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Peterborough CAMRA Pub of the Year 2011 & 2014 CAMRA Gold award 2013 & 2016 Peterborough Civic Award 2017 for Community Involvement Werrington Centre, Staniland Way, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 6NA
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A new Winter Ale Festival is planned for the Cresset in Peterborough. Running from 19-21 January, Soke Fest has been organized by the team behind the Blue Bell and Frothblowers pubs in Werrington and the Wonky Donkey in Fletton, and is set The event will spotlight local brewers, with real ales, ciders and craft ales along with live acoustic music. Tickets, priced at £6 will be available from the venue from 1 November. The same team is planning to open another micropub – The Thirsty Giraffe – in the former Driftwood restaurant premises in Manor Way, Deeping St James.
Opening in early December, the pub will be open Tuesday-Friday from 3pm and all day from 12 noon at weekends, with a “silent quiz” each Thursday. Peterborough has another new craft beer outlet. The Blind Tiger occupies a sizeable site right in the city centre on Cowgate, between Queensgate and the Drapers Arms. The name dates from the prohibition era when a “blind tiger” was a term for a speakeasy. Described as a tap room, craft keg is dominant with around 25 craft taps, plus 20 wines and a selection of real ciders from £4. Cheese board and pastries are also offered – details at blindtiger.co.uk
The Iceni Meadery in Woodston, Peterborough is holding its second Christmas fair on 4 December (11am-6pm) featuring local real ales, live music, Indian food, a selection of trade stands and, of course, mead sampling. Werrington’s Three Horseshoes has been taken over by city based Venture Pub Company. The pub has been refurbished and has a new landlady, Angie Canham, who has vowed to bring back quiz nights, pool and darts, and the popular Soul Lounge nights from November, renamed Soul to Sole. A new nightclub named Rhythm Room opened in Peterborough in October on the site of the original Chicago
(Contin Rock Café in New Road. Weekly live bands, focusing on local talent, and DJs will feature each Thursday as Rhythm Room Rocks, along with Revival Fridays, Serenity Saturdays and Karaoke Sunday sessions – details at rhythmroom.uk In Stamford, the Jolly Brewer has reopened under new tenants Karen and Michael Cotton. The couple have a long history as licensees and once ran the Harborough Hotel in Melton Mowbray. The pub is open all day from 12 noon with food at lunchtimes and weekends. The pool table and big screens remain, as does an ever changing range of beers – examples from the Blue Monkey and Brewster’s breweries when we visited. Stamford resident Marc Knighton has landed his dream job as pub researcher for Lincolnshire County Council. The Cambridge University graduate’s role is to visit pubs on the Lincolnshire coast to assess their architectural and social history. Anyone with stories or old photographs of pubs in the area can contact Mr Knighton by emailing innsontheedge@ lincolnshire.gov.uk The 300-year-old Five Horseshoes at Barholm which has no mains gas, has become the focus of a trial of environmentally friendly heating thanks to one of its locals. Heating engineer Alan Black, who later joined Oftec heating – arranged for the system with a new one that burns hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). In return for the vital data that will be gleaned
Now restored – the bar which was removed from the
from the trial, the system was installed for free by Oftec who will also fund the fuel for three years. Carbon emissions have been reduced by 90%, and the remaining 10% is to be offset by local sites. The Hare & Hounds at nearby Greatford was due to open again in mid-October – a sign outside advertises staff required, interested parties should contact the pub. The Willoughby Arms at Little Bytham remains closed after landlord Kip Hulme sadly passed away following a stroke. Bourne’s Old Town Hall celebrated its bicentenary in late October with a series of exhibitions and live entertainment including music and comedy – for forthcoming events see bournetownhall. org.uk Just north of Bourne the Five Bells at Edenham reopened in late October under the ownership of Sabrina Iredale who previously had the Masons Arms in Bourne, and currently the Cock Inn at Werrington – see article in this issue. In Bourne, the longawaited JD Wetherspoon outlet is due to open in late April. The site in North Street is to be
named the Raymond Mays after the owner of the world conquering BRM motor racing team. The Old Ship at Pointon remains open despite the death of charismatic Landlord Dave Antinck in September. Empingham Cricket & Social Club is staging a real ale festival on 18-21 November featuring a quiz on the Thursday night, live music on the Friday and international rugby screened throughout the day on the Saturday. Live music has returned to the Crown in Uppingham – Sunday Sessions are held on the last Sunday of every month. The village of Barrowden has been included in the Sunday Times “best 50 villages” with particular mention made of the Exeter Arms which overlooks the village pond. Now under new ownership, Barnsdale Hall Hotel near Oakham has undergone a major refurbishment and renamed Rutland Hall Hotel & Spa. The nearby Barnsdale Lodge remains unaffected by the takeover. In Grantham, the historic Angel & Royal Hotel is open again, with real ales from the local Brewster’s brewery being served again in the front bar.
on the site of the Cherry Tree, Peterborough
The return of Meres Live events at Grantham’s Meres Leisure Centre sees comedians Jimmy Carr (6 November) and Milton Jones (12 November) bringing their own particular brands of humour to the town. Meanwhile in Boston, bands are appearing at the Gliderdrome again, with Shalamar appearing in October, and Frank Turner booked for 22 January. Following complaints made to the owners of the Waggon & Horses at Caythorpe near Grantham, about noise levels at their August bank holiday weekend event, all forthcoming events were subsequently cancelled. Despite the bands playing inside, a door had been left open to allow a banner hanging from the former Still pub in Boston’s Market Place suggests it may soon be reopening as a meze bar and restaurant.
artefacts recovered from the site of JD Wetherspoon’s Ivy Wall in Spalding. The medieval undercroft was excavated when the pub was pub offers the opportunity to look at the remains, and some the walls. Referring to the days when a river ran along the site of New Road and Westload Street, “When the road was a river” can be viewed at youtu.be/ Gr4Y92ord7g Joey and Gamma Hammond, formerly at the Jolly Farmer in Moulton Chapel have taken the reins at the Fisherman’s Arms on Dozen’s Bank, Pode Hole, just outside Spalding. Meanwhile, spare a thought for the residents of Gosberton Risegate near Spalding whose three local pubs have now been reduced to one. The Duke of York has not reopened after the pandemic,
and the owners have applied to demolish the building in favour of residential development. This follows the loss of the Five Bells a few years back, just leaving the Black Horse in the village. The restaurant at the Red Lion Hotel in Spalding was due to reopen in October with a new chef. Ben Howling has moved across town from the PE11 bar (formerly the Hole in the Wall). Despite a plan to turn the premises into Riverside pub in new ownership. New owner, Amar Odedra plans to run the business as a traditional pub with Indian food added to the menu. The news is not so good for the Mermaid Inn in the village which is proposed for a housing development. Pubs no more Permission has been granted for the demolition of the Solstice in Peterborough to make way plus retail and restaurant units. Cherry Tree in Oundle Road seems to have been lost after a planning
Ivy Wall, Spalding
site was submitted. The plans however do call for the original pub frontage to be retained. Chris Shilling
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as well as fonts for Carlsberg and Heineken. There’s dark beer brewed on the premises by landlord Pat
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The Garden of Edenham Actually pronounced “Ed-nam”, the small village a couple of miles north-west of Bourne on the Colsterworth road, is home to one of the area’s most attractive country pubs. Now, the Five Bells has received a new lease of life having been taken over by local couple Sabrina Iredale and Richard Gutteridge. Sabrina will be familiar to many for her time at the Masons Arms in Bourne and the Cock Inn at Werrington Open all day from 11am, the
drinking area with real ales, real with exposed oak beams and an enormous tree-lined garden with wooden benches and patio area. Bar and a la carte menus are offered at lunchtimes and evenings, and live entertainment will feature each weekend with a late licence for Fridays and Saturdays. The lovely outdoor area will soon include a children’s play area, and lends itself perfectly for large functions such as parties,
weddings, wakes and festive events. Bingo and quiz nights are just two of the features planned for the coming months. Already popular with walkers, the staff and management look forward to welcoming a whole new generation of regulars to this idyllic country venue. Chris Shilling The Five Bells, Main Street, Edenham, Bourne PE10 0LL (07885 376622,
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Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Brewhouse Yard Nottingham NG1 6AD 0115 947 3171 triptojerusalem.com Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is world renowned as one of England’s oldest and most characterful pubs, but ask anyone who has known it for a number of years and they’ll usually tell you it’s “not as good as it used to be”. Well, we don’t take anyone’s word as gospel so after an absence of over four years I decided to take the opportunity of a spare hour in Nottingham to take another look.
You can’t fail to locate this pub as it sits directly below Nottingham Castle, attached and indeed a part of the famous Castle Rock. Less obvious from the surface are the 800 or so caves below the city which were dug out of the sandstone over a thousand years for a variety of reasons from business ventures to tax evasion. Some of these were inhabited until the 20th century, and in the case of the “Trip” are still used as an ideal cellar for keeping ale. The name is derived from pilgrims who reputedly used the site as a stop off on their journey to the Crusades. The pub claims to be the oldest inn in England, and the site has certainly been
in use since at least the 12th century, though the current inn is more likely to date form the 17th century. It’s true that the pub was taken over by Greene King a number of years ago, but far from being awash with IPA and pale imitations of Ruddles’ beers, there’s still a wealth of beer choice. The approach to the pub and its interior have hardly been altered and the individual rooms retained, though the upstairs bar is no longer in use. The main bar is stocked with up to nine cask ales, and yes there is a single Greene King pump, but also expect to see Old Peculier as a permanent beer as well as EPA from the Nottingham
Landlord Karl Gibson in the cellar.
Brewery, Black Sheep Bitter and a good crop of guest beers from the likes of Welbeck Abbey, Little Critters, Howard Town and other local(ish) breweries at prices from £4-£4.60 (10% discount for Camra members). I was fortunate to bump in to a local, Colin, who used to work in the ‘Trip’ thirty years ago and he was kind enough to show me around the various rooms including the “haunted snug” – formerly the lounge for the incumbent landlord, the outdoor drinking area, and demonstrated the Hook on the Horn game. What was it like when he worked there? “Well, the lads
came her cos it was where the nurses drank,” he quipped. Unsurprisingly, the pub is dripping in character – there are nooks and even the occasional sand falling through the vents from the rocks above. Colin also introduced me to his friends from the local motorcycle club (the Dregs) who meet at the pub regularly. I’m not sure if the nurses still drink there but there’s a fascinating cross section of society nowadays from the aforementioned bikers, to business types and oriental tourists. I do seem to remember the lead singer of 80s
soft rockers REO Speedwagon proudly displaying an Olde Trip shirt when he played Rock City. Current landlord is Karl Gibson who had initially offered to look after the pub for three days before settling in for the past nine years. He gave me quick look at the cellars, though, sadly, the organised subterranean tours are now a casualty of health and safety rules. The pub is open from 11am daily with food served all day until 9pm. Ghost Walks start at the pub every Saturday throughout the year and on Wednesdays in the summer. Chris Shilling
Upstairs at Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem.
It may be the county town of Hertfordshire and boast its own castle, but the pretty town of Hertford, just 20 miles north of London, still has a population under 30,000, and has long been a favourite destination for tourists thanks to its rich history. This compact town also boasts a sizeable family brewery – McMullen’s, founded in 1827 – along with a healthy selection of attractive pubs. A train trip from Peterborough requires a change at Stevenage, but an off-peak
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return can be had for as little as £13.85 with a railcard. Around 1 hour and 20 minutes if you’re using the GN/ Thameslink service, you can arrive at Hertford North station (the other, Hertford East, is a terminus for services from London Liverpool Street). There is a bar on the station – Mind the Gap opens very early in the morning, and does usually offer a cask ale or two, but since the pandemic it has stuck to bottles and coffees, so we glanced across the road to the site of the Bridge
House, but sadly all that remains is a sign, surrounded by builders screening, hiding what is most commuters. Never mind, a left turn outside the station and a right into Beane Road soon brings you to a street named Port Vale, home to the Millstream. A welcoming back street local, the pub opens at 12 and offers a couple of McMullen’s beers, a conservatory and a pretty garden with six wooden heated “bothies” that can be booked
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for four to six guests as long as you’re dining. Turning left outside the pub towards the town centre, we were hit with a sudden heavy shower, so I took refuge in the Oh My Cod chippy and tucked into an unexpected brunch. We bypassed the Two Brewers as it doesn’t open until 4pm and rarely has any cask ale. To the left, as you approach the town centre, you can’t fail to notice the imposing structure of McMullen’s brewery whose presence was felt throughout the day, both in terms of their numerous properties and beer offering. Sure enough, the next pub on our list acts as the brewery tap – the Woolpack on Mill Bridge is a lovely traditional town centre pub with lots of brewery artefacts, and a showcase for McMullen’s experimental Rivertown beers. Barmaid Edyta made us most welcome, and as the sun was out again we got to enjoy the pleasant riverside terrace overlooking the Lea navigation. There’s also a sizeable function room with pool table and more breweriana. Food is served lunchtimes and evenings, and the pub was doing a healthy trade. Across the road, the Old
Cross was not open until 4.30pm, so was sampled later in the day, and worth the wait as it’s a favourite haunt of Camra types (local Pub of the Year for 2020) due to its well-kept beers, hot rolls and lack of electronic noise. Four cask ales are currently offered, including Taylor’s Landlord and Dark Star American Pale on our visit. Sloppy’s was also a late opener but a look through the window suggested it’s just a sports bar, so we headed off to the local JD Wetherspoon for lunch. The Six Templars is a fairly run-of-themill JDW housed in the former Workingmen’s Unionist Club, with a rather obtrusive modern extension added. Still, decent Enefeld brewery) at £1.99 per pint and cheap grub could not be ignored. Opposite this, more attractive former McMullen’s properties are still extant thought clearly used for other purposes these days. Along Maidenhead Street, we had a look at the White Hart, described by one of our party as a “modern mess”, meaning lots of distressed furniture and lavishly dressed up in seasonal “spooky”
Halloween gear. The nearby Salisbury Hotel is a beautiful 16th century building, with a couple of average McMullen’s beers on offer. More promising was the Hertford Club along Bull Plain, which despite being a private members’ club was very welcoming, indeed will always permit entrance to Camra members (though not all of us were). Another grand building, dating from the 15th piano, wood panelling and a couple of decent beers – from Oakham Ales and Mighty Oak priced at £4.30 when we called. Just over the river bridge from here stands the Old Barge – a
The Woolpack’s riverside terrace and its local brews.
free house with obvious links to Marston’s as we were offered 61 Deep and Banks’s Sunbeam, though most of our party elected to go with the Ciara Porter from the local Hadham Brewery – very tasty indeed, if a little pricey at £5 per pint. Up to four real ciders are usually available and there’s regular live music. We were keen to get over to the East Station to try the Great Eastern, so we headed off past the Hertford Bell (Greene King), the Snug cocktail bar and the Lord Haig – a sizeable locals pub with McMullen beers, a free jukebox and regular live music, along Railway Street and keeping the railway to our left to Railway Place where the Great Eastern stands – proud to retain separate rooms and basking in a whole load of railwayana and railway themed décor. It’s a cosy McMullen pub and once seated it wasn’t easy to tear ourselves away. With time ticking, we headed straight back into town for the Quiet Man, ironically a bustling bar attached to the Hertford House hotel, with big screen sports and a decent range of beer in the shape of Dark
Star Hophead, London Pride and St Austell Tribute. Across Parliament Square, the Crafty Duck is a craft micropub housed extensive array of craft keg beers at high end prices. Conversely, the Blackbirds opposite was offering a range of six cask beers London Pride at prices from £2.45 to £3, but, oh dear – the quality was decidedly iffy so I had to reject mine. We’d left two of potentially the best pubs till last due to the late opening time (4pm) of the White Horse on Castle Street. This tiny but charming old building has a well earned reputation for good beer and there are usually a couple from Fuller’s plus a couple of guest ales. Despite its size there are separate rooms upstairs and down, and beer festivals are held a couple of times per year. There was just time to get down to the Black Horse, across the dual carriageway on West Street, and I’m glad I persevered as this was unassuming back street local, it’s that laid back that the landlady was busy in the kitchen, so I was
advised to ring the “time” bell to get service. That gave me time to look at the impressive range of beers – from Tring, Listers, Thornbridge, Mighty Oak and Buntingford. I opted for the Lord Marples from Thornbridge – very good indeed. They too have been recognised by the local Camra branch and, as well as great beer, there’s home cooked pasties, sausage rolls and pies along with a full menu of pub fayre including roasts on Sundays. There’s a piano in the corner which I suspect has seen use by the local rugby club who meet there. Allow 20 minutes for the walk back to the North station, or better still have a taxi ordered and enjoy another half. Chris Shilling
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the rhythm section From the Jam
Led by former Jam bassist Bruce Foxton, From the Jam is currently celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sound Affects Reaching No 2 in December 1980, the album featured the hit singles Start! and That’s Entertainment, which went to part of their current tour, From the Jam play the Cresset, Bretton comes from the Selecter, the and fellow founder member
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Too Much Pressure, their debut album which includes the songs Three Minute Hero, Missing Words and the title in full, along with other classics Blaze Bayley, former lead singer of Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane, plays The Met Lounge, Peterborough on Friday of his War Within Me world tour, support comes from Absolva
playing at the Bridge Street venue over the next few months, are Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart on Saturday 19 former Public Image Limited bassist, Invaders of the Heart combine global music, reggae, further information on gigs and club nights at the Met Lounge including the long-running Sugar TheMetLounge heading to the Ivy in Sleaford
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Thank Folk for the Ivy Festival. Organised by Steven Mclelland from celtic folk group the Band from County Hell, acts include Sandy McLelland (3pm), Pennyless (4pm) and an acoustic set from the Band from County Hell (9pm) on the Saturday. For further information, including band times for both days, go to facebook.com/ThankFolkSleaford Elsewhere, Pennyless can be seen at the Boston Folk Club at the Eagle on 8 November, and are part of Nettlehamlive – a
Blaze Bayley
monthly concert event featuring modern and established folk music – at Nettleham Village Hall on Saturday 13 November; the event, raising funds Write a Lincolnshire Song 2022, also features Jill and Bernard Blackwell, and Bill Whaley and David Fletcher. Tickets can be reserved by emailing watkins. folk@gmail.com or calling Andy or Marianne Watkins on 01522 535770. For further information go to nettlehamlive.org DJ Mr Nash and guest DJs will present a night of classic
funk, jazz funk, swing and soul, rare groove, R&B, and 80s and 90s, as part of BrownSuga, at the Brewery Tap, Peterborough on Friday 12 November. Running from 9pm until 2am, admission is £5 entry but all proceeds go to Cancer Research UK. Specialists in rock‘n’roll, rhythm and blues, swing and good times, the One Eyed Cats will be at the Westgate venue on Friday 26 November. Starting at 9.30pm, admission is free. For more on events at the Brewery Tap, go to thebrewery-tap.com St John the Baptist Church in Cathedral Square, Peterborough will be holding two concerts on 18 November. Both organised by OEP Live, there will be a matinee performance by Britain’s Darlings at 1.30pm, and an evening show from Dutch prog rock band Focus at 7.30pm. For further information on both shows and to book tickets, go to oeplive.com or call 01256 416384.
Pub Scrawl
Now at Metal in Chauffeurs Cottage, behind Peterborough Town Hall, is Radical Reading Room supported by Pluto Press and the Left Book Club. Keep yourselves on the lookout for projects around this and perhaps make an appointment to pop in and have an uplifting read. Syntax Poetry Festival has organised a series of Flash Residencies with poets popping up around the city, searching for inspiration around the idea of rituals in the shadow of the pandemic, be they rituals we’ve not been able to attend (I couldn’t go to a couple of funerals) or ones that have started (like clapping for carers). It’s almost Christmas so why not treat yourself for a change? Toby Wood has written an autobiography (70 Years 70 Tracks) and as the name suggests he has tied it into favourite and/or memorable tunes. Personally, I though the chapter on his time at The Gaslight Club (at one time the longest running comedy club outside London) – including his work being described as stand-up pottery – could have been longer. To get a free PDF of the tome email the author at tobywood2008@gmail.com The regular paragraph congratulating Charley Genever, this issue it is for her sterling performance in Rent Party from Jumped-Up Theatre earlier in the year at the Key Theatre, which, early in November, is going to the Battersea Arts Theatre for one night. Open mic nights are starting to return with BeerHeadz in
the month, and Stamford’s Pint of Poetry at the Arts Centre on the last Wednesday of the month. Plus two new nights, At Last Tea Rooms in Werrington on the last Thursday of the month, and at Stamford Corn Exchange, also on the last Thursday of the month. The Literature at Lunchtime talks at Stamford Arts Centre have unfortunately been cancelled for the remainder of the year. Let’s hope they return next year. Luke Wright will be at The Stahl Theatre in Oundle on Thursday 11 November with his new show The Ballad Seller. Tickets are £15 for adults, £13 for children/concessions (01832 277300, stahltheatre. savoysystems.co.uk). Oundle Festival of Literature continues its programme of online talks with Iain Dale (Why Can’t We All Just Get Along, Friday 12 November) followed by Anita Sethi (I Belong Here, Thursday 2 December). Tickets are £6 (oundlelitfest. org.uk) The legendary night Write Club is coming back. Competitive team spoken word shenanigans start again on Wednesday 17 November at the Chalk Board (the restaurant in the Key Theatre) from 7pm. You will need to book tickets, the only other thing you need to know is that the theme is to be Onwards and Upwards Together. Leicester poetry adventurers Some-Antics are bringing Red Medusa (poet and health professional) and Poet RS to Peterborough on Friday 26 November at the Met Lounge
on Bridge Street, Peterborough, from 8pm. Over at The Cresset in Bretton they’ve got a series of talks lined-up. These continue with Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen (Monday 29 November, £20), ex-SAS author Jason Fox (Tuesday 25 January, £27.50) and then Sir Ranulph Fiennes (“world’s greatest living explorer”, according to the Guinness Book of Records ) on Monday 28 February, £32.50. (01733 265705, cresset.co.uk) Mathematician and former World Slam Champion Harry Baker will be at Stamford Corn Exchange on Tuesday 2 December 2021 with his show I Am 1,000. Tickets £12. Then it’s Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder on Friday 4 February 2022 (£23 - £51). Followed by Henry Normal (poet, writer, 17 February, doors open 7.30pm. Ticket £15. (01780 766455, stamfordcornexchange.co.uk) Tim Wilson is leading a one-day course on Write that Thriller Novel on Saturday 11 December, starting at 10am, at the City College in Brook Street, Peterborough. The fee is £24 and places are limited. (01733 761361, citycollegepeterboroughenrol. co.uk) During the Lockdown Cardinal Cox had his second collection, Grave Goods, published by Demain Publishing. This has 50 poems drawn from the work he produced as poet-in-residence for the Dracula Society (2015 – 2017) so will make a perfect present (for whom, we’re unsure) for Christmas. It can be obtained through Amazon.
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LISTINGS
02 November Acoustic sessions (7.30pm), Copper Kettle, Crowland Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale
08 November Boston Folk Club ft Pennyless (8.15pm), The Eagle, Boston
03 November Quiz, Grainstore, Oakham Food Theme – Spooky, Blue Bell, Werrington
09 November Open Mic with Chloe Lorentzen and Tom Sandison, Bull, Rippingale Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale
04 November Acoustic sessions (8pm), Voodoo Lounge, Stamford Palmy Ukulele Band Rehearsal (8pm), Ostrich Peterborough
10 November Acoustic sessions (8pm), Ale House, Ramsey Food Theme – Traditional English, Blue Bell, Werrington
05 November Blues A Go-Go, Railway, Oakham The Tenters + Shambertans + Archy & the Astronauts + Picture the Scene, Mama Liz, Stamford Velocity (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Circa 73,Yard of Ale, Woodston , Blue Bell, Werrington Quiz, Whistle Stop, Tallington
11 November Ostracised: Soviet Films + Ice Cream Headache (8pm), Ostrich Peterborough Remembrance Day Afternoon Tea, Blue Bell, Werrington
06 November Rick Roberts (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Thank Folk Festival, The Ivy, Sleaford Dirty Rumour, Bell, Deeping St James Alan Patrick, Railway, Oakham Children of the Revolution (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Stealer, Cock Inn, Werrington Loose Rocket (9pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne Scary Clown Presents: Spoilers + Pardon Us + Don Blake + Das Kapitans (7pm), Ostrich Peterborough Frankly My Dear,Yard of Ale, Woodston Citizen Smith, Ploughman, Werrington Soul & Motown music night, Blue Bell, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford 07 November Asbo Ducks, Edwards Bar, Grantham Jazz Underground (12pm), Charters, Peterborough Front Porch Preachers (4pm), Mama Liz, Stamford Meg McPartlin (4pm), Ostrich Peterborough Palmy Ukulele Band (2.30pm), Three Horseshoes, Yaxley Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale
12 November Sharna (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club
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Ritzy Crackers (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Carpark Rendezvous, Cock Inn, Werrington Tiger Club (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough One Eyed Cats,Yard of Ale, Woodston BrownSugar (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Live England football, Blue Bell, Werrington Beachy Head Diving Club, Whistle Stop, Tallington 13 November Nicky (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Candy Twist, S Club, Stilton Karaoke & Play Your Cards Right night, Railway, Oakham Black Dog Murphy (10pm), Charters, Peterborough The Take That Experience, Stamford Corn Exchange Mojo Slide (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Karaoke (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell The Mighty & High,Yard of Ale, Woodston Iron Fist, Ploughman, Werrington One Eyed Cats, London Inn, Stamford 14 November Bingo (12.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Pennyless (4-6pm), Mama Liz, Stamford Mod Story, Edwards Bar, Grantham Jordon Poole (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Head in the Sand Folk Session (1-4pm), Ostrich Peterborough Palmy Ukulele Band (3pm), Yard of Ale, Woodston Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Remembrance Sunday, Blue Bell, Werrington Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale 15 November Live England football, Blue Bell, Werrington 16 November Open Mic (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale Quiz, Castle, Castle Bytham 17 November Food Theme – Chefs Italian, Blue Bell, Werrington 18 November Wonk Unit + Support, Mama Liz, Stamford Original Acoustic Night - Pembroke Tenneson + Meg McPartlin + Richard Hall (8.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough 19 November Heidi, Railway, Oakham Bar Block Reunion (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Cuttin’ Loose, Cock Inn, Werrington Houndogs, Mama Liz, Stamford
Black Rose (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Retrolux,Yard of Ale, Woodston Dirty Rumour, Grainstore, Oakham Children in Need, Blue Bell, Werrington Music Quiz, Whistle Stop, Tallington 20 November Ed Cox (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Generation 5pan (10pm), Charters, Peterborough The ELO Experience, Stamford Corn Exchange Safe & Sound (Underground House Night), Mama Liz, Stamford Great Pretenders (9pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne Superunknowns (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Porky Pig,Yard of Ale, Woodston DJ, London Inn, Stamford Swinging Blue Jeans, the Foundations, the Fourmost, Amen Corner, the Fortunes and Little Miss 60s, Legionnaires Club, Sleaford Freudian Slippers, Castle, Castle Bytham 21 November Cryogenics, Under the Cosh & South Holland Indecency Team, Edwards Bar, Grantham Pembroke Tenneson (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Steve Bean (4pm), Mama Liz, Stamford Soulful Strut DJ Session (2-6pm), Ostrich Peterborough Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell
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Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale 23 November Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 24 November Acoustic sessions (8pm), Ale House, Ramsey Food Theme – Thanksgiving, Blue Bell, Werrington 25 November Voodoo Stands Up (Comedy Night) with Tom Wrigglesworth + Guests, Mama Liz, Stamford Palmy Ukulele Band Rehearsal (8pm), Ostrich Peterborough 26 November Whisky Bar Acoustic Session (7.30pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Halo, S Club, Stilton Vinyl Night (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Prima Volta + Live Wire + Pink Lemonade + the Tenters, Mama Liz, Stamford Porky Pig (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Music Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Cutting Loose,Yard of Ale, Woodston Funhouse Comedy, Grainstore, Oakham One Eyed Cats (9.30pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Go With the Flow, Ploughman, Werrington Black Friday, Blue Bell, Werrington Darts Tournament, Whistle Stop, Tallington 27 November Noel Gee (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Adam Vickers, S Club, Stilton Shep, Railway, Oakham True British Mayhem (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Oye Santana, Stamford Corn Exchange Late Night Shopping Christmas Singalong with Nicky Downs (5pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne Frankly My Dear (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Karaoke (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Dead Horse,Yard of Ale, Woodston Candy Twist, Ploughman, Werrington Werrington Christmas Weekender, Blue Bell, Werrington Dirty Rumour, London Inn, Stamford 28 November Bingo (12.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Blues Bursters (TBC), Edwards Bar, Grantham Rob and Dave (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Sam Lyon (4pm), Mama Liz, Stamford
Simon Piper (4pm), Ostrich Peterborough Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Werrington Christmas Weekender, Blue Bell, Werrington UK Eagles, St Mary’s Church, Whittlesey Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale 29 November Werrington Neighbourhood Council – Blue Bell Award, Blue Bell, Werrington 30 November Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 01 December Christmas Quiz, Grainstore, Oakham Christmas Wreath Workshop with Lucy B Blooms, Bull, Rippingale 02 December Acoustic sessions (8pm), Voodoo Lounge, Stamford Embrace LGBTQ Night (8pm), Ostrich Peterborough Christmas Wreath Workshop with Lucy B Blooms, Bull, Rippingale 03 December Live Pro Wrestling, Railway, Oakham Morning Glory (9pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne Jessie’s Ghost (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Velocity,Yard of Ale, Woodston Party Night: Disco + Meal (booking required, 7.30pm-12am), Farmers,Yaxley Citizen Smith, Ploughman, Werrington UK Gangsters, London Inn, Stamford Christmas Wreath Workshop with Lucy B Blooms, Bull, Rippingale Quiz, Whistle Stop, Tallington 04 December Mikki Jons (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club CJ Hatt, S Club, Stilton Matty Haynes, Railway, Oakham The Lazoons (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Bye Bye Baby Christmas Special, Stamford Corn Exchange Party Night with live music from Nicky (booking required), Nag’s Head, Bourne Children of the Revolution (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Stevie Jones (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Stealer,Yard of Ale, Woodston Party Night: Disco + Meal (booking required, 7.30pm-12am), Farmers,Yaxley
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Last Minute Brigade, Ploughman, Werrington Smoke & Mirrors, London Inn, Stamford Outlaw Eagles, Fletton Club Christmas Wreath Workshop with Lucy B Blooms, Bull, Rippingale Christmas lights switch on with carols and mulled wine, Whistle Stop, Tallington 05 December Back to the Future, Edwards Bar, Grantham Jazz Underground (12pm), Charters, Peterborough Black Dog Murphy (4pm), Ostrich Peterborough Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale Christmas Fayre (1pm), Bull, Rippingale 07 December Acoustic sessions (7.30pm), Copper Kettle, Crowland Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 08 December Acoustic sessions (8pm), Ale House, Ramsey 09 December Ostracised: Closed Circuit + Fyzz Wallis Band + Manic (8pm), Ostrich Peterborough 10 December Xmas carols in the courtyard, S Club, Stilton Blues A Go-Go, Railway, Oakham Telsy DJ, Cock Inn, Werrington Das Kapitans + Call the Faithful + Ice Cream Headache + Manic, Mama Liz, Stamford Cuttin’ Loose (9pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne The Expletives (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Last Minute Brigade,Yard of Ale, Woodston Party Night: Disco + Meal (booking required, 7.30pm-12am), Farmers,Yaxley Top Banana Band, Grainstore, Oakham Children of the Revolution, Ploughman, Werrington One Eyed Cats, London Inn, Stamford 11 December Swing Pins (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Vickers, S Club, Stilton Jimmy James, Railway, Oakham Bent Back Tulips (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Radius 45, Cock Inn, Werrington Motown Christmas Special, Stamford Corn Exchange Bar Stool Preachers + Grand Collapse + Deadbeat at Dawn + Project Monk, Mama Liz, Stamford Party Night with live music from Nicky (booking required), Nag’s Head, Bourne
Johnny Quinn / Mighty and the High (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Karaoke (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Sweet Revenge,Yard of Ale, Woodston Party Night: Disco + Meal (booking required, 7.30pm-12am), Farmers,Yaxley The Nuggets, Ploughman, Werrington Children of the Revolution, London Inn, Stamford Party night with Aub and Steve B, Whistle Stop, Tallington 12 December Bingo (12.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Big Muff, Edwards Bar, Grantham Palmy Uke Band (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Head in the Sand Folk Session (1pm) + live folk act (4pm), Ostrich Peterborough Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale 14 December Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 16 December Voodoo Stands Up with Dave Longley + guests, Mama Liz, Stamford Originals Acoustic Night (8.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough 17 December Charity Quiz with Cabaresque, Railway, Oakham The Lazoons (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough The Midnight calling,Yard of Ale, Woodston Party Night: Disco + Meal (booking required, 7.30pm-12am), Farmers,Yaxley Salmon Dave, Ploughman, Werrington Band TBC, London Inn, Stamford Music Quiz, Whistle Stop, Tallington 18 December Billy Maxwell (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Deps, S Club, Stilton Nicki the Ultimate Amy Winehouse Tribute Show, Railway, Oakham Halo, Cock Inn, Werrington Christmas Party with live music from the Great Pretenders (9pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne Bent Back Tulips (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Rob Jeffrey (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Car Park Rendezvous,Yard of Ale, Woodston Party Night: Disco + Meal (booking required, 7.30pm-12am), Farmers,Yaxley Funked Up, Grainstore, Oakham Free Soul Sista & the Free Soul Band, Ploughman, Werrington
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19 December Outside Chance, Edwards Bar, Grantham Pembroke Tenneson (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Soulful Strut DJ Session (2pm to 6pm), Ostrich Peterborough Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Dirty Rumour, London Inn, Stamford Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale 21 December Open Mic (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale Quiz, Castle, Castle Bytham 22 December Music Quiz (9pm), Angel Inn Yarwell 23 December The Night Before the Night Before Christmas with Salmon Dave (8pm), Ostrich Peterborough 24 December Jimbob Duo (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Xmas Eve Disco, S Club, Stilton The Deps, Bell, Deeping St James Christmas Eve Karaoke & Play Your Cards Right, Railway, Oakham Vinyl Night (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Nicky Downs, Cock Inn, Werrington Christmas Eve Quiz (8pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne The Zephyrs,Yard of Ale, Woodston 26 December Quiz Night (8pm), Angel Inn Yarwell Salmon Dave,Yard of Ale, Woodston Quiz Night (7pm), Bull, Rippingale 27 December Soul DJ Session (1-7pm) Porky Pig (8.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough 28 December Poker Night (8pm), Bull, Rippingale 30 December No Gods No Managers (three bands, 7pm), Ostrich Peterborough Christmas Comedy Special, Grainstore, Oakham 31 December Gary Marshall (7pm), Peterborough Con Club New Year’s Eve Disco, S Club, Stilton New Year’s Eve Karaoke & Play Your Cards Right, Railway, Oakham Ten-course Tasting Menu + music from CJ Hatt
(8pm, ring 01529 488250 for reservations), Bustard Inn, South Raucbey DJ Sav (8pm), Charters, Peterborough New Year’s Eve Soul Party with Motor City Vipers, Mama Liz, Stamford Revolver (9pm), Nag’s Head, Bourne The 707 (9.30pm), Ostrich Peterborough Another Girl Another Planet,Yard of Ale, Woodston 23 Reasons (ticket only), Ploughman, Werrington DJ, London Inn, Stamford
Beer Festivals 04-06 November Land of Hops & Glory, St Wulfran’s Church, Grantham - Real Ales, Ciders, Perries, Gin Bar, Mead and Mulled Cider 18-21 November Empingham Cricket & Social Club - 15 Ales, Music, Quiz, Rugby 04 December (11am-6pm) Christmas Fayre, Iceni Meadery, Woodston - Real Ales, Music, Indian Food, Trade stands and Mead Sampling
Rhythm & Booze, Issue 63 November/December 2021
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When I Close My Eyes By Faeland, CD, GSR CD2, faeland.co.uk
artwork and design is by Sofja Umank from Argentina. songs varies with subsequent plays, but it is easy to sample the songs at their website, where there are videos of individual tracks together with their livestream concerts that include collaborations with other musicians. There are also various ways in which you can support them by buying their music, plus other products.
Over the past few months, I have enjoyed discovering the music of Faeland – Rebecca Nelson and Jacob Morrison – online as they presented livestream performances of their two albums to date. Their All My Swim album
Swingin’ London: A Field Guide By Mark Worden and Alfredo Marziano, Amberley,
Studios, Monmouth, Wales, produced by Rebecca and Jacob themselves, with additional overdubs at Yellow Shark Studios, Cheltenham. All very organic and homegrown like the music itself, but there is an international element as John Hendicott mixed it in Los Angeles, US, while the
the Rolling Stones made their
This is just one of the fascinating places of note to around some London postcodes taking in a variety of buildings that meant a lot to those scene, including trendy and underground clubs, colleges,
Walking along Wardour Street those who knew the area back
establishing their way of making a very beautiful sound with romantic in the broad sense self-penned songs featuring Rebecca’s glorious voice backed by multi-instrumentalist Jacob together with a select bunch of talented and tasteful musicians and backing vocalists.. Their second album, When I Close My Eyes was released earlier this year, progressing the sound and natural ideals established on All My Swim.
building. The Who’s Maximum R&B nights and artwork are still well loved among music fans, typical of the famous bands that cut their teeth in the compact Marquee Club. The venue moved
It is a shame, therefore, that what was the home of one of its most famous clubs is now unrecognisable. Fortunately, there is a blue plaque honouring Keith Moon, drummer with the Who, high up on the wall of the present
Beaneath its psychedelic colour cover, the back-to-mono content works best as a starting point for those who like looking at buildings and locations with interesting pasts. Some look very different today to how and Wormwood Scrubs Prison haven’t changed a lot. David Brown
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