By Phil Mellows It wasn’t so long ago that Clitheroe conjured up for me the image of an aging schoolboy and my childish ear bent to the BBC Light Programme (later Radio 2). The Clitheroe Kid, with the mischievous Jimmy Clitheroe and his obtuse sidekick Alfie ‘Ooh, me leg’ Hall, was my Sunday lunchtime comedy listening, along with
Just back from Shipley, W Yorks and I thoroughly concur with the piece. four cracking pubs in Shipley, Saltaire (next door) and across the moors in Ilkley. All very busy selling beers in very good order (NBSS 3.5 or 4) from a range of local micros, despite the hot weather. But who would have thought that this somewhat depressed post-industrial town would have such beer and such pubs.
Hi Phil we were in Clitheroe earlier in the year - great place - some good Thwaites as well from their new brewery which is nearby. Corto's opening hours worked against us sadly. But this was an eye opener for its interior. https://whatpub.com/pubs/LAE/879/emporium-clitheroe
Just back from Shipley, W Yorks and I thoroughly concur with the piece. four cracking pubs in Shipley, Saltaire (next door) and across the moors in Ilkley. All very busy selling beers in very good order (NBSS 3.5 or 4) from a range of local micros, despite the hot weather. But who would have thought that this somewhat depressed post-industrial town would have such beer and such pubs.
Hi Phil we were in Clitheroe earlier in the year - great place - some good Thwaites as well from their new brewery which is nearby. Corto's opening hours worked against us sadly. But this was an eye opener for its interior. https://whatpub.com/pubs/LAE/879/emporium-clitheroe