Div wrote:
When you say ' one of' I think there is actually only one remaining !! The Queens.
The Victoria is an Indian, Furnacemans is boarded up as is the Fingerpost Hotel, The Northern Union / Glass Barrell long since became a Chinese and The Black Horse on Park Road followed suit.
That's not good. Apparently the white building pub near the baths was one of the cheapest pints in St Helens.
Rogues Gallery wrote:
The Weatherspoons pubs must employ the most miserable bar staff in the country, talk about sack the charm school, I'm sure they all have the same training.
I think that's as much to do with them running a skeleton staff team pretty much everywhere which is bound to impact upon the staff's general levels of happiness. They're a nightmare to get served at whenever there's more than ten people at the bar.
Might go the Phoenix with the ales. Isn't the Olde England real ales as well? What's that place like?