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Saturday 8th Jan - Tiger Club Peterborough CAMRA Pub of the Year 2011 & 2014 CAMRA Gold award 2013 & 2016
Peterborough Civic Award 2017 for Community Involvement
Celebrating 10 consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide Werrington Centre, Staniland Way, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 6NA
Steve Williams and John
The 2022 Good Beer Guide features a number of new entries from our area: The Cambridgeshire section sees the return of former Peterborough Pub of The Year – the Woolpack at Stanground, and a new entry for the Farmers at Yaxley whose owners now include the Xtreme Brewery within their portfolio. In Lincolnshire, the community owned Thorold Arms at Harmston returns, as does the Bull & Swan in Stamford. There are new entries for what is currently Pinchbeck’s only pub – the Ship, and the Dirty Duck Rutland Arms) idyllically located alongside the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe Wharf, and in Grantham itself the much-improved Lord Harrowby. The village of Castle
Bytham now boasts two GBG listed pubs now that the Castle is joined by near neighbours, the Fox and Hounds. The Duke of York at Gosberton Risegate retains a listing despite being permanently closed pending demolition. Rutland’s entries see a return for the Green Dragon at Ryhall (another former Pub of the Year), and now the Plough at Greetham, the Exeter Arms at Barrowden and the increasingly popular Crown at Great Casterton. Two pubs – the Ploughman in Werrrington, and the Five Horseshoes at Barholm are celebrating the notable milestone of ten consecutive Good Beer Guide entries. The inaugural Soke Fest Winter Beer Festival is due to be held over the weekend of
21-23 January at the Cresset in Bretton. Around 20 local breweries including Baker’s Dozen, Rocket, Mile Tree, 8 Sail, Batemans, Ivo, Papworth, Elgood’s, Beermats and King’s Cliffe will be showcased, along with a few from further entertainment area. Opening times are 12-4pm and 6-10pm on the Friday and Saturday, and 12-4pm on the Sunday. Beers will all be served in half pint glasses to encourage sampling. Tickets priced £5 are available from sokefest.co.uk Free live entertainment has really been ramped up at the Ostrich in North Street, Peterborough with a diverse range of bands over the festive period and every Friday and Saturday through January and
The Mason’s Arms, Bourne is to reopen in the New Year.
(Contin February – see listings. Now under new ownership, the Great Northern Hotel opposite Peterborough railway station appears to have dispensed with its range of Grainstore beers, and is now limited to a single Doom Bar handpump with a single craft keg – Goose Island Midway. Also under new ownership, the Grade II listed Haycock in Wansford, now known as the Haycock Manor reopened in late October after an 18-month multi-millionpound refurbishment. A new bar has been installed with six craft beer taps, of which four were in use when we looked in. The hotel also now houses the relocated Prevost Restaurant. The Lancaster Club at Yaxley remains closed and for sale. In Northborough, the Packhorse is undergoing roof repairs by owner Star Pubs, which is seeking new tenants – details at starpubs.co.uk. In Deeping St James, the Thirsty Giraffe micropub opened in early December in the former Driftwood Café on Manor Way. The pub is currently open on a limited basis daily from 5pm until 8pm (12-2pm
Still closed, the Bull, Pinchbeck.
on Sundays), but will close weeks of January while ongoing work is completed (then open daily from 3pm weekdays and 12 noon at weekends.) We were treated to a choice of seven cask ales when we visited, at a uniform price of £3.80 per pint. Hot food is not available, but customers are welcome to consume food purchased at the neighbouring takeaways. Served in “lantern” style pint mugs, there are no permanent beer brands, though local ales will always feature, such as Deeping-based Bowlers Brewery which recently took a silver award for its Lonesome Pine, at the SIBA East Awards.
Stamford has a new microbrewery – the Drum & Monkey brewery in based at a site close to the original Drum & Monkey pub in Empingham Road, and the beers can be sampled at the Kings Head in the town. Good news for Bourne – the Mason’s Arms, previously the go-to venue for live music in the town is to reopen in the New Year. The team behind the pub is reportedly the same team who resurrected the Five Bells at Edenham and the Cock Inn at Werrington. Owners of the at Irnham, Jamie and Leila Benton-Jones, took the opportunity of some down time during lockdown to apply for an appearance on the TV Show Four in a Bed. Not only did they get their wish but they received a 100% score and now look forward to a boost in business. The Queens Head at Bulwick is closed again after licensees Lauren and James Trevor returned to the Six Bells at Witham-on-the Hill. Two chefs from the Falcon at Fotheringhay are celebrating success at the Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards. Chef Zak Perrin took Gold, while his sous chef Shawn Monk took the Bronze award.
The Exeter Arms in Uppingham has gained a Pub of the Season award from Rutland Camra. Now devoid of pubs, around 80 villagers of West Pinchbeck, near Spalding were treated to a pop-up pub experience when husband and wife team Nick and Karen Stockdale transformed the village hall with bar and tables along with darts, dominoes and skittles. In Spalding the Waters’s Edge is for sale for £295k with everardcole.com, as is the Mermaid Inn at £725k, though this property is subject to a redevelopment plan which was due to go before South Holland District Council in December. The 18th century Fisherman’s Arms at Pode Hole is open again daily from 12 noon. New licenses are Joey and Gemma Hammond who have moved over from the Jolly Farmer at Moulton Chapel. Taking their place at the Jolly Farmer are Tony Higgins and Eddie Percival, who once ran the Royal Mail Cart in Spalding. The town’s Red Lion Hotel refurbishment which includes the of the restaurant. Plans are being drawn up by the Spalding
Willoughby Arms, Little Bytham
Transport Forum for a proposed water festival for Spalding which would include music and arts groups along with a range of boats on the waterways between The new licensees at the recently reopened Ball House pub in Boston are offering free dinners to those feeling isolated on Christmas Day. Residents of Stathern near Grantham are campaigning to save the once renowned Red Lion from development. The pub closed in 2017 and had recently achieved a Pub of the Year award from the AA. An application to convert the pub to housing was withdrawn and it is now for
A number of pubs in our area still remain closed after lockdown – these include: Black Horse, Grimsthorpe – future unclear; Black Horse, Nassington – for sale; Bull, Pinchbeck – future unclear; Cellar Bar, Stamford – closed due to pandemic restrictions; Lancaster Club,Yaxley – for sale; Melbourn Bros, Stamford – future unclear; Northwick Arms, Ketton – future unclear; Packhorse, Northborough – Undergoing repair – lease for Sale; Railway, Whittlesey – future unclear; Rose & Crown, Thorney – future unclear; Queens Head, Bulwick – new tenants sought; St Mary’s Vaults, Stamford – future unclear; Stilton Cheese, Stilton – lease for sale; Toft Hotel, Toft – future unclear; White Horse, Spalding – new tenants sought; White Swan, Harringworth – under restoration; Willoughby, Little Bytham – bereavement. R&B welcomes any news associated with the future plans for these pubs (please email chris@shillingmedia.co.uk)
sale. Grantham’s St Wulfran’s Beer Festival attracted a record attendance over three days in November. North Kesteven District Council has joined up with the Hub to organize a festival for Sleaford in the spring. A Sleafest working group has been set up to create a “townwide celebration of creativity ever folk festival, featuring more than 90 performers, was held in November on three stages at the recently reopened Ivy Bar. Pubs no more The former Fenman pub at Stanground has been demolished, and a similar fate awaits the Solstice in Peterborough, where work was due to commence at the end of November. Out in the fens, the village of Saracen’s Head is to lose the pub that bears its name as the owners have been granted permission to knock the building down to make way for housing. Conservative councillor Mick Seymour stated that “village pubs are virtually a thing of the past”, and it should be allowed to go. The original pub that gave the village its name was demolished way back in the 1960s. Chris Shilling
Ask Again for Allsopp’s
Darker and clearer than most modern IPAs, Allsopp’s India Pale Ale is a faithful recreation of the original Burton IPA. Below: Allsopp’s Lager was ahead of its time and is the next original recipe to be revived.
The past decade has seen the revival of several longdiscontinued beer brands including Truman’s, Joule’s, Lacons of these new companies have offered some continuity to their predecessors by taking advantage of archive brewing records and, often, the original yeast strain. However, the newly revived Allsopp’s can go one step better than that in its connection to the is spearheading the revival, is the seven times great grandson of Samuel Allsopp, the pioneering brewer who took over his uncle Benjamin Wilson Jr’s brewery in Burton-on-Trent in 1807: “I thought that it was a shame to consign Allsopp’s beer to the history books,” says Jamie. a full pipeline of quality British beers to be brought back to life and so I felt that I could not wait
any longer.” Among the revived beers is Allsopp’s India Pale Ale; an appropriate choice given that the success of Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd in the 1820s was down to the company being able to improve on the India Ale that London brewer Hodgson’s had been producing for the East India Company.
Highlighting the quality of the town’s water, it helped establish Burton as the UK’s brewing capital. However, for Allsopp’s, the momentum wasn’t to last: “The cast of Allsopp’s towards the end of the original business was a colourful one,” explains Jamie. “The second Samuel oversaw a calamitous stock market debut and was forced to resign three years later; he vastly overspent on public houses. Percy Allsopp succeeded him, only to double down and invest extravagantly in seaside resorts like the Kursaal in Southend and the UK’s largest lager brewery. “His disastrous tenure was later summed up in the press as: ‘How a million was lost,’ an unimaginable amount of money in the late 1880s. However, he was, I think, a visionary; the lager investment was bold but days no one really drank lager
in Britain. Percy’s Allsopp’s Lager then went on to be Skol.” In 1934, Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd merged with Ind Coope Ltd to form Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd. The Allsopp name was dropped in 1959 but the red hand logo it had used since 1862 was retained by Ind Coope Ltd and continued to appear on the branding for Double Diamond – a former Allsopp’s product – and its cask equivalent, Draught Burton Ale, until the 1990s. The Alsopp’s trademarks had remained the property of Carlsberg UK, the Danish brewing giant that had merged with Ind Coope’s owners, Allied Lyons, in 1992. However, there was a problem. “I approached Carlsberg few months earlier BrewDog had acquired the red hand trademark which is central to Allsopp’s history. Carlsberg was extremely accommodating, and their lawyers could not have
been more helpful, so I am very grateful to them. “BrewDog had just invested in a recipe and a can design for Allsopp’s India Pale Ale, so I was very concerned that they would keep the trademark and my project would end there. “However, they did agree to sell the trademark back to me and the transfer was completed a few months later very professionally, so again, I am very grateful to BrewDog for this.” beers produced by the revived Allsopp’s, the India Pale Ale at 5.6% ABV and a Pale Ale at 4.4%, were found in a brewing ledger from the 1930s. It was, it seems, another stroke of luck for Jamie. “In 1997, the Ind Coope brewery was sold to Bass, and the new owners set about clearing the site of its history and identity; the Allsopp recipe books appeared to be a casualty of the purge and were presumed lost or thrown away.
The family had long since lost the recipe books through the “However, after a lot of ringing around and many a dead end, a ledger resurfaced in 2020 in Leeds. There are 250 brews in the ledger, and it covers all the Allsopp beer styles. Obviously, ingredients have changed, so to ensure that all our as possible, we enlisted the help of a top Burton-style brewing expert Jim Appelbee. “Jim skilfully adapted the original recipes to work for today’s ingredients, methods, and tastes.” Featuring ingredients from “excellent British suppliers”, often better than those that Samuel had at his disposal, the beers are being brewed by Mark Simmonite at his brewery Burton-style yeast at present, Allsopp’s has acquired the company’s original yeast strain and plans to use it in the future. “I hope to reintroduce as many of Allsopp’s fantastic beers as I can. Allsopp’s Lager will be the next exciting launch and we have big plans which will keep us busy for years.”
Jamie Allsopp
To keep up to date with news from Allsopp’s and to buy its beers, go to allsopps.com
Pub Scrawl
Congratulations abound with Hollie Fovargue getting
The late Ron Graves
Charley Genever about Walter Cornelius onto Gary Huskisson Windrush Day. Olivia Dedman collection. Bodies, Beds & Heads Burning Eye Books, so a sign nights where she is sure to be Mark Grist has released a
as a bodyguard to the stars on author Jason Fox Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Peterborough they are looking Sir Geoff Hurst
Mark Can’t Rap In Vino Verses: Pint of Poetry Special…
March at the Town Hall on
when you need to start thinking Stamford Poet Laureate details and shine your shoes
King’s Lynn Fiction Festival
Ray Mears kindness or two. The Deepings Literary Festival
at The Drapers Arms in Cowgate, Peterborough, on Shaun Ryder Then Henry Normal Ron Graves will be held there another chance to hear the Amanda Owen, this on Wednesday 9 March, while Mark “Billy” Billingham will be talking
As well as being an extra in Mark Grist’s music video Parents’ Evening BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for a Remembrance Sunday poem, Cardinal Cox also had a video Lone Animator of his poem The Night Land.
Ye Olde Mitre 1 Ely Court Ely Place London EC1N 6SJ 020 7405 4751 yeoldemitreholborn.co.uk Nearest Tube stations: Farringdon or Chancery Lane Pubs in the capital are constantly evolving but it is still possible to drink in an unspolit environment in the heart of the city where conversation is still king, beer prices remain sensible, and the culinary offering comes second to good quality real ales. The Mitre is not the easiest
Hatton Garden and look for a discreet sign attached to a lamp post which directs you along the narrowest of lanes to this ancient oasis. The original pub dates from the 16th century, though the “modern” extension dates from the 1700s, and was originally built for the Bishops of Ely, and indeed the area was Cambridgeshire. The pub retains small individual oak-paneled rooms, off narrow passageways, with antique settles, alcoves, a profusion of old photographs, upstairs which is used as an part of an ancient tunnel which
not obvious from Ely Place – if
church across the courtyard. The courtyard area provides a delightful drinking space but can get pretty packed with City types at lunchtimes and early evenings. The pub is part of the
Fuller’s estate, so expect to see London Pride and Dark Star,
business discussions and curious of a pub.
across Britain such as Saltaire, Oakham Ales. A real cider is interiors Chris Shilling home cooked snacks such as toasties, pork pies and scotch
children in the bar.
four times, and London Pub of Wood in both 2013 and 2019.
It’s no surprise that Yorkshire’s most populous city is awash with good beer, and at just 90 minutes away from Peterborough by train, it’s an attractive option for a day out. With a railcard, a day return can be had for as little as £25, and there are plenty of good pubs within walking distance from the station so that’s where we’ve concentrated our visit, with a few exceptions If you can’t wait to get out of the station the Beer House offers a basic pub experience with Theakston’s and Doom Bar, and on the western side of the concourse there’s a branch of JD Wetherspoon, named imaginatively Wetherspoons. We chose to turn left and head along Wellington Street, leaving the Scarbrough Hotel visible below, until later. Passing
O’Neill’s and the Queens Hotel you soon arrive at the West Riding – a tidy pub featuring a long narrow bar with ambient music and four handpumps, though only two were in operation – the Leeds Pale provided a very refreshing opener for our day, but we supped up and moved further along Wellington Street. to the Editor’s Draught. This Stonegate Pub had been recommended, and it provided a pleasant welcome with polished York Guzzler and Isaac Poad Piccadilly to HODL Pale from Lords Brewing Co and the inevitable Doom Bar. Beer quality was average, so we didn’t hang about as we had a busy schedule. At this point the party split with one group moving
further out to the Kirkstall Brewery Tap on Kirkstall Road – described as an eclectic mix of brutal architecture and chandeliers adorned with breweriana from a bygone age – and offering six of their own cask and nine craft ales along with three craft guests. The nearby Fox & Newt combines good ale with exotic “Safari Burgers” of Kangaroo, Camel, Crocodile and Zebra for around £17, and home to the Burley Street Brewhouse until Covid forced a change to brewing at the Nomadic Brewhouse. The Town Hall Tavern on Westgate originates from 1926 when barristers and police would sit one side of the pub while the accused sat the other side enjoying their last taste of freedom, but was relaunched several years ago as
West Riding
Scarbrough Hotel
a Timothy Taylor pub with seven of its cask beers available. A 10% discount is offered to diners heading off to theatres in Leeds. The remainder of the party retraced our steps to get back to the renowned Scarbrough Hotel, situated close to the station exit but no longer accessed via the direct staircase – instead you have to join Bishopsgate Street close to O’Neill’s and follow the road down. This lovely tiled Nicholson’s pub features comfortable leather seating, decent food and regular live music. The nine handpumps include a real cider, with the
The Town Hall Tavern
resident Nicholson’s Bitter and Tetley’s on permanently along with a host of tempting guests from breweries such as Abbeydale, Purity, Titanic, Black Sheep and Oakham Ales. From here you can see the Moot Hall – a lively basic sports bar with a separate lounge and more Leeds Pale, with Timothy Taylor landlord to keep it company. Sadly, the Landlord was undrinkable, so we moved across the road to the Head of Steam – another bustling pub with good range of ales including Taylor’s Boltmaker and beers from Cameron’s, Northern Monk, Roosters and a couple
from the Ilkley stable along with fruit ciders from Lilley’s. Moving up Mill Hill the Greene King owned offered IPA and Fireside along with Old Peculier and a Black Sheep bitter. More enticing was the opposite – originally a branch of NatWest, before becoming a bookie’s then two years ago transformed into a delightful Thornbridge pub with leather seating and individual booths. Expect Jaipur, Lord Marples and Astryd on at all times, with three further Thornbridge ales and couple of guests from the likes of Marble and Wild Beer Company. Good beer remains the focus
The new station entrance with the Hop behind it.
here, and food is limited to crisps and nuts. I could happily have stayed here, but there were still plenty of great pubs nearby, including Pivovar’s Tapped right across the road. This is a bit different – it’s a spacious bar with seating alongside the brewing equipment – popular with younger drinkers for an extensive array of craft kegs, up to eight cask ales (from Brew York, Marble, Bristol Beer Factory and Wild, along with their own Tapped brands) and signature pizzas, with interesting names including Swine & Dine, Middle. Lunch was enjoyed before embarking upon phase two where we headed into the Midnight Bell
shopping area along Briggate, Yard brings you to the wonderful Whitelock’s, a true survivor dating from 1715. This narrowpanelled pub with copper topped tables and well-kept beers from Ilkley, Kirkstall, Taylors, North, Elland and Abbeydale along with one from the owning company – East London’s Five Points. The pub was originally called the to the pub is a separate “sister” bar named thus and offering a couple of ales from Burning Sky and Northern Monk. From here we headed back down Briggate, taking in the Bowers Tap, a busy Stonegate pub with beers from Ilkley,
Kirkstall, Isaac Poad and S43 along with a host of craft kegs. area, we came to the North Brewing Co – a modern glass structure offering 24 craft lines, but we were keen to take in Ossett Brewery’s The Hop, which railway sation’s newly built southern entrance/exit. As well as providing a great selection of nine Ossett beers and guests, it enjoys a fascinating subterranean position under the station alongside the River Aire. We weren’t quite done yet though as Leeds Brewery’s Midnight Bell stands nearby within the rapidly developing wharf area now known as reputedly the oldest collection of industrial buildings in the world. This beautifully restored building features oak beams and ancient brickwork, and provides four Leeds Brewery beers along with local guests such as Ilkley, Roosters and Kirkstall. If time allows, the Northern Monk Refectory – the tap house for the Northern Monk Brewery, based in the Old Flax Store in Marshall Street, has 16 craft taps. Chris Shilling
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Libertines frontman Carl Barât comes to The Met Lounge, Peterborough on Friday 21 January as part of the National Lottery’s Revive Live Tour 2022. Run in partnership with the Music Venue Trust, the tour is supporting the return of live music to grassroots venues by offering buy one get one free on tickets. To qualify for the offer, patrons will need to select the General Admission + Free Ticket option when purchasing a ticket at ticketweb.uk and then prove that they are a National Lottery player by showing their National Lottery ticket or scratchcard on arrival at the gig. The following month, on 19 February, the Bridge Street venue plays host to Jah Wobble’s the Invaders of the Heart – the global music, reggae,
led by the former Public Image Limited bassist. Tickets are, again, available from Ticketweb. Aladdinsane, the Peterborough-based David Bowie tribute band, perform at Stamford Corn Exchange (01780 766455, stamfordcornexchange. Wilko Johnson
co.uk) on Friday 18 February. Led by one-time Stars in Their Eyes contestant Paul Henderson, the band are widely acclaimed as the best Bowie tribute in the UK. One of several tribute acts performing at Stamford Corn Exchange over the next few months, other bands include
Jah Wobble’s the Invaders of the Heart
T-Rextasy on Saturday 29 January, Abba Forever on Sunday 30 January, Desperado (an Eagles tribute) on 19 February and Fleetwood Machine on Saturday 26 February. The venue will also be holding An Evening with Shaun Ryder on 4 February, where the Happy Mondays Aladdinsane
singer and I’m a Celebrity…Get discussing his life, career and the music industry. As well as having the opportunity to ask Shaun a question, meet and greet tickets are also available. Unplugged, Sleaford’s monthly acoustic open mic session
returns to the Hub (01529 308710, hub-sleaford.org.uk), formerly the National Centre for Craft & Design, on Tuesday Tuesday of the month, Unplugged takes place in the CafeBar from 6pm until 9pm. Vocalist and guitarist Ben Ottewell, formerly of Mercury Music Prize winners Gomez, appears at Mama Liz’s (01780 765888, mamaliz.co.uk), Stamford on 21 January, while the Bluetones’ Mark Morriss will be there on 3 February. Former Dr Feelgood and Ian Dury & the Blockheads guitarist Wilko Johnson brings his band to The Cresset, Bretton (01733 265705, cresset.co.uk) on 5 February. Comprising Johnson and fellow Blockheads Norman Watt-Roy and Dylan Howe, the band is one of the world’s most exciting R&B acts. Support comes from John Otway. The Cresset also hosts From the Jam and the Selecter on 7 January, and tribute acts the Stones (14 January), Fleetwood Bac (4 February) and George Michael Live (6 February).
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LISTINGS
30 December No Gods No Managers: A Great Notion + Soviet Films + The Deadites (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough
31 December New Year’s Eve Ball, Railway, Oakham New Year Party with disco, food and live music from Filthy Contact (Tickets £25), Angel Hotel, Bourne New Year’s Eve with the 707 (8.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Disco and Food, Castle, Castle Bytham DJ, London Inn, Stamford 23 Reasons (Ticket only), Ploughman, Werrington New Year’s Eve Party with Filthy Contact, Cock Inn, Werrington 01 January All Killer No Filler,Yard of Ale, Woodston 03 January Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 04 January Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 05 January Big Fun Quiz, Grainstore, Oakham Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 06 January Voodoo Unplugged, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Quiz, Cock Inn, Werrington 07 January Live Wrestling, Railway, Oakham Thank Funk it’s Friday with DJ Eddie Nash (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Ramshackle Serenade (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Band TBC,Yard of Ale, Woodston 08 January Saturday Night Groove with DJ Rick Allen (9pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Highway Star (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Trevvy (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Guards,Yard of Ale, Woodston Tiger Club, Ploughman, Werrington
09 January Head in the Sand Folk Session (1-4pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Pennyless (4-6pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Spitting Feathers, Edwards, Grantham 10 January Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 11 January Pub Quiz (8pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 12 January Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 13 January Weekly Quiz (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Pennyless (4-6pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford
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14 January Blues A Go-Go Jam night, Railway, Oakham 8 Foot Under (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Keep this Up + All Fall Down + Slackrr, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Morning Glory,Yard of Ale, Woodston 15 January Tiger Club (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Karaoke, Castle, Castle Bytham The Boatmen (5pm), Falcon Hotel, Whittlesey Cecil Ferayi (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Adult Panto: Little Red Riding … (8pm), Stamford Corn Exchange Band TBC, Yard of Ale, Woodston The soundinjectors, Ivy Leaf Club, Whittlesey 16 January Leannan (4pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Open Mic, Grainstore, Oakham Bingo (12.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Element, Edwards, Grantham 17 January Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 18 January Quiz, Castle, Castle Bytham Open Mic (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 19 January Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 20 January Weekly Quiz (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Quiz, Cock Inn, Werrington 21 January Bourne Grammar School Live Sessions (7.30pm), Old Town Hall, Bourne Radius 45 (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Ben Ottewell (ex Gomez), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Tommy Philpot, Yard of Ale, Woodston 22 January Karaoke & Play Your Cards Right, Railway, Oakham Voodoo Haze (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Vularithm + Future Theory + Fyzz Wallis Band + Acid Sons, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Burns Night with piper and Govannan, Grainstore, Oakham Leon, S Bar, Stilton Mark Haley (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club
Ramshackle Serenade,Yard of Ale, Woodston 23 January 23 Reasons, Edwards, Grantham 24 January Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 25 January Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 26 January Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 27 January Weekly Quiz (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Palmy Ukulele Band Rehearsal (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Funhouse Comedy, Grainstore, Oakham 28 January Vinyl Night (8pm), Charters, Peterborough The Veltones (10pm), Brewery Tap, Peterborough Latchepen (Gypsy Jazz Group, 7pm), Old Town Hall, Bourne. DB5 (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough
The Cock Inn 1305, Lincoln Rd, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 6LW – Tel 01733 322006
Open Tues-Sun all day from 12 noon. Food served lunchtimes and evenings until 9pm Established restaurant – a sharing dining experience including Tapas, Sharing Platters and Daily Specials ‘Wine Wednesday’ – 4x Tapas + Bottle of Wine for just £30
Live Music Fridays and Saturdays – See listings in this issue
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COSY COUNTRY PUB AND RESTAURANT IN THE PICTURESQUE VILLAGE OF CASTLE BYTHAM
Regular Live Music Monthly Pub Quiz (3rd Tuesday) See Facebook/listings in this issue All Major Sporting Events Shown ‘Castle Pantry’ open from 12-5pm daily Sunday Lunch Served 12-3pm Open throughout the festive period including Christmas Day – Disco and Food on New Year’s Eve Jan 15 – Karaoke Feb 14 – Valentines ‘Mr & Mrs’ Quiz
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Mark Morriss, Mama Liz’s, 3 February
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The Expletives, Yard of Ale, 12 February
Victoria Louise, Railway, Oakham Black Dog Murphy (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Tom Collins (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Eric & Ern, Stamford Corn Exchange Frankly My Dear,Yard of Ale, Woodston 06 February David James Smith (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Extinction Rd (folk, 4pm), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Mid Life Krisis, Edwards, Grantham 07 February Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 08 February Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 09 February Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 10 February Weekly Quiz (8pm), Charters, Peterborough An Evening with Miranda Sykes (7.30pm), Old Town Hall, Bourne Ostracised: Closed Circuit + 2 Bands (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough
Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, Stamford Corn Exchange 11 February Embrace (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Black Rose (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, Stamford Corn Exchange Band TBC,Yard of Ale, Woodston All Killers, No Filler, Cock Inn, Werrington 12 February Last Minute Brigade (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Movies at the Old Town Hall: TBC (7pm), Old Town Hall, Bourne 23 Reasons (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Rick Roberts (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, Stamford Corn Exchange The Expletives,Yard of Ale, Woodston 13 February Tim and Naomi (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Open Mic, Grainstore, Oakham Bingo (12.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Boutones, Edwards, Grantham
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14 February Valentine’s Mr & Mrs Quiz, Castle, Castle Bytham Valentine’s Dinner with Annie Love Duo, Grainstore, Oakham Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club The Little Mix Show, Stamford Corn Exchange 15 February Quiz, Castle, Castle Bytham Open Mic (8pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 16 February Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 17 February Weekly Quiz (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Originals Acoustic Night (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Henry Normal: The Escape Plan, Stamford Corn Exchange Quiz, Cock Inn, Werrington 18 February (10pm), Charters, Peterborough Billy Idol Tribute, Railway, Oakham Retrolux (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Hung Like Hanratty + Under the Cosh, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Aladdinsane, Stamford Corn Exchange Band TBC,Yard of Ale, Woodston
19 February Introducing New Music (7.30pm), Old Town Hall, Bourne Janus Stark + Transit Plan + A Great Notion (8pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Candy Twist, S Bar, Stilton Michael Knight (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Desperado (Eagles Tribute), Stamford Corn Exchange Velocity,Yard of Ale, Woodston 20 February Elliemar Entertainment (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Book Signing & live readings with local Science Fiction and fantasy authors (1pm), Iron Horse Ranch House, Market Deeping 21 February Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club
Retrolux, Ostrich, 18 February
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Blues A Go-Go, Railway, 25 February
Highway Star,Yard of Ale, Woodston The soundinjectors, Spalding Services Club 27 February Tommy Philpot (3pm), Charters, Peterborough Board Game Café (11am-3pm), Old Town Hall, Bourne Bingo (12.30pm), Peterborough Con Club Stamford Comedy Club: Comedy Club: Paul Sinha / Troy Hawke / Matt Bragg / Stephanie Laing, Stamford Corn Exchange 28 February Quiz (8.30pm), Peterborough Con Club
Beer Festivals 21-23 January Soke Fest Winter Beer Festival, Cresset, Bretton - Beers from around 20 local breweries including Baker’s Dozen, Rocket, Mile Tree, 8 Sail, Batemans, Ivo, Papworth, Elgoods, Beermats and King’s Cliffe
22 February Poker (7.30pm), Peterborough Con Club 23 February Ale House Acoustic Sessions (8pm), Ale House Kitchen, Ramsey Bingo (8.15pm), Peterborough Con Club 24 February Weekly Quiz (8pm), Charters, Peterborough The Blues Against Youth (8.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Comedy Club, Grainstore, Oakham 25 February Vinyl Night (8pm), Charters, Peterborough Blues A Go-Go jam night, Railway, Oakham Candy Twist (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Whisky Bar Acoustic Sessions (7.30pm), Boat Inn, Whittlesey Luke Kempner: Macho Man, Stamford Corn Exchange Band TBC,Yard of Ale, Woodston 26 February Karaoke & Play Your Cards Right, Railway, Oakham Frankly My Dear (9.30pm), Ostrich, Peterborough Beachy Head Diving Club, Bell, Deeping St James Fleetwood Machine, Stamford Corn Exchange
27-30 January Winter Ale Festival, Charters, Peterborough - 20+ real local and national ales, 15+ ciders & 35+ gins
Rhythm & Booze, Issue 64 January/February 2022
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The Myths and Legends of Britain’s Pubs: East of England By Rodney Simmonds, The Book Guild Ltd, paperback, £9.99
The author admits that he put this project together over an extended period and that some of the pubs may no longer be trading, especially after the problems associated with running a public house during lockdown, so check the current situation before venturing out to visit locations. There have been several books on the subject of pub name origins and this one does also breaks the recent trend of pictorial pub books. This is a purely a book to read – and a very good read it is too. Great for sampling by
Subtitled “A Thousand Years of History and Trivia”, this thoughtprovoking volume combines a selection of the origins of pub
of a pub or with the tipple of your choice in your own home. Cheers! David Brown The Story of the North Norfolk Railway
examples with stories relating to associated ghosts and other fascinating facts along the way. It covers a generous geographical area from the east midlands to counties bordering on the suburbs of London. Presented by pub names in alphabetical order, we travel from the Abbey Inn in Crowland, Lincolnshire and the Admiral Rodney in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire to the Woolpack in Coggeshall, Essex. letter “Y” reveals two examples – the Yarborough Arms in Ulceby and the Yarborough Hunt, Brigg, both in north Lincolnshire.
the former Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway crosscountry route that linked the east midlands with the east coast at Norfolk, withdrawing the majority of passenger services at the end of February 1959. One short stretch of line to survive the axe for passenger trains was from Melton Constable to Holt, Sheringham and Cromer. In 1964, BR cut the line back to Sheringham – including a new basic platform that made the attractive old station redundant. Fortunately, the M&GNJR Society stepped in to revive part of the line’s fortune and and rolling stock for restoration. With track relaid, trains originally ran between Sheringham and Weybourne, before being extended to Kelling Halt and then a new station on the outskirts of Holt. Former industrial tank locomotives originally worked most of the trains while ex-BR locomotives were being returned to service. Many of the line’s visiting locomotives are seen in action on regular services and at special events. It’s not all been plain-sailing – for example a supermarket planned at Sheringham would have more than cramped their style. With a running time of just over an hour, this entertaining programme is available direct
In 1958 British Railways decided that it could manage without
(railwayvideo.com) priced £12.95. David Brown
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£7.50