There was quite a buzz as we
entered this small community local hidden just around the corner from a huge
strip of chain pubs, and you might say it’s a small fish in a big pond. The pub
company had previously closed this pub (as they do), and there was a
considerable campaign to get the pub open again. It’s famed for having a long
listing in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, and the whole design of the pub is for
quiet conversation. William Roscoe himself was a campaigner against the slave
trade, so this would have been a perfect pub for him to meet people and devise
his strategies. I always thought that the roscoe was a type of fish. After
being served our halves in the bar, we have a wander around three rooms nodding
a hello for the locals before piling into a fourth room by the window. We were
soon joined by other CAMRA members who happily joined us, and at least one of
the rooms then became available for noon-locals!
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