News & Features

The following changes were reported at the August Branch Meeting.

• The Gardeners Arms in Timperley has re-opened.

• Two Sam Smiths pubs, the Windmill in Carrington and the Red Brook in Partington are both s boarded up and the car park entrance blocked.  

• The Imbibe in Urmston is still being refurbished 

• The Num6er in Sale is all keg

• Greene King have opened the Bramley Farm, a new Harvester style pub on Sinderland Road in Broadheath

• The Fox and Hounds in Flixton has cask ales.

• The Old Plough in Ashton on Mersey offers a Hydes Loyalty card, with 10% discount, to those over 60 years of age.

• Also  in Ashton on Mersey the Buck has a loyalty card whereby the 8th pint is free.

•  Marble Beer House in Chorlton has been sold and is now operating as the “Beer House”. It continues to sell Marble beers and has the same manager as previously.

• The Three Legs of Man in Hulme and the Temple Inn in Sale are not selling real ale.

• Co-op and M&S are promoting “local” beers including some bottle conditioned examples.

If you have any pub news please e-mail it to pubnews <at> thcamra.org.uk

The 24th of July saw the inaugural branch midweek trip to an out of town destination namely Chorley.

Of course midweek trips had been a regular thing for some time but this one was more inclusive to all members of the branch, members whose circumstances meant an afternoon trip on a weekday was possible. 

A good half dozen of us turned up and all managed to be on the same train but wouldn’t you know it after weeks of unbroken sunshine the rains finally came and we were met at our destination with a light drizzle, no matter the pubs we visited were all within a short walk of the station.

Passing various places we would be gracing with our presence later we homed in on the Bob Inn guided by Bev who had been on the previous ladies day trip, after claiming not to remember where it was she soon picked up the scent and zoomed straight there.

In Timperley. The Gardners Arms has recently closed, and looks unlikely to re-open in the short term. The Stone Masons is also closed, but Altrincham Today reports it is to be taken over by the landlord of the Firbank Pub & Kitchen, Wythenshawe who hopes to re-open it late August.

A planning request to change the Bay Malton, Oldfield Brow into residentional property has been submitted. T&H Camra and the local residents group have sumitted objections.

In Altrincham the Belgian Bar has stopped selling real ale on hand pump. The Barrington has been undergoing internal and external refurbishment. The signs have been replaced but no indication of if or when it will re-open as a Pub

Pub tours of Altrincham designed by John Schofield are to commence in July at £10 a head

The Fox and Hounds in Flixton has new management, it is reported that they have experience of running a pub at the Fox and Goose in Manchester.

The Chadwick and Imbibe in Urmston are both still shut, and the Assembly also of Urmston has no Cask yet.

The Beech in Chorlton Green appears to be serving a lot of Timothy Taylors beers at the expense of guests.

Cask and Kiln in Chorlton are offering a 20% discount on ales, ‘half and half’ nights are rumoured to be happening in the future.

The Windmill Inn, Carrington is also closed an boarded-up.

If you have any pub news please e-mail it to pubnews <at> thcamra.org.uk

Manchester Beer Week is Manchester's city wide beer festival.

The event runs from 29th June to 8th July.

There are events taking place across the city with lots happening in the Trafford & Hulme area.

The full list can be seen at www.mcrbeerweek.co.uk/events but we have collated all the events happening in the Trafford & Hulme branch area (correct at time of publication).: