rhythm and booze Brews, News, Bands & Reviews - Issue 26 - July/August 2014
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Ross Cronin, manager of The Stamford Post. Wetherspoon’s has arrived in Stamford in the shape of The Stamford Post, a new pub in the former Stamford Mercury offices on the Sheep Market. Taking its name from the
Mercury’s original title, The Stamford Post’s décor reflects the newspaper’s contribution to the town. Along with its food menu, the pub serves a real cider and
ten real ales, including four guests. At the launch, one of these included Stamford Post IPA, a 4.2% golden ale brewed by Grainstore of Oakham.
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After a break of 100 years, Kings Cliffe has its own brewery again. Kings cliffe brewery (KCB) was launched by villager Jeremy O’Neill who plans to supply to pubs within a 20-mile radius. For more information email jez@kcbales.co.uk the black horse at Nassington is open again. The hurdler in Stamford has recently reopened after refurbishment by owners Everards and serves four of its beers, including Sunchaser. Bourne has a new real ale hub – the anchor in Eastgate. Always a popular community pub with its quizzes, darts and pool teams, real ale was a rarity under previous owners, Punch. The pub is now in the hands of Dawn and Taras Suchoruczka who also have the Hand & Heart and Roundhouse pubs in Nottingham. Five real ales and a real cider are currently available including a house beer Bourne Particular (4.1%) from the Dancing Duck
the Hurdler, Stamford.
brewery at just £2.65 a pint After a soggy start, this year’s bourne Festival was hailed a success by organisers, Bourne Round Table. 80 Ales and ciders were available and drinkers were entertained across three days of live music. The blue bell at Helpston, most recently a tapas bar has new owners and was expected to reopen at the end of June Following a ‘closing down sale’ at the end of May, the rose, Frognall shut its doors at the start of June.
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The horseshoe at Thurlby has been voted ‘best community food pub’ for the Southern region by Marstons The railway in Oakham has won a £10,000 grant from the PRS in its ‘Music Makeover’ competition. Licensee Shaun Jackson hopes the money will help turn the pub into Rutland’s top live music venue. Jason Courtman who has taken over the lease of the Lincolnshire Poacher in Spalding, and Punchbowl landlord Pete Willaims are hoping to relaunch the Spalding Flower Festival, recently axed due to increasing costs. “We can usually expect up to 2,000 customers during festival weekend,” said Jason. “This year it was more like 200.” Fenland CAMRA celebrated 40 years of campaigning with an event at the bull, Market Deeping along with their counterparts from the Peterborough branch. The Bull was the venue for the Continued over
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inaugural meeting back in June 1974. The tobie norris in Stamford now offers a ‘Sunday Blues’ session every fortnight (12-2.30pm). Food is now also available on Sunday nights. the Six bells, Witham on the Hill reopens on 1 July under the ownership of Jim and Sharon Trevor, proprietors of Jim’s Yard, Stamford and The Beehive, Peterborough. Classic rockabilly Restless will play Mama Liz’s Voodoo Lounge in Stamford on Friday 4 July, while Leon Hendrix – brother of Jimi – will be there on Wednesday 30 July. For tickets and further details, visit www.mamaliz.co.uk
Pubs no more… Despite local opposition the hit or Miss in Stamford has been razed to the ground to make way for more housing. After a long battle with planners, Saxondale Properties has been denied permission to demolish the Lord nelson in Morton to make way for a food store. This did not, however, stop the pub from closing at the end of May. Well-known eatery the ropsley Fox near Grantham is likely to turned into a housing development. An application has been submitted by owner, Dave Smith despite interest from the owners of the Red Lion at nearby Newton – locals have organised a petition against the plan. Developers have applied to demolish the former
cummins Social club in Stamford – it is likely to become a ‘digital hub’. Campaigners are disappointed that the site of the dun cow at Cowbit, a victim of a suspected arson attack in 2012, has been sold to property developers. Market Homes Ltd was able to offer a much higher price than parties interested in resurrecting the pub. The rear of the gladstone arms on Gladstone Street, Peterborough is currently being extended. It will reopen as a mini-market. Six Bells, Witham on the Hill.
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althorp coaching inn (Fox and hounds) Main St, great brington, northampton nn7 4Ja www.althorp-coaching-inn.co.uk For this issue we come closer to home. The delightful village of Great Brington lies just off the A428 Northampton-Rugby road, on the fringes of the Althorp Estate, ancestral home of the Spencer family, and final resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales. The 16 th century village pub was renamed the Althorp Coaching Inn shortly after her passing and is obviously popular with visitors to the area along with locals. Despite its village location, the pub is open all day from 12 noon and offers an
extensive traditional menu along with eight real ales – four ‘standards’ (St Austell Tribute, Old Hooky, Greene King IPA and Fuller’s London Pride) are supplemented with a further three cask ales and a real cider. The golden coloured stone, flagstone floors and thatched roof provide a quintessentially English setting, but the atmosphere remains relaxed – you may have to step over the dog stretched out in front of the open fire, and if your glass slides off the table unaided, don’t worry it’s probably just George the resident ghost up to mischief. There’s also a feeling that this is the hub of the community – there’s a weekly pub quiz, regular live bands, solo and open mic nights, a
selection of board games, and late night ‘nibbles’ are laid on for Friday drinkers. It can get quite foody at serving times (12-3pm and 3.30-10pm), but there are distinctive dining areas (including the cellar), so a few beers can be enjoyed in the bar without being overcome by kitchen odours. Manageress Gill Ayris comes form a background in event management so she knows a thing or two about hospitality – the tables are topped with pristine table cloths, fresh flowers, candles etc – just the thing for afternoon tea. If you’re visiting in summer there’s also a lovely walled garden along with the courtyard area and barbecue. Chris Shilling
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the centre Page 29-33 Knightrider Street London ec4V 5bh 020 7236 3614 www.thecentrepage.co.uk An unforgettable scene from the 1968 Doctor Who adventure The Invasion is of Cybermen descending steps outside St Paul’s Cathedral. But for this pub-obsessed Who fan, it’s the following shot of the invaders marching past the then Horn Tavern that has stuck in my mind. One of London’s oldest surviving pubs, it has been documented by Pepys and Dickens, and has been visited
more recently by David Hasselhoff, Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins, prior to the latter’s fall from grace. Along with draught lagers, liquors and wine, the bar has three handpumps, and on my visit were serving Fuller’s London Pride, Wells Bombardier and upham Tipster. I’d never heard of the last one, so went for a pint, which was a surprisingly low – for the City of London, at any rate – £3.90. However, it was a little too cold for me to detect this golden ale’s ‘refreshing citrus notes’. A narrow building with a function room in the basement, it’s almost as
difficult to get in to the pub as it is to find a seat, thanks to an ever-changing group of smokers blocking the doorway. On my visit, the miscreants were a couple of city types, creatures who are different to Cybermen in only one respect – Cybermen are allergic to gold. My main bugbear, however, was the scrum for the bar. It doesn’t help that there’s a massive pillar in the way but the decision by the management to put a table in the way as causes the greatest delay in getting served. Driven by logic, that’s one mistake the Cybermen wouldn’t make.
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With a rich brewing history, a good helping of established pubs, a host of reopenings and more on the way, Newark is rapidly becoming a genuine real ale destination town. Its location on the East Coast Main Line means that it can be reached very quickly from Peterborough. The 11.16 departure takes a mere 27 minutes – a day return can be bought for £19.40 (£8.80 from Grantham), but it’s worth checking online as advance singles can be found for as little as £6 each way. From Northgate Station (the other station – Castle – serves the Nottingham to Lincoln route), it’s a 10-minute walk to the town centre. Our party chose an anti-clockwise route
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around the town so after a few minutes along Appleton Gate we took a right turn, along Queen’s Road, towards the old Malt Shovel in North Gate. This Enterprise house is a very friendly rambling pub, with an exceptionally cheap menu (eg Fish and Chips with peas for £2.95), which might explain for the sizeable band of diners tucking in to healthy portions at midday. Real fires, wooden floorboards, pub games and even a piano make for a welcoming feel, as do the four handpumps dispensing beers from Adnams, Thwaites, Milestone and Everards from just £2 a pint. We gave the White Swan opposite a miss, as despite the
sign in the window, it wasn’t open after noon. Onwards towards town, a right turn takes you down Brewery Lane to Newark’s answer to Charters, the castle barge. This floating pub/ restaurant has been a feature of the town for many years. It’s advertised as ‘Newark’s favourite pub’, and the beer range (from Full Mash and Lincoln Green) looked promising. Beer quality was, at best, average and the onboard pop music a little overpowering, so we moved on to Castle Gate, seemingly the central ‘strip’ for pubs and restaurants. the castle – another free house, open all day, with a good range from the likes of Oldershaws,
Maypole, Wadworth, Old Mill, Greene King, Young’s and Sharp’s (discount is available to CAMRA members). Sister pub next door, the Mayze, appeared to cater more for the younger drinker and was deserted at lunchtime. On to the royal oak, busy with locals enjoying beers from Lincoln Green and Maypole breweries as well as the ubiquitous Doom Bar. A quick left turn into Stodman Street, brings you to the Prince rupert a superb restoration of an ancient building by the Thurlby Group, with a host of individual rooms to choose from. Not surprisingly the beer quality is excellent with Stout, Porter and Real Cider available alongside the regular ales, it’s also a good venue for a bite to eat with an extensive menu including the trademark Thurlby pizzas and Tallington lamb. Back on Castle Gate the former tenants of the Prince Rupert, Heidi and Tony Yale have recently taken on the former Crown & Mitre and transformed it into the Flying circus. In
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association with Dan Derry of Newark Brewery, they’ve created a superbly quirky boozer, with a Monty Python/ early aviation theme, a Tony and Heidi at The Flying Circus, note the Norwegian range of Blue from Newark Brewery. continental renowned Just beer, a beers alongside eight real ales micropub specialising in beers including five guests. Two from the growing number of house beers are available – uK microbreweries – a Red Fokker from Milestone staggering 2,000 different Brewery and with wink to the beers have been served since famous Python sketch, opening in 2010, so no Norwegian Blue from surprise it’s been voted local Newark. Tony has his own CAMRA Pub of the Year for folk rock band, King Harvest, the past three years. We met consequently there’s a huge Duncan Neil, one of the four area upstairs for regular ‘tapsters’, who explained that live music including open they preferred to choose beer mic nights. A sizeable otherwise unavailable in the outdoor drinking area is also town. There’s just about room being developed. for the bar, a dartboard and Just off Castle Gate in toilet facilities in this tiny Swan & Salmon Yard is the pub along with a vast array of CAMRA publications and knowledgeable beer types, so you need never feel lonely here. We by-passed the Moorings (formerly Manx theme pub, Kelly’s Tavern) next-door and headed round the corner into Lombard Street. From here you can cut through the ASDA car park to Portland St, where the latest Blue Monkey outlet (others are in Nottingham and Loughborough), the organ grinder has recently opened. Formerly the Horse & Gears, this once shabby multi-
roomed Victorian ale house has been tastefully restored with bookcases, log burners and sympathetic décor. A large range of Blue Monkey beers are, of course, available plus guests and pork pies Out into the back streets, it’s worth taking a detour to the roaring Meg, until recently the Vine, in Barnby Gate – another tasteful refurb, this time by Springhead Brewery with half a dozen good quality beers and an upright piano
should you feel the urge. Back into Appleton Gate, a visit to the Castle Rock owned Fox & crown is a must. Early arrivals please note, this place is open from 10.30am. Another multi-roomed pub with tiled floor, this pub is busy throughout the day. Ten hand pumps dispense wellkept ales including four from Castle Rock, along with a craft beer, breweriana and endless reading material. From here you only need
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the rising Sun, Stamford There was a time, before today’s more relaxed opening times, that us thirsty folk would know which day a town’s market day fell upon. Back then, afternoon closing time would be stretched for an hour or so longer than other weekdays so that market stallholders could partake of refreshments. And most publicans did not care whether you were a stallholder or not. So, if you lived around here your drinking week could go like this: Monday – Sleaford; Tuesday – Spalding; Wednesday – Peterborough; Thursday – Bourne; and
Friday – Stamford. A pub handy for Stamford’s market was The Rising Sun in Broad Street. This was an S&P House, served by the long established Norfolk brewers Steward & Patteson. The company fell foul of a takeover by Watney Mann, though you’d still see the name about into the 1980s, even though its last brew at Norwich was in January 1970. The black & white photo
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The Surrealist Sportsman’s Club david ‘dai’roll cooks off. For the past few years, Mama Liz’s in Stamford has hosted The Lincolnshire Chilli Cookoff. This year it takes place on 24 August with the winning team competing for the uK final at upton Cheyney, Gloucestershire on 31 August. The national winner will compete at the World Open Chili Championship – to use the American spelling – at the World Food Championship (WFC) in Las Vegas for the chance to win $25,000. Internationally, there are two main organisations that oversee ‘official’ chilli cookoffs. They are the Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) and the International Chili Society (ICS, founded 1967),
both of whom raise many hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity each year, and – as in boxing – each has its own world championship and both send competitors to the WFC. Preparation is everything and if you opt to make a Chilli Con Carne, choose your pork or beef (or chicken or turkey if you want to make a white chilli) well and check the rules to see if you are allowed to marinate. If you’re going for the non-Carne option, lentils or beans may be the best choice. Most important though are the chilli peppers and spices…
Opinions differ as to whether a chilli should contain either beans or tomatoes (though many contend that a true Texan chilli has no vegetables except chilli peppers). Options for toppings include grated cheese, chopped onion or sour cream, while accompaniments of corn chips, cornbread or tortillas are usual. A chilli may also be served over rice, especially in southeast Texas. One thing you do have to arrange for a cook-off though is something to cook your chilli on. Be it a Primus stove, disposable barbecue or whichever do make sure it is safe and follow the venue’s guidelines. If they don’t like it, don’t take it.
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Landlords across the region are hoping that May’s torrential downpour means maximum sunshine for their own summer beer festivals. Among them is Andy Simmonds, landlord of the Ploughman at Werrington Centre. Taking place on 3-6 July, the Ploughman Summer Beer Festival will offer more than 50 beers and ciders, a German barbecue and live music from the likes of The Fedz and Motor City Vipers. America’s Independence Day is being celebrated by a couple of pubs with the Palmerston arms, Woodston
offering live music and American themed food on 4 July. The iron horse ranch house (ironhorseranchhouse.co.uk) in Market Deeping goes the whole hog on 4-5 July with an American Craft Beer Festival to complement its American-themed menu. Live music comes from The Overdubs (Friday) and Rocket Dogs (Saturday). The Iron Horse will also be running a beer festival, with live music, on 1-3 August in the shape of the Raft Race Rockin’ Weekend. It’s been a year since the
White horse (thewhitehorsebaston.co.uk) – formerly The Spinning Wheel – in Baston reopened following a change of ownership and extensive refurbishment. To mark this achievement, the pub will be holding an Anniversary Beer Festival from 4-6 July. Offering 20 beers and ciders, and a barbecue, live music comes from Bianca and the Top Cats (Friday 4 July) and Steppin Back (Saturday 5 July). The 3 rd Annual Peterborough town Sports club Beer Festival
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Clockwise from left: ‘dickensian’ hip hop collective rotten Hill Gang play Peterborough Beer Festival on Thursday 21 August; Bianca and the Top Cats are at The White Horse, Baston on 4 July; The Houndogs play The Nag’s Head, Bourne on 23 August. (http://bit.ly/uMxAeO) takes place over the same weekend, 4-6 July, at Bretton Gate in Westwood. Twenty beers from local breweries will be on offer, along with food served all day and live music on Friday and Saturday. Smith’s at Bourne (www.smithsofbourne.co.uk) has two very different festivals coming up. The first on 10-13 July is a traditional beer festival with more than 20 beers, live music and a selection of ‘street’ food such as New York waffles, Moroccan tagine and German sausages. While 22-25 August
sees its Cider & Sausage Festival, which offers more than 40 real and bottled ciders, live music, children’s play area and a barbecue from Groovy Foods. Smith’s sister pub, the Prince rupert in Newark also has a Cider & Sausage Festival, running 21-25 August. the green dragon in Ryhall hosts its 2nd Annual Beer Festival over the weekend of 11-13 July. Offering eight real ales and two craft lagers, there’s live music from Self Preservation Society and a hogroast on 12 July, plus a performance by a
capella band Millstone Grit and broadcast of the World Cup Final on 13 July. the deepings beer Festival (www.deepingsbeerfest.co.uk) takes place at the Deepings RuFC ground in Deeping St James on 25 and 26 July. Along with a large selection of beers and ciders, and Pimm’s for the ladies, there’s food, live music and a fairground. the Five horseshoes, Barholm adds beer to the equation for its Beer, Cider & Sausage Festival on 8-10 August. Along with the sustenance already mentioned, Continued over
live music comes from Road Runner (Friday night), Pennyless (Saturday afternoon), BRM (Saturday night) and One Eyed Cats (Sunday afternoon). the nag’s head, Bourne is holding a Bavarian Bierfest on the evening of 16 August. Promising a night of foot stomping, thigh slapping audience participation, entertainment comes from a German Oompah Band and the £15 admission fee entitles you to a 1-litre stein of beer and a Bavarian style buffet. A week later, on August, the pub will have its Summer Beer Festival with an outside bar, serving a range of real ales and ciders. Live music comes from The Houndogs, The Rocket Dogs, The League of Mentalmen and Richard Cejer, while younger visitors are catered for with a bouncy castle, golf lessons and face painting. Tickets, priced £5, can, – like the Bavarian event – be bought in person or by calling 01778 393644, and offers a visit to the barbecue. A non-stop selection of folk, jazz and rock can be enjoyed on the green at this year’s Water newton Village Music Fest. Running from 1-7pm on 31 August, the bill includes Pennyless, The Roaring Twenties and last year’s star act, Grounded. There will be food stalls and a licensed bar, including Castor Ales’ Durobrivae – after the village’s Roman past – a 3.7% golden and ‘interestingly’ hoppy ale, which uses a secret hop. Raising funds for The Friends of St Remigius Water Newton, adult tickets are £10 (under 12s admitted free) and can be ordered by emailing events@ waternewtonvillage.co.uk
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Who to Watch… The Peterborough Beer Festival returns to the Embankment on 19-23 August. And while the quality of its beer is without question, its live entertainment has often looked like an afterthought. Not this year, however, because on top of local tribute acts including Psych-O-Bombs and Motor City Vipers are nationally recognised originals acts. These include solo act Burning Codes and, for me, the highlight of the festival, Rotten Hill Gang who play on Thursday 21 August at 9.15pm. Formed around ex-Big Audio Dynamite II (BAD II) bassist Gary Stonadge AKA Dirty White on decks and street Poet Reds, the band fuses film soundtracks and crazy beats to create ‘Dickensian’ hip hop, infused with vaudeville humour and both kinds of soul. Performances have included Stonadge’s ex-BAD boss, The Clash’s Mick Jones, and I can’t be alone in hoping he and singer Hollie Cook – daughter of Sex Pistol Paul – will be putting in an appearance at PBF.
…and Where to Wander Although Peterborough doesn’t have as many pubs as it once did, there are still plenty of gems serving a good choice of beer and cider. Taking the footbridge behind the festival site will take you to Stanground and in turn the Woolpack, North Street and the heron, Heron Court (Southfields Drive). Going south of the river, via the road bridge at the front of the festival site, takes you to charters – a barge pub, owned by Oakham Ales – and further along the suburbs of Woodston and Fletton, home to the cherry tree and Palmerston arms on Oundle Road, the Swiss cottage, Grove Street and the coalheaver’s arms, Park Street. The city centre has two Wetherspoons’ pubs but the best is the draper’s arms, Cowgate. Oakham Ales’ the brewery tap is on Westgate, while North Street has the freehouses the ostrich inn and the north Street bar (open 5pm-11pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and 3pm-4am Friday and Saturday). Venturing a little further north, an area served by the Citi 1 bus is the hand & heart on Highbury Street, Millfield, the crown on Lincoln Road, New England and in Werrington, the Ploughman, Staniland Way and the dragon, Hodgson Avenue.
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Commemorations for the 150th anniversary of the death of John Clare continue with the exhibition unearthed at the John Clare Cottage in Helpston until 29 September (check www.clarecottage.org for opening times), then at Northampton Museum (7 October-2 November) and Peterborough Museum (7 November-30 November). Congratulations (belated from earlier in the year) to Poppy Kleiser who is the new Fenland Poet Laureate and Bill Taylor, the new Stamford Poet Laureate. With the current funding problems at the John Clare Cottage in Helpston, we wonder if there will be a Poet Laureate of Peterborough competition this year. This 9th TS Eliot Festival takes place over the weekend of 5-6 July at Little Gidding (just down the A1, south-west of Sawtry). Special guests including poet Ruth Padel. For more information, visit www.eliotsociety.org.uk The annual John Clare Festival will be held in
Helpston over the weekend of 11-13 July with talks, guided walks, poetry reading, folk music and dance. Full details are available from johnclaresociety.blogspot.co.uk On Saturday 12 July Eva Dolan will be talking about her first crime novel (published by Random House, home of such writers as Jo Nesbo and Fred Vargas), Long Way Home, at Peterborough Central Library. This is to be the first in a series of books featuring Detectives Zigic and Ferreira and is set in Peterborough. The talk starts at 2pm and tickets cost £3 (£2 cons), available from the library or Waterstones on Bridge Street. An Art Auction is to be held at St John the Baptist Church (just off Cathedral Square in Peterborough) on Saturday 12 July, selling works created by Garth Bayley during his residency at the church. I’m mentioning it here because among the entertainment are two poets, including current Poet Laureate of Peterborough, Pete Irving.
the cardinal’s calendar 1 July/5 August - Poets united meet at the PCVS building on Lincoln Road (opposite Geneva Bar). usually they have a loose theme for poems for the first half of the evening and then general readings for the second. For details ring Viv on 01733 340560. 16 July/13 August - Pint of Poetry, dash of drama @ Charter’s. Starts 8pm, be there early if you want to read. 23 July/20 August - the Poetry Factory offers support and constructive criticism, and is held at the PCVS building. For information, ring Pete Irving on 01733 890537. 23 July/20 August - Fen Speak is a new poetry night, alternating between the Fenland Museum, Wisbech (July) and the Babylon Gallery, Ely (August). Visit www.adec.org.uk for more details.
Author Eva dolan is at the Central Library on 12 July.
The evening starts at 7.30pm and other entertainment includes a talk on buying art by Dawn Birch-James and soloists from Peterborough Opera. The auction itself will be conducted by David Palmer. Tickets for the evening cost £12 (which includes canapés and wine) and can be bought from the Visitor Information Centre on Bridge Street. Stamford’s own Pint of Poetry night will be held at the wonderful Browne’s Hospital on Broad Street on 30 July from 8pm, as part of the WWI commemorations. It will return to its usual home, the Cellar Bar at the Arts Centre, on 27 August. Punky/folk-rockers Blyth Power will be holding their annual festival (The Ashes) at The Plough Inn, Farcet Fen (for the fourth time) over the weekend of 22-25 August. Along with many bands, they also have poets and spoken word acts, including Project Adorno and R’n’B’s own Simon Stabler. The price for the whole weekend is £25. To find out more, go to www.blythpower.co.uk/ashes
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10th July - Cocktail masterclass Enjoy tuition from a master mixologist to teach you to make a selection of cocktails. ÂŁ20 a ticket includes a glass of bubbles, snacks and four cocktails. Booking required.
live music 9th August - Pennyless s 30th August - Bodgers Mate Open Mic night every Wednesday evening, all welcome Quiz night, 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month
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1 July Open Mic, The Dragon, Werrington
2 July Open Mic, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Borderland Brawlers Quiz, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (7pm) 3 July Red Lionz, North St Bar, Peterborough (Courtyard, 9pm) Acoustic Open Mic, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (8pm) 4 July Pennyless, The Ship Inn, Surfleet Alan’s Jam, Pig n Falcon, St Neots The Overdubs, Iron Horse, Market Deeping CJ Hatt Duo, Heron, Stanground On The Ceiling, The Dragon, Werrington The Fedz, The Ploughman, Werrington Independence Day Party, The Palmerston Arms, Woodston Commitments, London Inn, Stamford Jessies Ghost, North St, Peterborough (11pm) Restless, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (8.30pm) Blackout uK, The Crown, Peterborough Frankly My Dear, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough 5 July Pennyless, Tallington Lakes (5pm) Pennyless, The Mason’s Arms, Bourne (9pm) Eddie Manson, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Rocket Dogs, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Ramshackle Serenade/ Ryan Casbon, Heron, Stanground The Guards, The Dragon, Werrington Motor City Vipers, The Ploughman, Werrington Blackout uK, London Inn, Stamford Eclectic Ballroom (DJ), North St Bar, Peterborough (10pm) Albino, Charters, Peterborough (9.30pm) Black Marias / One Nation / Final Threat / Damaged, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (8.30pm) Race Night, The Crown, Peterborough Radius 45, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 6 July Ramshackle Serenade, Waterton Arms, Deeping St James Afternoon Acoustic, Pig n Falcon, St Neots (4pm) The Nuggeteers, The Ploughman, Werrington The High Rollers, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm) Claude Domino & Friends Mama Liz’s, Stamford (4pm) Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Bon Rogers acoustic, The Crown, Peterborough Quiz Night, The Crown, Peterborough Open Mic Night, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough (6pm) 7 July Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough 9 July Open Mic, Pig n Falcon, St Neots 10 July Open Mic Night, The Crown, Peterborough
11 July Pennyless, The Millstone Inn, Stamford up & Atom, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Rattleshack/Thy Last Drop, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Slide to Open, Heron, Stanground The Mistreated, The Dragon, Werrington Hooker, The Ploughman, Werrington CJ Hatt, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) On Dis Ting (Drum N Bass) Mama Liz’s, Stamford (9pm) Porky Pig, The Crown, Peterborough Beat’s Working, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough
12 July 3 Days of Freedom, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Mainstreet, The Dragon, Werrington Circa ‘73, The Ploughman, Werrington Detourz, London Inn, Stamford Zack Zoot, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Pimpsoul DJ’s Party Mama Liz’s, Stamford (9pm) Self Preservation Society, Green Dragon, Ryhall The Expletives, The Crown, Peterborough Grumpy Old Men, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 13 July Pennyless, Smiths, Bourne (3pm)
the Palmerston arms “oundle Road’s Permanent Beer Festival”
4th July – Independence Day Party Live Music and American Themed Food Ukulele Night (Every Thursday) See our band and join in. Vinyl Night (Check Facebook for dates) Bring your favourite record along. Quiz Night (Every Sunday) Cash and Beer Prizes 82 Oundle Road, Peterborough PE2 9PA Tel: 01733 565865 o p e n i n g t i m e s : Monday - Thursday 15.00 - 00.00 Friday and Saturday 12.00 - 00.00 Sunday 12.00 - 23.00
Blues, Swing & Jazz, Pig n Falcon, St Neots (4pm) One Eyed Cats/BBQ, Five Horseshoes Barholm The Dizzy Miss Lizzy’s, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm) Sunday Acoustic Session Mama Liz’s, Stamford (4pm) Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Millstone Grit, Green Dragon, Ryhall Andy Hughes acoustic, The Crown, Peterborough Quiz Night, The Crown, Peterborough 14 July Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough 16 July Open Mic, Pig n Falcon, St Neots 17 July Acoustic Showcase, North St Bar, Peterborough (9pm) 18 July Pennyless, Deepings School (7pm) Alan’s Jam, Pig n Falcon, St Neots CJ Hatt Trio, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Monteray Ghost, Heron, Stanground White Spirit, The Dragon, Werrington The Guards, The Ploughman, Werrington Jimmy & Pepp, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Proud Mary, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (8.30pm) Tallawah, The Crown, Peterborough 19 July Beer Belly, Pig n Falcon, St Neots The Influence, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Easiersaid, The Dragon, Werrington Eleni Demetriou, Railway, Oakham Otis & Jules (DJ Set), North St Bar, Peterborough (10pm) DJ Pat unwin, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (9pm) Musical Showcase, The Crown, Peterborough Vintage Stuff, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 20 July Children of the Rev/BBQ, Five Horseshoes, Barholm Afternoon Acoustic, Pig n Falcon, St Neots (4pm) Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Children of the Revolution (3-6pm) + BBQ (12-6) Blackout uK & guests, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm) Sunday Acoustic Session Mama Liz’s, Stamford (4pm) Musical Showcase, The Crown, Peterborough Quiz Night, The Crown, Peterborough Jazz Jam, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough (7pm) 21 July Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough 22 July Peterborough Morris Men, The Crown, Peterborough 25 July Tom & Pete, Pig n Falcon, St Neots The Brays, Iron Horse, Market Deeping The Lazoons, Heron, Stanground Leon, The Ploughman, Werrington Sensational Soul Band, London Inn, Stamford The High Rollers, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) DJ Mad Scatter, Mama Liz’s, Stamford The Limit, The Crown, Peterborough The Guards, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough One Eyed Cats, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough (10pm)
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26 July Pennyless, The Straw Bear, Whittlesey Captain Obvious, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Mighty Mouth Trev, The Dragon, Werrington The 707, The Ploughman, Werrington Family Open Mic, Railway, Oakham (12-5) Gina Baker, Railway, Oakham (9-11) uK Gangsters, London Inn, Stamford The Tunnel, Green Man, Stamford Last Broadcast Mama Liz’s, Stamford Mistreated, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor The Deltaphonics, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Paul Lake, The Crown, Peterborough The Tunnel, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough VIVA (The Big Pay Back), The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 27 July Blues, Swing & Jazz, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Latino Sound, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm) Sunday Acoustic Session Mama Liz’s, Stamford (4pm) Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Meg McPartlin acoustic, The Crown, Peterborough Quiz Night, The Crown, Peterborough 28 July WWI Anniversary night, The Crown, Peterborough 30 July Open Mic, Pig n Falcon, St Neots Leon Hendrix, Mama Liz’s, Stamford 31 July Mark Gardener (ex-Ride) Mama Liz’s, Stamford (7.30pm) 1 august Chris Lockey, Heron, Stanground Circa ‘73, The Dragon, Werrington Acoustic Jam, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) DJ Pat Voodoo, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (9pm) Gangsters, The Crown, Peterborough Cold Red, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough
Borderland Brawlers Quiz, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (7pm) Midweek Madness, The Crown, Peterborough 7 august Red Lionz, North St Bar, Peterborough (Courtyard, 9pm) Acoustic Open Mic, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (8pm) 8 august Frankly My Dear, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Zak Zoot Gray, Heron, Stanground Twenty 4, The Dragon, Werrington The Rainmen, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Loose Rocket, Green Man, Stamford On Dis Ting (Drum N Bass), Mama Liz’s, Stamford Zeb Rootz, The Crown, Peterborough White Spirit, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough 9 august Be Bop a Lulas, Cock Inn, Werrington The Mollgrips, The Dragon, Werrington Pennyless, The Five Horseshoes, Barholm (2pm) Pennyless, The Three Crowns, Oakham (7.30pm) Chris King Robinson Band, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Velocity, London Inn, Stamford Agi Jarocka, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) The Gangsters, Green Man, Stamford Sound Injectors, The Crown, Peterborough Skullduggery, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 10 august Be Bop a Lulas, Swis Cottage, Woodston Joe Solo, The Crown, Peterborough One Eyed Cats/BBQ, Five Horseshoes, Barholm
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2 august Porky Pig, The Dragon, Werrington Copperhead, Railway, Oakham Zeb Rootz, London Inn, Stamford Eclectic Ballroom (DJ), North St Bar, Peterborough (10pm) Pimpsoul Leaving Party, Mama Liz’s, Stamford Classical Reflection, The Crown, Peterborough The Limit, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 3 august Music & Mayhem, Five Horseshoes, Barholm The Gangsters, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm) Sunday Acoustic Session, Mama Liz’s, Stamford (4pm) Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) James Edmonds acoustic, The Crown, Peterborough Open Mic Night, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough (6pm) 4 august Charters unplugged, Charters, Peterborough (8pm) Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough 5 august Open Mic, The Dragon, Werrington 6 august
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11 august Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough
Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Stacey acoustic, The Crown, Peterborough Quiz Night, The Crown, Peterborough Jazz Jam, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough
13 august Midweek Madness, The Crown, Peterborough
18 august Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough
14 august Open Mic Night, The Crown, Peterborough
19 august Open Mic Night, Peterborough Beer Festival (7pm)
15 august Grumpy old men, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Velocity, Heron, Stanground The Veltones, The Dragon, Werrington One Eyed Cats, The Ploughman, Werrington Shane Poole, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) The Fleeting Minds/Our Glorious Demonic Heist, North St Bar, Peterborough (Courtyard Room, 10pm) The Rocket Dogs, The Crown, Peterborough
20 august Rocket Dogs, Peterborough Beer Festival (8pm/9.30pm) Midweek Madness, The Crown, Peterborough
Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Quiz Night, The Crown, Peterborough
16 august Joe Solo, Swiss Cottage, Woodston Bavarian Bier Keller Night, Nag’s Head, Bourne Lizzy on the Loose, Iron Horse, Market Deeping Bee Bop A Loo Las, Heron, Stanground (6pm) The 707, The Dragon, Werrington One Eyed Cats, London Inn, Stamford Otis & Jules (DJ Set), North St Bar, Peterborough (10pm) The Chris King Robinson Band, Prince of Wales, Castor Tribal Misfits, The Crown, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 17 august The Chris Cooper Band, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm)
21 august Opaque, Peterborough Beer Festival (7.30pm) Burning Codes, Peterborough Beer Festival (9.15pm) 22 august The Bon Jovi Experience, Bourne Corn Exchange Chris Ogden & Martin Jewkes, North St Bar, Peterborough Palmy ukulele Band, Peterborough Beer Festival (4pm) Psych-O-Bombs, Peterborough Beer Festival (7.30pm) Rotten Hill Gang, Peterborough Beer Festival (9.15pm) New Generation Crash & Burn, The Crown, Peterborough 23 august Pennyless, The Mason’s Arms, Bourne Tom & Pete Acoustic, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Tribal Misfits, Peterborough Beer Festival (2pm) Closed Circuit, Peterborough Beer Festival (3pm) Lexie Green, Peterborough Beer Festival (4pm) Tin Pigeons, Peterborough Beer Festival (5pm) Tom Wright, Peterborough Beer Festival (7pm) Motor City Vipers, Peterborough Beer Festival (9pm)
24 august Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) Dave Smith (CotR) acoustic, The Crown, Peterborough Mod Scooter Show, Charters, Peterborough up & Atom, Royal Oak, Swayfield
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25 august Porky Pig, Green Man, Stamford DJ Fez Summer Hits, The Crown, Peterborough Real Ale Club, The Crown, Peterborough 27 august 27 Midweek Madness, The Crown, Peterborough 29 august Tom Wright Band, Iron Horse, Market Deeping The Junk Puppets, Heron, Stanground Children Of The Revolution, The Dragon, Werrington Smartees, London Inn, Stamford Shake Hands Eric, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Jimmy Doherty, Charters, Peterborough (10pm) Rock Out, The Crown, Peterborough Band 707, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough 30 august Iron Fist 80s Night, Iron Horse, Market Deeping A Night of Queen, Stamford Corn Exchange The Straights, Railway, Oakham Mighty Mouth Trev, The Dragon, Werrington Fascination, The Ploughman, Werrington Leon, London Inn, Stamford The Mojo Slide, North St Bar, Peterborough (11pm) Go With The Flow, The Crown, Peterborough Psych-o-Bombs, The Ostrich Inn, Peterborough Saturday Night Brew, The Brewery Tap, Peterborough 31 august Overdubs, London Inn, Stamford Tallawah Reggae Band, Charters, Peterborough (2.30pm) Quiz, Prince of Wales Feathers, Castor (9pm) James Doherty, The Crown, Peterborough
rhythm & booze, issue 26 - July/august 2014
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Formed around the acoustic guitar of Les Woods, violinist Penny Stevens and multi-instrumentalist Graham Dale, folk group Pennlyess have a very distinctive sound. And while previous album, Tales from the Tulgey Wood, had a smattering of electric guitar-boosted psychedelia, their latest long-player is a much quieter affair. Although a little too pastoral for my liking, I’m still taken by the haunting beauty of Stevens’ voice but the stand out track has to be the Woods-led Motley Crew. A piratethemed sing along, it’s catchier than whatever else this ‘scurvy bunch of knaves’ is inflicted with. brew britannia: the Strange rebirth of british beer By Jessica Boak & Ray Bailey, Aurum Press, softback, £12.99 Whatever your views on CAMRA – the Campaign for Real Ale, it is safe to say that without their campaigning, cask conditioned beer would be – at the very best – a rarity today. Starting off as a tongue in cheek drinking circle – hence the anachronistic word ‘ale’ in its name – unhappy with the dominance of the big brewers and their keg bitter, a growing, firebrand membership helped turn it into ‘the largest single-issue consumer group in the uK.’ This book tells of the history of the
organisation, its victories and how it inspired independent brewers and bigger concerns alike to produce barrels of beer with bags of flavour. We also meet the new wave of brewing, the ‘craft brewers’ who produce something out of the ordinary, overloaded with hops and other ingredients not normally found in beer. Perversely, many of these firms prefer to keg their beer, delivering it cold with the aid of carbon dioxide. These brewers say that it’s their products that are introducing younger drinkers to something different to mass-produced bland lagers but cask beer is just as popular among that same age group. With so many ‘style gurus’ drinking it these days – no doubt from dimpled tankards in bars charging more than £5 a pint – it appears that the sandals and beards synonymous with real ale are now, in some circles, being worn ironically.
INdePeNdeNCe PARtY 4th-5th July - live music from the overdubs (4th) and Rocket dogs (5th) with a mini American Craft Beer Festival
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Live Music and Barbecues
One Eyed Cats - 12th July (2-6pm) • Children of the Revolution - 20th July (3-6pm)
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Pub Quiz
First Wednesday in the month Starts 8:30pm Teams of Four • Cash prizes