tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post6498276562263200282..comments2024-03-26T09:19:10.810+00:00Comments on BRAPA (British Real Ale Pub Adventure): BRAPA - Sheffield West A.K.A. StudentsvilleSi 'BRAPA' Everitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-77332756102533831322016-07-04T22:04:13.813+01:002016-07-04T22:04:13.813+01:00I am a fairly frequent visitor to Barton, some the...I am a fairly frequent visitor to Barton, some there will know me.<br /><br />Grimsby will be OK if they systematically dismantle it and use the reclaimed building materials to build a bridge to Denmark. Though I don't want to be harangued by Sandi Toksvig, she wastes enough time on 15 to 1 when Bill Stewart would have been in the pub. Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-5355142005059656402016-07-02T22:17:04.605+01:002016-07-02T22:17:04.605+01:00I've been sold a lie then Tom, and you seemed ...I've been sold a lie then Tom, and you seemed so knowledgeable about it. No wonder no-one there had heard of you. Grimsby will be OK once they complete the bridge to Denmark.retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-45131979403717397302016-07-02T20:55:59.706+01:002016-07-02T20:55:59.706+01:00I'm afraid I haven't been to Norwich for a...I'm afraid I haven't been to Norwich for a little while. I hope the wonderful cheese stall on the market is still there. Unfortunately, Norwich City have somehow buckled with the loss of Robert Snodgrass and got themselves relegated, so I'm afraid I don't feel sufficiently qualified to comment. Apart from to say that if smoked Lincolnshire Poacher is the super exciting mega guest cheese of the week again and they try to force it on me I shall strangle the whole city.<br /><br />I'm afraid I don't live in Barton but in the people's shithole of Grimsby. Rather than a bookshop I prefer the simple life of a singing door to door deliverer of printed shite.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-75684739232490778822016-07-02T12:38:05.813+01:002016-07-02T12:38:05.813+01:00Tom - this is the most brilliant thing I've re...Tom - this is the most brilliant thing I've read in years (sorry Si). Any chance you can do a similar job on the overrated Naaaarwich.<br /><br />I did look for you when I was in Barton yesterday (somehow I assumed you ran a small bookshop like Pompey John or something), but standing on the corner shouting "Where's Tom" probably only worked in the 19th century.retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-73790488851424424282016-06-30T20:53:52.882+01:002016-06-30T20:53:52.882+01:00Sheffield is a decent city, make no mistake about ...Sheffield is a decent city, make no mistake about it. Kelham Island is one of the most wonderful industrial areas around. The Rutland is fantastic. However, it isn't filled with good, old fashioned boozers on street corners filled with local working men as I suspect local wankers like Jennifer Ennis would have you believe. In fact, some areas, like West Street are full of stupid, stuck up, toffee-nosed, half-witted, upper class snobs in pretend pubs with little or no atmosphere. It is these areas, rather than the often forgotten real ale deserts that populate large quantities of the suburbs. You wouldn't think that I actually quite like the place now would you?<br /><br />Whilst I note and applaud your recognition of another two smiling blondes, the comment that you regret them not literally jumping on you is almost the level I was at on the walk to Astley. Although I suppose you were slightly more honest about it than me. I almost feel proud of you.<br /><br />£2.50 a pint should never be a nice surprise. Ever.Tom Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707212109059322727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-16712441195252938682016-06-30T17:23:02.090+01:002016-06-30T17:23:02.090+01:00A worthy class for anyone to undertake, he's n...A worthy class for anyone to undertake, he's never been caught, he might still be out there, just very old. <br /><br />Yes, pale ales and Sheffield do seem to go together! Don't get me wrong, it has few superb pubs but I've been in enough dross to know it isn't up there with the top cities and towns.Si 'BRAPA' Everitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291680772889990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6677885556404476308.post-50052364910505945222016-06-29T23:52:43.944+01:002016-06-29T23:52:43.944+01:00That Jack the Ripper avoidance class sounds good.
...That Jack the Ripper avoidance class sounds good.<br /><br />Liking the fact you're sharing some reservations on Sheff, fed up with it being Top of pub cities because it's got, like, a gazillion different pale beers. retiredmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429804437739227082noreply@blogger.com