artists and established acts.

JULY 4 Costume designers Paul Shriek and Matt Fox have created a spectacular Summer Parade, celebrating 150 years since the publication of Alice

in Wonderland – from South Shields Town Hall to Bents Park.

JULY 12-AUG 2 Sunday Concerts: Bents Park – four consecutive Sundays in July and August star Billy Ocean (July 19) and North East stars Joe McElderry, Collabro and Lola Saunders (Aug 2). www.visitsouthtyneside.co.uk JUNE 13-14 PROPER FOOD FESTIVAL Spanish City Plaza, Whitley Bay Sixty of the region’s finest artisan food producers. Ales from Wylam and others, plus wine and cocktail bar. www. properfoodanddrinkfestivals. co.uk JUNE 14: SEASIDE SESSIONS Head of Steam, Tynemouth NE30 4BS Featuring Renata & Trev (4pm), plus JD O’Neill (6pm).

Tel: 0191 272 8105. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk JUNE 18-20 TYNEDALE BEER FESTIVAL Tynedale Rugby Club, Corbridge

All aboard: Tanfield Railway, County Du

Beers from around the North East and way beyond, plus cider, wine, music and fun on a grand scale. All set in marquees – just absorb the aromas of grass and canvas tinged with fine ale. Heaven. www.tynedalebeerfestival.org.uk

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SUMMER EVENTS JUNE 20-21: MECH NAVVIES No71515 Tanfield Railway, Sunniside, Gateshead NE16 5ET The return of a historic, coal-hauling steam locomotive built in 1944 by Hawthorns in Newcastle to a Robert Stephenson design. Special gala event working with Tanfield’s other steam locomotives before it returns to South Wales. www.tanfield-railway.co.uk JUNE 21: SEASIDE SESSIONS Head of Steam, Tynemouth NE30 4BS Featuring Jake Houlsby (4pm), plus Jess Wilson (6pm). Tel: 0191 272 8105. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

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JUNE 19-20 BEER FESTIVAL South Northumberland Cricket Club (off Gosforth High Street).

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JUNE 21: FATHERS’ DAY Stadium of Light, Sunderland SR5 1SU Sunderland AFC fans can have a three-course course meal in the famous Montgomery Suite or Riverview Brasserie (view of the River Wear).

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Beamish Hall, Stanley, County Durham DH9 0YB Go on, take Dad to Beamish Hall for a menu that any real man would want to get his teeth into – plus a bottle of their real ale too. Fathers v Food challenge tel: 1207 233733. www.beamish-hall.co.uk

JUNE 26 PLATE FESTIVAL BEER FESTIVAL Newcastle Racecourse, High Gosforth Park NE3 5HP The world-famous Northumberland Plate meeting includes a first-ever beer festival on the Friday evening with seven races, including the Betfred Gosforth Park Cup. Real ales and ciders. Camra members £5 discount on Grandstand and Paddock tickets. www.newcastle-racecourse.co.uk JUNE 26-29: MILFEST The Red Lion Inn, Milfield, Northumberland NE71 6JD Featuring 20 real ales and ciders and live entertainment (Saturday) at this 18th Century former sheep drovers’ inn.

Tasting night Friday, family hog roast, Sunday.

B&B with four new, en-suite chalets (ready end of June). www.redlionmilfield.co.uk JUNE 27 2nd Bridge End Inn Music Festival Local acts including Lyrical Whisky.

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SUMMER EVENTS JUNE 28: SEASIDE SESSIONS Head of Steam, Tynemouth NE30 4BS Featuring Patrick Kelly (4pm), plus The Casinos (6pm).

Tel: 0191 272 8105. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk JULY 3-4 BOILER SHOP STEAMER Stephenson’s Works, Forth Street, Newcastle NE1 2HJ The vibrant, monthly event celebrating all that is great about food, drink, music and art. Founded

by Riley’s Fish Shack and Wylam Brewery in association with Silverlink Holdings, The Boiler Shop Steamer is held on the first Friday and Saturday of each month.

The event brings together some of the UK’s leading street food vendors, changing monthly (Also Aug 7-8).

JULY 3-4 HAYDON BRIDGE BEER FESTIVAL Football Ground, Haydon Bridge, NE47 6AE Festival number seven features 36 ales, 14 ciders and wine from around the world. Live music and entertainment – funds raised go to local sports clubs and community causes.

JULY 4: AMERICAN MINI BEER FEST Head of Steam, Tynemouth NE30 4BS A Yankee Doodle Dandy event celebrating great beers from the US – Anchor, Flying Dog, Brooklyn, plus live music. Tel: 0191 272 8105. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk JULY 4-5 NORTH EAST CHILLI FEST Delaval Hall, The Avenue, Seaton Sluice, NE26 4QR. The summer’s hottest event featuring more than 80 spicy producers, brewers and entertainment.

Everything from cupcakes and smoked foods to cheese and chilli mustards. www.chillifest-ne.co.uk

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JULY 4-16 FESTIVAL OF INDIE FILM Tilleys Bar, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 4AG Film screenings (great beer too) include Mad Max, Reservoir Dogs, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Norwegian Ninja and Eagle Versus Shark.

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SUMMER EVENTS anniversary is a sizzling celebration of American roots music. The hugely-popular event this year features Emmylou Harris, Roseanne Cash, The Shires, Rodney Crowell, plus many, many more (local and breakthrough). www.summertyne.com JULY 30-AUG 2: KENDAL CALLING The Lake District’s music festival celebrates a decade in the game with a lineup that includes Kaiser Chiefs, Snoop Dogg, Billy Bragg, James and Elbow, plus Hyde & Beast and Holy Moly & The Crackers. www.kendalcalling.co.uk JULY 24-25 BOG STOCK 2015 Real Ale and Music Festival Carts Bog Inn, Langley on Tyne, Hexham NE47 5NW More than 20 real ales, 15 ciders and hog roast.

Music from Wild Murphys, Bilistered Molly, Kentucky Cow Tippers and The Gatecrashers.

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JULY 24-26: BATTLESTEADS BEER FESTIVAL Battlesteads Hotel, Wark, Northumberland NE48 3LS The fifth annual beer festival at Northumberland’s

eco-friendliest pub, hotel and restaurant features great beers, lagers, ciders, food and live music. This year’s charity is Stay Strong Stu. Stay the weekend and unwind. www.battlesteads.com AUGUST 1: OPEN DAY Roosters Brewery, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 8LJ Meet Baby-Faced Assassin, Blind Jack, Yankee, et al.

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HADRIAN & BORDER BREWERY

Unit 5, The Preserving Works Newburn Industrial Estate, Shelley Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 9RT t: 0191 264 9000 e:info@hadrian-border-brewery.co.uk www.hadrian-border-brewery.co.uk

ROOSTERS

JARROW BREWERY

Robin Hood, Primrose Hill, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear NE32 5UB t:0191 483 6792 e:jarrowbrewery@btconnect.com www.jarrowbrewing.co.uk

PUB AND BREWERS CLUB

Unit 3, Grimbald Port Weatherby Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8LJ t: 01423 865 959 e:tom@roosters.co.uk www.roosters.co.uk

WYLAM BREWERY South Houghton farm, Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland NE15 0EZ t: 01661 853377 e: admin@wylambrewery.co.uk www.wylambrew.co.uk

SONNET 43 BREW HOUSE Durham Road, Coxhoe, DH6 4HX t: 0191 3773039 e: cheers@sonnet43.com ww.sonnet43.com

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COUNTY DURHAM BUTCHER’S ARMS

THE CROSS KEYS

Front Street, Esh, DH7 9QR t: 0191 3731279

Middle Chare, Chester le Street, DH3 3QB t: 0191 388 3605

THE CROWN

DUN COW

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

37 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN t: 0191 386 9219

GREENBANK HOTEL

90 Greenbank Road, Darlington, DL3 6EL t: 01325 462624

HALF MOON INN

130 North Gate, Darlington, DL1 1QS t: 01325 465765

HAT AND FEATHERS

Church Street, Seaham, SR7 7HF t: 01915 133040

HEAD OF STEAM

3 Reform Place, Durham, DH1 4RZ t: 0191 3832173

HOLE IN THE WALL

14 Horsemarket, Darlington, County Durham DL1 5PT t: 01325 466720

ITALIAN FARMHOUSE

Mickleton, Barnard Castle, DL12 0JZ t: 01833 640 381

THE QUAYS

Front Street, Sedgefield, TS21 3AT t: 01740 385 6695

THE FLOATER’S MILL

Woodstone Village, Fence Houses, DH4 6BQ t: 0191 385 6695

THE GARDEN HOUSE INN North Road, Durham, DH1 4NQ t: 0191 3863395

THE GEORGE & DRAGON 4 East Green, Heighington Village, DL5 6PP t: 01325 313152

THE GREY HORSE

115 Sherburn Terrace, Consett, DH8 6NE t: 01207 502585

THE HONEST LAWYER

THREE HORSESHOES

Maiden Law, Durham, DH7 0QT t. 01207 520900

YE OLDE ELM TREE

12 Crossgate, Durham City, DH1 4PS t: 0191 386 4621

THE AVENUE INN

Avenue Street, High Shincliffe, DH1 2PT t: 0191 386 5954

THE BAY HORSE

28 West Green, Heighington, DL5 6PE t: 01325 312312

THE BEAMISH MARY INN No Place, Nr Beamish, DH9 0QH t: 0191 370 0237

THE BLACK HORSE

Red Row,Beamish, DH9 0RW t: 01207 232569

THE BRITTANIA INN

1 Archer Street, Darlington County Durham, DL3 6LR t: 01325 463787

THE CLARENCE VILLA

Durham Road, Coxhoe, County Durham, DH4HX t: 0191 377 3773

THE COUNTY

13 The Green, Aycliffe Vilage, County Durham, DL5 6LX t: 01325 312273

Edmundbyers, DH8 9NL t: 01207 255545

THE DUN COW

NUMBER TWENTY-2

Chilton Lane, Ferryhill, DL17 0DH t: 01740 655724

THE PUNCH BOWL INN

THE QUAKERHOUSE

THE HALF MOON INN

SURTEES ARMS

Mountsett, Burnopfield, NE16 6BA t: 01207 570346

Darlington Road, Durham DH1 3QN t: 0191 375 7651

South Street, West Rainton Houghton - le - Spring DH4 6PA t: 0191 5841022 22 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, DL3 7RG t: 01325 354590 e: rew@villagebrewer.co.uk www.twenty2.villagebrewer.co.uk

THE PLOUGH

86 New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AQ t: 0191 3741918 Croxdale Bridge, Croxdale, DH1 3HP t: 0191 3783782

THE JOHN DUCK

91A Claypath, Durham City, DH1 1 RG

THE LAMBTON WORM

North Road, Chester le Street, DH3 4AJ t: 0191 3871162

THE MANOR HOUSE HOTEL

The Green, West Auckland, DL14 9HW t: 01388 834834

THE MANOR HOUSE INN

Carterway Heads, Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX t: 01207 255268

THE MARKET TAVERN

27 Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ t: 0191 3862069

THE MILL

Durham Road, Rainton Bridge, DH5 8NG t: 0191 5843211

THE MINERS ARMS

41 Manor Road, Medomsley, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560428

THE NEWFIELD INN Newfield, Chester le Street, DH2 2SP t: 0191 3700565

THE OAK TREE

Front Street, Tantobie, Stanley, DH9 9RF t: 01207 235 445

THE OLD WELL INN

The Bank, Barnard Castle DL12 8PH t: 01833 690 130

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2 Mechanics Yard, Darlington, DL3 7QF t: 07783 960105 5 Tubwell Row, Darlington, DL1 1NU t: 01325 461448

THE ROYAL OAK

7 Manor Rd, Medomsley Village, DH8 6QN t: 01207 560336

THE SCOTCH ARMS

Blackhill, Consett, DH8 8LZ t: 01207 593709

THE SHIP

Low Road, Middlestone Village, Middlestone, DL14 8AB t: 01388 810904

CUMBRIA THE BEER HALL

Hawkshead Brewery, Mill Yard, Staveley, LA8 9LR t: 01539 825260

NORTHUMBERLAND ADAM & EVE

BAMBURGH CASTLE INN

THE STABLES

West Herrington, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4ND t: 0191 584 9226

THE THREE HORSESHOES

Pit House Lane, Leamside, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6QQ t: 0191 584 2394

THE WHITE LION

Newbottle Street, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4AN t: 0191 5120735

THE WHITEHILLS

Waldridge Road, Chester le Street, DH2 3AB t: 0191 3882786

WICKET GATE

Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3AX t: 0191 3872960

THE WILD BOAR

Frederick Place, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4BN t: 0191 5128050

THE VICTORIA INN

86 Hallgarth Street, Durham, DH1 3AS, t: 0191 3860465

NORTH YORKSHIRE THE CROWN INN

Vicars Lane, Manfield, DL2 2RF t: 01325 374243

THE DOG & GUN

Coopers Lane, Potto, DL6 3HQ t: 01642 700232

THE WHITE SWAN

1 West End, Stokesley, TS9 5BL t: 01642 710263

RIVERDALE HALL HOTEL

THE DIAMOND INN

THREE HORSESHOES

BARRASFORD ARMS

THREE WHEATHEADS

Barrasford Hexham, NE48 4AA t: 01434 681237

BARRELS

Thropton nr Rothbury, NE65 7LR t: 01669 620262

TWICE BREWED INN

The Wynding, Beadnell, NE675AX t: 01665 720 272 Humshaugh, Hexham, NE46 4AG t: 01434 681 231 Main Street, Ponteland, NE20 9BB t: 01661 872898

THE DYVELS INN

Station Road, Corbridge, NE45 5AY t: 01434 633 633

THE FEATHERS INN

Hedley on the Hill, Stocksfield, NE43 7SW t: 01661 843 607

Military Road, Bardon Mill, NE47 7AN t: 01434 344534

THE GOLDEN LION

BATTLESTEADS HOTEL

THE ALLENDALE INN

THE GOLDEN LION

BEADNELL TOWERS HOTEL

THE ANCHOR HOTEL

CROSS KEYS

THE ANCHOR INN

59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick, TD15 1ES t:01289 308013

Wark, Hexham, NE48 3LS t: 01434 230209 www.battlesteads.com

Beadnell, NE67 5AY t: 01665 721211

Thropton, Rothbury, NE65 7HX t: 01669 620362

DIPTON MILL INN

DOCTOR SYNTAX

Beamish Hall Hotel, Beamish, DH9 0BY t: 01207 288 750

THE CROWN INN

Stanegate Road, Newbrough, Hexham, NE47 5AR t: 01434 674226

Hathery Lane, Horton, Cramlington, NE24 4HF t: 01670 822410

THE SPORTSMANS ARMS

THE STABLES

RED LION INN

Seahouses, NE68 7SQ t: 01665 720283

Brecon Hill, Castle Dene, Chester le Street, DH3 4HE t: 0191 3857559 Moor End Terrace, Belmont, DH1 1BJ t: 0191 3842667

THE CRASTER ARMS

Front Street West, Bedlington, NE22 5TZ t: 01670 536160

Bellingham, NE48 2JT Prudhoe Station, Low Prudhoe, t: 01434 220254 NE42 6NP t: 01661 832323

Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, NE46 1YA t: 01434 606577 e: ghb@hexhamshire.co.uk www.diptonmill.co.uk

THE SMITHS ARMS

RED LION

Market Place, Allendale, Hexham, NE47 9BJ, t: 01434 683246 Haydon Bridge, NE47 6AB t: 01434 688121 Whittonstall, Nr Consett, DH8 9JN t: 01207 561110

THE ANGEL INN

Main Street, Corbridge, NE45 5LA t: 01434 632119

THE BADGER

Hill Street, Corbridge, NE45 5AA t: 01434 632216 Market Place, Allendale, NE47 9BD t: 01434 683 225

THE HADRIAN HOTEL

Wall, Hexham, NE44 4EE t: 01434 681232

THE HERMITAGE INN

23 Castle Street, Warkworth, NE65 0UL t: 01665 711 258

THE HORSESHOES INN

Rennington, Alnwick, NE66 3RS. t: 01665 577665

THE JOINERS ARMS

Newton-by-the-Sea, NE66 3EA t: 01665 576 112

Street Houses, Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9BT t: 01661 871037

THE MANOR HOUSE

DUKE OF WELLINGTON

THE BLACKBIRD

THE MANOR INN

DYKE NEUK

THE BLACK BULL

THE NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS

ELECTRIC WIZARD

THE BLACK BULL INN

New Ridley Road, Stocksfield, NE43 7RG, t: 01661 842383

Newton, NE43 7UL t: 01661 844446

Meldon, Nr Morpeth, NE61 3SL t: 01670 772662 New Market, Morpeth, NE61 1PS t: 01670 500640

FOX AND HOUNDS

Main Road, Wylam NE41 8DL t: 01661 598060

GENERAL HAVELOCK INN

Haydon Bridge, NE47 6ER t: 01434 684376

Ponteland, NE20 9UH t: 01661 822 684 Matfen, NE20 0RP t: 01661 855395 Etal, TD12 4TL t: 01890 820200

THE BLACK & GREY

Newgate St, Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BU t: 01670 504312

THE BLUE BELL

Mount Pleasant, West Mickley, Stocksfield NE43 7LP t: 01661 843146

JOHN THE CLERK OF CRAMLINGTON

THE BLUE BELL

JOINERS ARMS

THE BOATHOUSE

Front Street, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 707060 Wansbeck Street, Morpeth, NE61 1XZ t: 01670 513540

JOLLY FISHERMAN

Craster, Alnwick, NE66 3TR t: 01665 576461

MINERS ARMS

Main Street, Acomb, NE46 4PW t: 01434 603909

LION & LAMB

Horsley, NE15 0NS t: 01661 852952

NEWCASTLE HOTEL

Front Street, Rothbury, NE65 7UT t: 01669 620334

OLIVERS

60 Bridge Street, Blyth, NE24 2AP t: 01670 368346

PERCY ARMS HOTEL

Main Road, Chatton NE66 5PS t: 01668 215244

Hillstreet, Corbridge, NE45 5AA t: 01434 431143

Wylam, NE41 8HR t: 01661 853431 • 14 Real ales on tap • CAMRA 2013 • Northumberland Pub of the Year Winner

THE BOATSIDE INN

Warden, Hexham, NE46 4SQ t: 01434 602233

THE BRIDGE END INN West Road, Ovingham Prudhoe, NE42 6BN t: 01661 832219

• 5 Real Ales • Traditional family run pub • Folk & music nights

THE CARTS BOG INN

Langley on Tyne, Hexham, NE47 5NW. t: 01434 684338

Caterway Heads Shotley Bridge, DH8 9LX t: 01207 255268 Main Street, Haltwhistle, NE49 0BS t: 01434 322588

The Peth, West Thirston, Felton, NE65 9EE t: 01670 787370

THE OLDE SHIP INN

9 Main Street, Seahouses, NE68 7RD t: 01665 720 200

THE PACKHORSE INN

Ellingham, Chathill, NE67 5HA t: 01665 589292

THE PILOT INN

31 Low Greens, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 1LZ t: 01289 304214

THE PLOUGH

Village Square, Cramlington, NE23 1DN t: 01670 737633

THE PLOUGH INN

Front Street, Ellington, NE61 5JB t: 01670 860340

THE RAILWAY HOTEL

Church Street, Haydon Bridge, NE47 6JG t: 01434 684254

THE RAILWAY INN

Acklington, Morpeth, NE65 9BP t: 01670 760 320

THE RAT INN

Anick, Hexham, NE46 4LN t: 01434 602 814

THE RIDLEY ARMS

Stannington, Morpeth, NE61 6EL t: 01670 789216

THE RED LION

22 Northumberland Street, Alnmouth, NE66 2RJ t: 01665 830584 www.redlionalnmouth.co.uk

THE RED LION INN

Milfield, Wooler, NE71 6JD t: 01668 216224 www.redlioninn-milfield.co.uk

THE SEVEN STARS

21 Main Street, Ponteland, NE20 9NH, t: 01661 872670

THE SUN INN

Acomb, NE46 4PW t: 01434 602934

THE SUN INN

High Church, Morpeth, NE61 2QT, t: 01670 514153

THE SWINBURNE ARMS

31 North Side, Stamfordham, NE18 0QG t: 01661 886015

THE TANNERY

Gilesgate, Hexham, NE46 3QD t: 01434 605537 • Beer & Whisky room • Live music • Dog friendly

THE TAP & SPILE

Eastgate, Hexham, NE46 1BH, t: 01434 602039

THE TRAVELLERS REST

Slaley, Hexham, NE46 1TT t: 01434 673231 www.travellersrestslaley.com

THE WELLINGTON

Main Road, Riding Mill, NE44 6DQ t: 01434 682531

THE WHITE SWAN

BEST WESTERN ROKER HOTEL

LA TAVERNA

THE BRANDLING ARMS

BIERREX

• Tapas • Real Ale • Chicken

THE BRANDLING VILLA

Roker Terrace, Sunderland, SR6 9ND t: 0191 5671786 e: info@rokerhotel.co.uk

82 Pilgrim Street, NE1 6SG

BRIDGE HOTEL

Castle Square, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 232 6400 e: info@sjf.co.uk

BRIDGE TAVERN

7 Akenside Hill Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3UF t: 0191 232 1122 • Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Roof terrace

BRIDLE PATH

101 Front Street, Whickham, NE16 4JJ : 0191 4217676

CHESTERS

Chester Road, Sunderland, SR4 7DR t: 0191 5659952

COPPERFIELDS

Grand Hotel, Grand Parade Tyne And Wear, NE30 4ER t: 0191 293 6666

Main Road, Ovingham, Prudhoe Northumberland NE42 6AG t: 01661 833188

CUMBERLAND ARMS

DELAVAL ARMS

St Helens Street, Corbridge, NE45 5HE t: 01434 632020

CROWN POSADA

THE WHEATSHEAF

THE VICTORIA HOTEL

1 Front Street, Bamburgh, NE69 7BP, t: 01668 214431

THE VILLAGE INN

Longframlington, Morpeth, NE65 8AD t: 01665 570268 www.thevillageinnpub.co.uk

TEESSIDE BEST WESTERN GRAND HOTEL

Swainston Street, Hartlepool, TS24 8AA t: 01429 266345 e: grandhotel@tavistockleisure.com

BRITANNIA INN

65 High Street, Loftus, TS13 4HG t: 01287 640612

CLEVELAND BAY

Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, TS16 0JE t: 01642 780275

THE CLEVELAND HOTEL

9-11 High Street West Redcar, Cleveland, TS10 1SQ t: 01642 484035

TYNE & WEAR ALUM ALE HOUSE

12 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2571820 www.cumberlandarms.co.uk Old Hartley, NE26 4RL t: 0191 237 0489 31 Side, Newcastle, NE1 3JE t: 0191 2321269

FIRE STATION

York Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 1AB t: 0191 293 9030

FITZGERALDS

60 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AF t: 0191 2301350

FITZGERALDS

10-12 Green Terrace, Sunderland, SR1 3PZ t: 0191 5670852

FITZGERALDS

MAGNESIA BANK

1 Camden Street, North Shields, NE30 1NH t: 0191 257 4831

MARQUIS OF GRANBY

FREE TRADE INN

St Lawrence Road, Byker, Newcastle, NE6 1AP t: 0191 265 5764

GOSFORTH HOTEL

High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HQ t: 0191 2856617

HOTEL DU VIN & BISTRO

HUGOS

29 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2578956

BACCHUS

ISIS

BENTON ALE HOUSE

IVY HOUSE

26 Silksworth Row, Sunderland, SR1 3QJ t: 0191 5147684 Worcester Terrace, Sunderland SR2 7AW

Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 2840490 • Large selection of real ales • Regular food & drink festivals • Food served

THE BROAD CHARE

25 Broad Chare, Trinity Gardens, Quayside, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ t: 0191 211 2144

NEWCASTLE ARMS

THE CAUSEY ARCH INN

57 St Andrews Street, Newcastle, NE1 5SE t: 0191 260 2490

ODDFELLOWS

7 Albion Road, North Shields, NE30 2RJ t: 0191 4358450

PUB & KITCHEN

Beamish Burn Road, Marley Hill, Newcastle, NE16 5EG t: 01207 233925

THE CENTRAL

Half Moon Lane, Gateshead, NE8 2AN t: 0191 4782543 e: central@theheadofsteam.co.uk

13/14 Albion Road, North Shields NE30 2RJ t: 0191 2573199

THE CENTURION

RED LION

• Real ales • Food available • Live sports shown

Redcar Terrace, West Boldon, NE36 0PZ t: 0191 536 4197

ROCKLIFFE ARMS

Neville Street, Newcastle, NE1 5DG, t: 0191 261 6611

THE CHILLINGHAM

Algernon Place, Whitley Bay, NE26 2DT t: 0191 2531299

Chillingham Road, Newcastle, NE1 1RQ t: 0191 265 3992

ROSIES BAR

THE CLUNY

2 Stowell Street, NE1 4XQ t: 0191 2328477

SHIREMOOR HOUSE FARM

36 Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE1 2PQ t: 0191 230 4474

THE COPT HILL

Middle Engine Lane, North Shields, NE29 8DZ t: 0191 2576302

Seaham Road, Houghton le Spring, DH35 8LU t: 0191 5844485

SUN INN

THE COTTAGE TAVERN

Market Lane, Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 3AL t: 0191 442 9393

TILLEYS BAR

105 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 232 0692

TOBY BARNES

TRAVELLERS REST

Coalburns, Greenside, NE40 4JN t: 0191 4132549

176 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD t: 0191 28540

Streetgate, Sunniside, Newcastle Tyne & Wear NE16 5ES t: 0191 257 4831

FOX & HOUNDS

ASHBROOKE SPORTS CLUB

Front Street, Longbenton NE7 7XE t: 0191 2661512

20 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle, NE1 6AQ t: 0191 2323606

2 South Parade, Whitley Bay, NE26 2RG t: 0191 2511255

Allan House, City Road Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BE

42-48 High Bridge, Newcastle, NE1 6BX t: 0191 2611008

LADY GREY’S

Durham Road, Sunderland SR2 7RB, t: 0191 5285644 www.tobycarvery.co.uk

Ferry Street, South Shields, NE33 1JR Ashbrooke Road, Sunderland, SR2 7HH, t: 0191 528 4536

Stella Road, Ryton NE21 4LU t: 0191 413 2921

North Road, Wide Open NE13 6LN t: 0191 2366300

TWIN FARMS

22 Main Road, Kenton Bk Ft, NE13 8AB t: 0191 2861263

TYNE BAR

Maling Street, Newcastle NE6 1LP

TYNEMOUTH LODGE

Tynemouth Road, North Shields, NE30 4AA t: 0191 257 7565

THE BEEHIVE

Hartley Lane, Earsdon, NE25 05Z t: 0191 2529352

THE BODEGA

North Street, Cleadon, SR6 7PL t: 0191 519 0547

THE COUNTY

High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HB t: 0191 285 6919

THE COURTYARD

Arts Centre, Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AB t: 0191 219 3463

THE CUMBERLAND ARMS James Place Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle, NE6 1LD t: 0191 265 6151

DAT BAR

THE PACKHORSE

THE HARBOUR VIEW

THE PAVILION

THE HASTINGS

THE POTTERS WHEEL

Old Penshaw Village, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7ER t: 0191 512 6080 Benedict Street, Roker, Sunderland, SR6 0NU t: 0191 5671402 Wheatridge Row, Seaton Delaval, NE25 0QH t: 0191 237 6868

THE HEAD OF STEAM

2 Neville Street, Newcastle NE1 5EN t: 0191 230 4236

THE HEAD OF STEAM

3 The Arcade, Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4BS t: 0191 272 8105

THE HOTSPUR

103 Percy Street, Newcastle, NE1 7RY t: 0191 2324352

THE JOB BULMAN

St Nicholas Avenue, Gosforth, NE3 1AA t: 0191 2236320

THE JOLLY STEWARD

Fulwell Ave, South Shields, NE34 7DF t: 0191 427 2951

THE KEELMAN

Grange Road, Newburn, Newcastle , NE15 8NL t: 0191 267 1689

THE KEEL ROW

The Gate, Newcastle, NE1 5RF t: 01912299430

THE KINGS ARMS

Beech Street, Deptford, SR4 6BU t: 0191 567 9804

THE KINGS ARMS

West Terrace, Seaton Sluice, NE26 4RD t: 0191 2370275

Crookgate, Burnopfield, NE16 6NS t: 01207 270283 Hotspur North, Backworth, NE27 0BJ t: 0191 2680711 Sunniside, Newcastle, NE16 5EE t: 0191 488 8068

THE PRIORY

Front Street, Tynemouth NE30 4DX. t. 0191 257 8302

THE QUEEN VICTORIA

206 High Street, Gosforth, NE3 1HD. t: 0191 2858060

THE RAVENSWORTH ARMS

Lamesley, Gateshead, NE11 0ER. t: 0191 487 6023

THE RISING SUN

Bank Top, Crawcrook, NE40 4EE. t: 0191 4133316

THE ROBIN HOOD

Primrose Hill, Jarrow, NE32 5UB. t: 0191 428 5454

THE ROSE & CROWN

North Street, Winlaton NE21 6BT. t: 0191 4145887

THE SCHOONER

South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3AF t: 0191 477 7404 • Handmade food • Toe-tapping tunes • Hip-ster free zone

THE SIR WILLIAM DE WESSYNGTON

THE KING GEORGE

North Parade, Whitley Bay t: 0191 251 3877

2-3 Victoria Road, Concord, Washington, NE37 2JY t: 0191 418 0100

THE LOW LIGHTS TAVERN

THE STAITH HOUSE

THE MALTINGS

THE STEAMBOAT

THE MID BOLDON CLUB

THE TANNERS

Brewhouse Bank, North Shields, NE30 1LL t: 0191 2576038

9 Claypath Lane, South Shields, NE33 4PG t: 0191 4277147 60 Front Street. East Boldon, NE36 0SH

THE MILE CASTLE

52 Westgate Rd, NE1 5XU t: 0191 2111160

57 Low Lights, North Shields, NE30 1JA t: 0191 2708441 27 Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1EQ t: 0191 454 0134

1 Byker Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NS

THE THREE TUNS

Sheriffs Highway, Gateshead, NE9 5SD t: 0191 4870666

11 Market St, Newcastle, NE1 6JN t: 0191 244 2513

THE MILL HOUSE

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

THE MILLSTONE HOTEL

THE DUN COW

THE NEW BRIDGE

• Selection of real ales • Food served daily • Cinema room available

THE FIVE SWANS

THE NORTHUMBRIAN PIPER

THE TURKS HEAD

THE OLD GEORGE

THE VICTORY

THE OLDE SHIPS INN

YE OLD CROSS INN

High Bridge, Newcastle NE1 1EN t: 0191 261 8852

9 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA t: 0191 5672262 St Marys Place, Newcastle, NE1 7PG t: 0191 2111140

THE GREEN

125 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG t: 0191 221 1552

White Mare Pool, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8YB t: 0191 4950171

THE BRIAR DENE

THE GREY HORSE

71 The Links, Whitley Bay, NE26 1UE t: 0191 2520926

THE GREY HORSE

Front Street, East Boldon, NE36 0SJ t: 0191 519 1796

Blackfell, Birtley, DH3 1RE t: 0191 415 1313 Hadricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1QL t: 0191 285 3429

2 -4 Argyle Street, Newcastle, NE1 6PF t: 0191 2321020 Fawdon House, Red House Farm Estate, Gosforth, NE3 2AH t: 0191 2856793 Old George Yd, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EE t: 0191 260 3035 Durham Road, East Rainton, DH5 9QT t: 0191 5840944

THE TOWN WALL

Pink Lane, Newcastle, NE1 5HX www.thetownwall.com

41 Front Street, Tynemouth, NE30 4DZ t: 0191 2576547 Killingworth Road, South Gosforth, NE3 1SY t: 0191 285 1254 Ryton Village, NE40 3QP t: 0191 4134689

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Who was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known as?

Which country’s flag apparently fell out of the heavens during a battle on June 15, 1219?

Jeu de paume was a French precursor of which well-known sport?

Which pine nut had a famous nose?

The tea clipper Taeping won a 16,000-mile race from China to London in 1866 in how many days?

Duffel coats originated in the town of Duffel. But which country?

What is the world’s largest peninsula?

What does “agflation” mean?

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We’ve got a little collection this month, all of them crackers: 1 Wonder if this Gateshead warehouse has a Crispy Seaweed Department or a Chop Suey Division?

2 A sentiment from The Tanners, Ouseburn, Newcastle, that we heartily endorse.

3 Would you hire a tent from this Sunderland company? Yes, simply for their sense of fun.

4 Tongue-in-cheek invitation from The Centurion, Newcastle. It works, too.

QUIZ ANSWERS 1 Michael Caine. 2 SOS (CQD was one of the first radio distress signals adapted from French – CQ meaning securité). 3 A Big Kahuna (cheese) burger and Sprite. 4 Peace Train (Cat Stevens). 5 Mother Theresa. 6 Denmark. 7 ennis (also accept volleyball as tennis was often played without racquets). 8 Pinocchio (means pine nut). 9 99 days. First home got the best prices. 10 Belgium. 11 The Arabian Peninsula. 12 An increase in the price of food.

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