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OLD N 7 Market Hill, Barnsley This year’s Barnsley CAMRA Winter Pub of the Season award has been made to the Old No7 in Barnsley. Situated in the heart of the town centre the pub has been a Mecca for real ale fans since opening in 2011. The pub was saved by Dave Hughes, owner of the local Acorn Brewery and his business partner Michael Thorpe. Since opening, the pub has transformed the real ale scene in Barnsley. The Old No7 attracts drinkers from across the country and is a popular watering hole for visiting football fans. Two bars offer a range of up to eight real ales from Acorn and other micro breweries and a choice of real ciders and perry, there is also a wide range of continental bottled beers and lagers. The upstairs bar is open each day whilst the downstairs bar opens on Friday and Saturday evenings. The pub also hosts a weekly quiz on Wednesdays, plus regular music and themed nights including a monthly Celtic music session. The downstairs room is available for functions, meetings etc. The success of the Old No7 is down to the hard work of licensees Stuart and Carol Thompson and all of their fantastic and dedicated staff. Everyone involved with the pub works tirelessly to ensure that the pub is warm and welcoming and the beer is always in tip top condition. On hearing the good news Stuart and the staff were over the moon. ‘It’s an honour to get this award from CAMRA and we are really thankful to the staff for their invaluable hard work and knowledge in helping to achieve this. We’d also like to thank the customers for making Carol and I feel so welcome.’ Barnsley CAMRA will be holding a presentation evening starting from 8pm on Wednesday 17th January. Yes, quiz night. The presentation will be made in the short interval during the quiz at around 9pm (before the sandwiches come out). So why not come along and celebrate this fantastic real ale pub.
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Well Barnsley seems to be the micro pub capital of the world, (no proof of this what-so-ever by the way). As we go to print we have two more applications for micro pubs being submitted to the council, one at Gateway Plaza, Sackville Street, Barnsley and a second on Midland Road, Royston. Recent applications granted are one on Smithy House, Sheffield Road, Oxspring (a garage extension required) and Old Co-op, Darton (opened November).
and Managing Director Dave Hughes and Business Development Director Christy Winfield, were married on 3rd September. Of course the health and happiness of the bride and groom was toasted with a pint of Barnsley Bitter – what else!! Dave and Christy then went on to honeymoon in the Maldives – Don’t think any Barnsley Bitter was had though!!
Also sharing the brewery is Grumpys Ales, these beers can be found at the Old Co-Op Alehouse - Home of Grumpy.
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The Jolly Boys’ Tap in Wakefield is a huge hit with real ale drinkers, and now they are off Old Co-op Alehouse to please So we have micro pubs in the cider Barnsley, Goldthorpe, drinkers too Wombwell, Bolton-on-Dearne, by trying Hoyland, Hoyland Common, their hand at Mapplewell, Elsecar, Darton. cider Head Brewer Steve Bunting has production. The apple scratter With the above this could see started brewing The 15th Noel. pictured above is making a 13 micro pubs in the Barnsley This year the beautiful rich dark decent job of shredding those area in early 2018. Fantastic. The Rusty Dudley, Goldthorpe ale will be 6.2%abv apples. is purporting to have installed a Acorn are launching a brand The odd seasonal change of new Decades Series of beers real ale in the last month. beer may applier over winter but celebrating five incredible eras The Corner Pocket Snooker watch out for Jolly Collier Stout, of music, and they want YOU to and Porter as well as the Club at Hoyle Mill has two name them! Acorn Brewery beers on offer Golden Best and Jolly Blonde. They're starting with a and is open to non members. Geeves The Star at Hoyland Common throwback to the 50's - To enter The cold is again offering Acorn Barnsley on Facebook or Twitter name weather is the beer but use Bitter, a recent visit I found the here and #acornbrewerydecades50s to beer to be absolutely cracking. Geeves The Old Town Hall (The Crafty validate your entry. Tag your Brewery Tap) in Wombwell has refriends too. team are introduced real ale to the bar. 2 Roses ready to keep Up to three real ales available. A couple of new beers from the you warm The Trades Club, new team are now out, with the fabulous Naughty Elf a Racecommon Road, Barnsley is Nailmaker is a wonderful warming Strong & Fruity also purporting to have added chocolaty 4.3% Porter and Fall Christmas Ale at 6.8% abv two real ales back onto the bar. an Autumn Bitter also at 4.3%, If this is a little on the strong The Quasimodo's in Barnsley these and the regulars have side, then the substitute is closed in September. been in many of the micro pubs surely the 4.5% abv decisively Acorn Brewery in Barnsley and further afield, smooth Oat Stout Oaty We’re pleased to announce that the other beers being Sprocket McOatface. two directors of the brewery 'HFNFKDLU 0RVDLF have ‘tied the knot’. Founder 4 & Chinook 4%
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Wortley Men’s Club For this club scene article we visit Barnsley’s current Club of the Year, the Wortley Men’s Club. The club has been a firm favourite with Barnsley CAMRA members for a number of years and during that time has won awards at branch, regional and national levels. The club has recently been awarded the Yorkshire Regional CAMRA Club of the Year for five consecutive years, a fantastic achievement and one of which both the club members and CAMRA branch members are extremely proud! The club was originally the estate library of the nearby Wortley Hall and became a club when locals during WW2 were fed up of military men camped at Wortley Hall and wanted a drinking establishment for the people of the village. The club is situated in the heart of the pretty village of Wortley, surrounded by open countryside and close to all the local amenities and attractions. The opulent interior has ornate ceilings, a small bar area, plush lounge and large games room. Over recent years the club has held a hugely successful Beer Festival in July featuring music and food stalls and a huge selection of cask ales from around the region. The club hosts other events throughout the year such as a Harvest Festival, Halloween night and most recently Mr Fox, Night of the Hunters Moon. The club offers the discerning cask ale fan a great choice. The three cask ales are often sourced from local and regional breweries and a guest draught cider is always available. The club also offers CAMRA members a discount on cask ale. All this success is down to the fantastic stewards Nigel and Teresa Pickering who along with the great bar staff and with great support from the passionate committee have put the club on the map as one of the finest cask ale clubs in the country! So if you are in the area and fancy a pint of superb cask ale give the Wortley Men’s Club a visit you won’t be disappointed.
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Sheffield's Real Heritage Pubs: Pub Interiors of Historic Interest
www.sheffieldcamra.org.uk/rhp This new publication, the first Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) book about Heritage Pubs in Sheffield, is available as a free download. Edited by Sheffield and District CAMRA, Pub Heritage Officer, Dave Pickersgill, this ground-breaking document is the first attempt to create a snapshot of the Sheffield Pub Heritage picture. Paul Ainsworth, Chair of the CAMRA National Pub Heritage Group: "Over the past 25 years, CAMRA has developed its national and regional inventories of historic pub interiors. These highlight the crème de la crème of interiors which have either escaped much alteration for many years or contain features of exceptional interest. We have, though, been aware that below these top tiers can be found a host of interiors which, whilst much changed, still offer a great deal worth seeing. The pioneering work carried out in Sheffield to locate and record these pubs has been an inspiring exercise. It enables compilation of this publication portraying the rich tapestry of Sheffield's pubs from the nationally important to those where what remains, may be fragments, but is nevertheless to be cherished. A bonus, of course, is that many of these pubs sell great real ale. We hope this guide is the first of many." Included in the 81 pages are over 30,000 words, over 300 images and detailed comment on all the 22 Sheffield pubs listed on the CAMRA Pub Heritage website. Also documented are both local pubs with some historical interest and many fragments of our historical brewery and pub heritage. The book is freely available from the Sheffield CAMRA website. Grateful thanks are given to numerous individuals, the National CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and Sheffield Archives: the latter for providing access to unique historic documentation. :HOFRPH ,QVLGH %DUQVOH\ &$05$·V %$5 3DJH
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knowledgeable staff. The pub has a pool table and there are tables and a cycle rack in front, and a rear patio with a covered smokers' area. Open noon to 1am Saturday. Tel: (020) 8560 4570
Park Royal, but now among new housing, hotels and student accommodation. BBC rehearsal rooms were next door and are reflected in historic photos in the Laurence bar. The pub can be quiet during Mace the day and at weekends. Seating areas Barnsley FC's next nine away Sat 23rd Dec: Fulham surround the island bar, and there games are using pubs featured in The Durell Arms, 704 Fulham Rd is a family room and a paved the brand new CAMRA 2018 SW6 5SB. This spacious Greene garden. Fuller's London Pride Good Beer Guide. King Metropolitan corner pub has plus two changing beers are all Get your copy for Christmas! an L-shaped drinking area, and sourced locally. large rear room with mouldings Open 10.30am to 11pm Saturday. Tues 28th Nov: Reading and mirrors giving an air of Tel: (020) 8992 2027 One of Reading's quirkiest pubs, Victorian decadence. There is a the Alehouse, 2 Broad Street big screen for sporting events. Sat 17th Feb: Hull City RG1 2BH, always leaves an Attractive local ales complement The Whalebone, 165 Wincolmlee impression on visitors. As a Greene King and national guest HU2 0PA, has been local CAMRA champion of microbreweries, both beers, and it is busy on Sundays City Pub of the Year for the last from local and from further afield, for the excellent roast. three years and 2016 Cider Pub rare and unusual ales are Open noon to 1am Saturday. of the Year, and is a rare gem frequently found on the pumps. Tel: (020) 7736 3014. sited within the old Greenland Often busy around the bar area, Web: durellarmsfulham.com whaling trading area. those wishing for a more peaceful Continuously licensed since 1791, drink can take advantage of the Mon 1st Jan 2018: Sunderland the current building dates from secluded cubbyholes at the back The Harbour View, Roker SR6 1890 though much altered of the pub. 0NU, is a modern local pub with internally. A genuine free house Open 11am to 11pm Tuesdays. six handpumps offering regularly since 2002, seven real ales, six Tel: (0118) 950 8119. changing beers chosen by local ciders/perry plus continental Web: the-alehouse-reading.co.uk CAMRA members. A blackboard draught and bottled beers are proudly displays the brewer, served in a comfortable saloon Sat 2nd Dec: Bolton name of ales and ABV, along with bar. Photos celebrating the city's Wanderers (Horwich) a tally of beers to date from 1st sporting heritage and bygone Hull The Brewery Bar, Hampson January. The aim is to offer in pubs adorn the walls. An old Street, BL6 7JH is an upstairs bar excess of 600 ales a year. illuminated M&R brewery sign serving seven changing cask Open 10.30am to 11.30 Mondays, hangs outside. beers from the award-winning but note, this is a bank holiday. Open noon to midnight Saturday Blackedge Brewery plus a range Tel: (0191) 567 3878 Tel (07506) 868461. of real ciders. Converted from former industrial premises and Sat 20th Jan: Aston Villa Sat 24th Feb: Birmingham City retaining some original features, The Eagle & Ball, Gopsal Street, The Woodman, New Canal comfortable settees and barrel B4 7RJ, was built in the 1840s Street B5 5LG, environmentally tables with stools are spread and opened as a back-street friendly and recently refurbished, throughout a large drinking area. public house sometime in the is Grade II listed and on The brewery is visible downstairs 1850s. Originally one of the first CAMRA'S National Inventory of through large glass windows as Ansells pubs in Birmingham it Historic Pub Interiors. It has a red you enter. promised the local residents good bricked tile and terracotta exterior, On Saturday match days the pub ales, good times and an array of with an L-shaped bar tiled above opens at midday to 11pm. musical entertainment. Now a a wooden dado. A tiled lobby on Tel: (01204) 692976 Grade II listed building it has been Albert Street leads to a small lovingly restored and incorporated attractive drinking area, with a Sat 16th Dec: Brentford into the new Birmingham City hatch to the servery, as well as a The Magpie and Crown, 128 University building. real fire. The third plain room on High Street TW8 8EW, is a Open noon to 11.30pm Saturday. the left now makes for a pleasant traditional Brewers' Tudor free Tel: (0121) 331 7777 dividing area. Good food is house detailing its six cask ales, Web: eagleandball.co.uk served daily. one cider and one perry on a Open noon to midnight Saturday. chalkboard. The range includes Sat 3rd Feb: Queens Park Tel: (0121) 643 4960. one golden, one dark and one Rangers Get your copy of the CAMRA bitter, usually from Manchester, The Castle, 140 Victoria Road, GOOD BEER GUIDE 2018 Yorkshire and London breweries, W3 6UL, is a 1938 Fuller's pub Now at shop.camra.org.uk and served by enthusiastic and built for industrial North Acton and
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Elsecar Heritage Railway and Barnsley CAMRA
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4th - 7th May 2018 100+Cool Real Ales // 20+Ciders Craft Beers on Tap and Cap
FREE ADMISSION Sponsorship Available barnsleycamra.org.uk/sponsor Festival Subject to Approval
Thank go to Rotherham CAMRA for arranging the 2017 Wentworth Cup Challenge. Rotherham were winners of the cup in 2016 with what we can only describe as “Welly Wanging Golf” at the Crown Inn, Elsecar, so it was their turn to choose the sport and venue this year. The fantastic Cutlers Arms in Rotherham was the venue offering a great range of Chantry Brewery beers. The sport, skittles. Stephen Burns presenting the cup to Barnsley were a couple of players down but up stepped a couple of Andrew Taylor Rotherham members who played very well on our behalf. The game was close throughout and Barnsley managed to win. And so the Wentworth Cup is now back with Barnsley CAMRA. Join us in 2018 and help us retain the cup…
Thank you to J.D.Wetherspoons Barnsley CAMRA would also like to thank the management and staff at both the Silkstone Inn and Joseph Bramah in Barnsley for inviting us round for the launch of their Beer festival in October. The launch was also a great opportunity to not just try a beer of two from the festival offerings but to raise money for J.D.Wetherspoons charity CLIC Sargent and Barnsley CAMRA’s Local Good Cause The Barnsley War Memorials' Project. (BWMP) We also managed to recruit five new CAMRA members on the day too. More on how Barnsley fundraising has gone throughout the year in the Spring edition of the BAR due out around 6th March 2018.
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Thanks to the following outlets for offering discounts to members
Maison Du Bière - Elsecar (Heritage Centre) Wortley Men’s Club - Wortley The Keys - Hoyland Common Joseph Bramah - Barnsley Silkstone Inn - Barnsley Horseshoe - Wombwell Tap & Brew - Hoyland Common For details of discounts visit the pub/club/shop or www.barnsleycamra.org.uk/local-discounts Subject to change and cancellation at any time
So you’re now a CAMRA member – a member of the largest and most successful single-issue consumer group in the country. Welcome! • Around 35 new members joined CAMRA at this year’s Elsecar by the Sea Beer and Cider Festival. • Since the start of this year 65 people have joined the Barnsley branch of CAMRA.
Having accurate and up to date information helps to better promote pubs. • Attend a meeting or a social. We’re a friendly bunch – see page 26 for what’s going on, and remember if you haven’t attended a meeting or social before, our treasurer will buy you a pint! • Volunteer for our next Beer and Cider Festival next year at the Elsecar Heritage Railway or other festivals in Doncaster, Rotherham, Wakefield and Sheffield as well as the Great British Beer Festival in London. It’s fun and addictive!
By now you will have received your pack containing your membership card and Wetherspoon vouchers. Now it’s time to think on, not just about the financial benefits to you Fewer than 5% of CAMRA members are but what you can do to help the campaign. Here actively involved in the campaign, so please do are just a few examples. your bit! Remember, every little helps. • Remain a member and move to direct debit if David Walker: you’re not already on it. Subscription income is Barnsley CAMRA Membership Secretary vital to the success of the campaign. membership@barnsleycamra.org.uk • Promote real ale. CAMRA has over 190,000 members who, by talking enthusiastically to Adapted from an original article by Lyn Sharpe friends, family and colleagues, can encourage of Potteries Branch. Lyn is CAMRA Campaigner them to discover the delights of real ale, cider of the Year 2017 and perry. • Recruit a new member. The larger our CAMRA BRANCH AGM membership, the more “clout” we have, so let’s Saturday 17th February 2018 try to get to 200,000 and beyond. Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the • Update the survey details for your local on Concervative Club, Pitt Street, Barnsley. All members CAMRA’s website WhatPub (whatpub.com) welcome. Come along and have your say. Starts 12.30pm
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CAMRA LocAle - the accreditation scheme to promote pubs and clubs that sell locally-brewed real ale, reducing the number of ‘beer miles’ and supporting your local breweries. Listed below are pubs and clubs in the Barnsley area. These outlets should regularly serve at least one real ale that is 20 miles or less from the brewery to the bar. Anglers Rest - Wombwell Arcade Alehouse - Barnsley Ardsley Oaks Club - Ardsley Blacksmiths Arms - Millhouse Green Bridge Inn - Thurgoland Cawthorne Club - Cawthorne Cherry Tree - High Hoyland Cock Inn - Birdwell Commercial - Barnsley Comrades Club - Cawthorne Conservative Club - Barnsley Crystal Palace - Thurlstone Crown & Anchor - Barugh Green Crown Inn - Elsecar Dearne Tap - Bolton on Dearne Dog and Partridge - Hazlehead Fitzwilliam Arms - Elsecar Furnace Inn - Hoyland Fox and Hounds - Shafton Fox House Inn - Carlecotes Horseshoe - Wombwell Houghton Arms - Great Houghton Huntsman - Thurlstone
Joseph Bramah - Barnsley Keel Inn - Barnsley Keys - Hoyland Common Knave & Kestrel - Hoyland Longcar - Barnsley Lundhill Tavern - Wombwell Maison Du Biere - Elsecar Market - Elsecar Miners Rest - Old Town Old Coop Tap - Darton Old Bakery - Mapplewell Old Moor Tavern - Broomhill Old Number 7 - Barnsley Old Post Office - Haigh Penistone Church FC - Penistone Picture House Tap - Goldthorpe Redfearn’s Bar - Barnsley FC Royal - Barugh Green Rose & Crown - Hoylandswaine Saville Square - Hoyland Common Shakespeare - Barnsley Shaw Lane Club - Barnsley Silkstone Golf Club - Silkstone
Silkstone Inn - Barnsley Spencer Arms - Cawthorne Sports/Social Club - Hoylandswaine Star - Hoyland Common Talbot Inn - Mapplewell Tap & Brew - Hoyland Common Travellers Inn - Dodworth Waggon & Horses - Langsett Wentworth - Tankersley Wentworth Arms - Mapplewell White Heart - Penistone Wortley Arms - Wortley Wortley Hall - Wortley Wortley Men’s Club - Wortley Updated October 2017
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Watch out for pubs displaying the up-to-date LocAle sign Order a LocAle beer. This may be highlighted with the LocAle Crown on the pump Enjoy the quality local real ale Ask your local if they can stock a LocAle real ale or contact Barnsley CAMRA if you would like us to speak to a licensee about LocAle on your behalf
LocAle Pub Sudoku Sudoku rules are easy: Fill all empty squares so that the letters (Upper and Lower Case) from ‘LocAle Pub’ appear once in each row, column and 3x3 box.
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This years sponsored walk was an 8 mile flat walk from The Wath Tap, Wath-OnDearne (Rotherham CAMRA’s Pub of the Year) to the Arcade Alehouse, Barnsley (Barnsley CAMRA’s Pub of the Year). The walk took us on the Trans Pennine Trail via the Anglers Rest and Horseshoe in Wombwell, some found time to call in at the Ash as well. The next stop was the Dove Inn and we finished with everyone in tow at the Arcade Alehouse. Our good cause for 2017/18 the Barnsley War Memorials Project have sent a huge thank you to everyone who took part and to everyone who sponsored a walker or placed money in the collection buckets. We will be having an update of the total for the Barnsley War Memorials Project in the Spring 2018 edition of the BAR.
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Going by the change of temperature, it’s safe to say welcome to the dark nights of winter. Don’t be put off get, out and enjoy the pubs. I continue my bus journeys, this time, as promised, covering Silkstone, Silkstone Common and Oxspring. To do this we will be catching the bus 21/21a, route operated by Stagecoach Yorkshire. The Stagecoach day ticket is just £4.20. The number 21 runs at 15 minutes to the hour from Barnsley Interchange from 0845 until 1445 then 1557 then the 21a starts at 1705, (1750 21) then all 21a from 1810 then 1910 moving to 2110 then 2310. So, choose a departure time and hop on the bus. The first port of call is an 18 minute ride on the bus where we get off at “Martin Croft” just after All Saints Church in Silkstone, walk down the High Street and then into the Red Lion on the right. For quite a while this was the only pub in the Barnsley area called the Red Lion, then the one at Worsbrough Bridge was renamed back to the Red Lion having gone through some modern incarnations of names. However this Red Lion is a small two roomed locals’ pub which stands in the heart of one of Barnsley's loveliest villages. Comfortable seating and relaxing decor, and bar stools where locals chat makes this pub a popular community local. Outside is a raised patio area in case you drop in on a not so cold day. The pub offers two real ales, one being Tetley Cask and one a guest beer. From here we walk down the High Street and across the road to the Bells Steakhouse, this is a restaurant but does allow for a small number of people just to have drinks. This is right near the bar where there are bar stools and three pillar tables with seats. The real ales here are changing and have in the past been local. The bar will close earlier on evenings once there is no one left in the restaurant. We leave here and just walk to the bus stop to the left of the pub. Here we catch the next 21 or 21a bus. We go up the hill to Silkstone Common and alight at the train station, this is just a 4 minute ride. Walk across the road and straight into the pub.
The Station Inn on Knabbs Lane is on the Barnsley to Huddersfield line and only a minute from the platform (just in case you miss your bus). This two roomed very popular village community pub always offers a warm welcome and in the winter a roaring real fire guarantees it. The three real ales here include Tetley Cask, Taylors Landlord and a changing guest beer. The benches outside the pub are ideal for warmer days or finishing your drink while waiting for an imminent bus or train. Back onto the bus and another 4 minute bus ride. Get off the bus at “Copster Lane” at Four Lane Ends and the Travellers Inn is just across the road. This is a wonderful warm, friendly pub that welcomes walkers, bikers as well as bus passengers and is also a dog friendly pub. The well presented pub has some very comfortable seating with a variety of chairs to choose from, from padded stools to Chesterfield Button Armchairs. Outside is a wonderful play area for the kids. The Travellers Inn has up to three real ales are available and always in great condition. (Note: Closed on Mondays) OK, drag yourself out of the chair, it’s time to visit the next pub. You have a choice of a walk down the hill or catching the bus for about 2 mins. Either way, our next port of call in the Waggon and Horses on Sheffield Road, Oxspring. The pub offers the drinker a warm welcome when it isn’t busy (if you’re just calling in for a beer, best to avoid early evenings as the tables will be set for diners.) At this time of year a roaring fire will make you feel cosy with one of the three real ales on offer. If you do happen to call at a busy food time, try the Rafters Bar upstairs (outside, to the back of the Waggon) this makes a good alternative, this is the pub’s function room and (if not booked) offers a place for the drinker to relax. As we go to print a micro pub may soon be opening across the road from the Waggon. Thanks for hopping on and off the bus this winter, if you would like me to cover a bus route in the Barnsley area with small reviews then get in touch. Find my details on page 24.
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The pub assessment organisation, Cask Marque, has just published its annual ‘Cask Ale Report’ – the eleventh such extensive analysis of the state of cask ale – real ale – in our nation’s pubs. It is a must-read for all licensees or anyone interested in beer and pubs today. The 26 page PDF document is down-loadable free from: www.cask-marque.co.uk The report is too long to summarise in detail here but here are a few of its observations: The decline in our total pub estate continues but with significant shift in the management mix. In 2010 there were 55400 pubs, since then about 1000 have been lost every year and the latest total (2016) is now just 50300. But, the mix has changed radically. Managed houses have increased from 7700 to 9200 (a reflection, in part, surely, of the rise of J D Wetherspoon), free houses also show a gratifying increase from 22500 to 26100 whilst the traditional tenancies have plummeted from 25200 to only 15000, a sign perhaps of the on-going turmoil amongst the pubcos? Despite the continuation of pub closures and an associated overall (slight) drop in total beer sales, cask beer is the buoyant sector. In the last six years overall beer volumes in the on-trade have dropped by 5% but within this figure keg ales have declined by 25% and lagers by 11%. Of pubs specialising in cask ales, 65% report real growth in sales, Cask beer is described as being the ‘hero’ product, boosting the sales of all beers.
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The Mount, Pontefract Road (formerly the Mount Osborne Inn) Stories in this series have been inspired by a variety of sources, sometimes by mystery pub photos and sometimes by noticing that the home address of a WW1 soldier was a public house.
With thanks to and © Tasker Trust Albert Edward Gregory and his brother William are listed in the 1918 Absent Voters’ List (AVL) for Barnsley living at 44 Pontefract Road. This was the address for the Mount Osborne Inn between 1911 and 1960. Both young men were serving in the armed forces and were included in the AVL because it was very likely that they would be away from home at the time of the election planned for the end of 1918, the franchise having just been extended to all men over 21 and men in the Services over 19. The AVL has been transcribed by the volunteers of the Barnsley War Memorials Project and can be found on the shelves at Barnsley Archives. In the 1911 census the occupants of 44 Pontefract Road are Charles Gregory, aged 40, a Licensed Victualler, his wife Elizabeth and their seven children including William aged 15 and Albert Edward aged 12. After a little calculation we can work out that in 1918 William was 22 and Albert 19. Neither young man appears to have been called to serve overseas and both survived the war. According to the AVL William was serving in the 3rd Reserve Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry as part of ‘Home Defence’ and Albert was a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. During searches for the military records of the two Gregory lads I came across a mention that Charles Gregory, their father, had also been a soldier. He had signed up with the Scots Guards for twelve years in 1890, three in service and nine in the Reserve. His three years appear to have been over in April 1893. By August that year he had married Spirit Flask stamped C Gregory Elizabeth Hockett and at his wedding he gives his Mount Osborne Inn Barnsley occupation as a Police Constable. All goes well with children Bertha, William and Albert being born in various parts of North Yorkshire but then the Boer War breaks out and Charles is recalled to the Army on 26 December 1899. He serves in South Africa from March 1900 to July 1901 and is eventually discharged in January 1902. Continues on page 19 Ź
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Ż Continued from page 17. It is at this point that Charles Gregory arrives in Barnsley to take over the Mount Osborne Inn. He must have been a very suitable candidate, an ex-policeman and soldier. Charles and Elizabeth’s third son, another Charles, is born in Barnsley towards the end of 1902. In January 1903 a notice appears in the Barnsley Chronicle stating that Charles, ‘now residing at The Mount Osborne Inn’ belonging to the Barnsley Brewing Company Limited, was intending to apply for a full licence for the pub. Prior to this it appears to have been a beer house only. The following month his license was granted along with permission to extend the pub into the two adjoining cottages. The map snips above, seventeen years apart, illustrate the extension of the pub into the cottages. Note that the Mount Osborne Colliery, which used to lie behind the pub has gone by 1906 and in its place is the Yorkshire Metal Works.
1889 & 1906 maps of Pontefract Road showing the location of the Mount Osborne Inn.
Three more children are born to Charles and Elizabeth while they are resident in the pub making seven in all, and unusually for the times all seven are living when the census collects the additional fertility data in 1911. Sadly Elizabeth dies in 1917 and is buried in Barnsley Cemetery in plot J 905 leaving Charles with four children under sixteen to care for. Charles leaves the Mount Osborne Inn in 1918 and the pub is taken over by Alfred Giggall. There are no further burials in Elizabeth’s plot suggesting the Gregory family leaves the area. The pub is still open, although its name was shortened a few years ago to The Mount and its address has been 32 Pontefract Road since the 1960s. It would be interesting to find out if the current building is a shell around the original structure and if so when was it built? Does the style of the building, with that tower effect on the corner, suggest a particular date to anyone? Tasker Trust http://www.taskertrust.co.uk/ Barnsley War Memorials Project http://www.barnsleywarmemorials.org.uk/ Spirit Flask picture from Ebay - sale now closed and image taken down Maps from personal collection
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Wednesday 6th Dec: Survey Social Survey social of Great Houghton and Little Houghton. We start at Houghton Arms at 7.30pm. Catch the 219 bus at 6.50pm
Tuesday 6th Feb: GBG Voting CAMRA members will have been asked over December and January to get their results in for The Good Beer Guide and Pub/Club of the Year voting. Venue to be confirmed. 8pm
Saturday 9th Dec: Outpost Survey Second of four outpost surveys to go to pubs/ clubs that are hard to get to by public transport. We will visit no more than 6 pubs/clubs. Departs Old No7 at 6pm returning for 10.30pm These are for CAMRA members only at a cost of £5 per trip.
Wednesday 7th Feb: Survey Social Survey of Royston and Athersley. We meet up at The Cross, Summer Lane, Royston at 8pm. Catch 7.40pm 59 bus. From here we visit pubs and clubs in the area.
Wednesday 13th Dec: Tasting Panel Tonight we head out of the area and into Wakefield to sample the Jolly Boys Beers at their Brewery Tap situated at 43 Northgate, WF1 3BH. Catch the 7.15pm train to Wakefield, we meet at the Jolly Tap at 7.45pm Saturday 13th Jan 2018: Outpost Survey Third of four outpost surveys to go to pubs/ clubs that are hard to get to by public transport. We will visit no more than 6 pubs/clubs. Departs Old No7 at 6pm returning for 10.30pm These are for CAMRA members only at a cost of £5 per trip. Wednesday 17th Jan: Beer Tasting Presentation to the Old No7, Barnsley for Winter Pub of the Season. See page 3 for full details. Friday 19th Jan: Pub of the Season Tasting panel, and anyone interested in tasting beer, we meet at the White Heart, Bridge Street, Penistone to sample/taste/drink beers from Penistone Brewery. Catch the 7.05pm train to Penistone, returning on the 9.49pm. Saturday 27th Jan: Outpost Survey The last of four outpost surveys to go to pubs/ clubs that are hard to get to by public transport. We will visit no more than 6 pubs/clubs. Departs Old No7 at 6pm returning for 10.30pm These are for CAMRA members only at a cost of £5 per trip. Wednesday 31st Jan: Branch Meeting Note: this is Wednesday not Tuesday. Branch meeting and social at the Knave and Kestrel, Hoyland. Meeting starts at 8pm, catch the 66 bus at 7.35pm
Monday 12th Feb: Beer Festival Meeting Festival meeting at the Silkstone Inn, Market St, Barnsley. Starts at 8pm, everyone welcome.
Saturday 17th Feb: Branch AGM The Branch AGM will be held at the Conservative Club, Pitt St, Barnsley. Meet from 12noon to start at 12.30pm. After the meeting we will visit some town centre pubs. Tuesday 20th Feb: Beer Tasting Tasting panel, and anyone interested in tasting beer, we meet at the Old No7, Market Hill, Barnsley to sample/taste/drink beers from Acorn Brewery. Starts at 8pm Tuesday 27th Feb: Branch Meeting Branch meeting and social at the Milton Arms. Elsecar. Catch the 66 bus at 7.35pm or catch the 7.27pm train. Starts at 8.15pm. It’s quiz night so will finish business at 9.20pm
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