Pub crawl

My Wife and I were out last night and decided to have a bit of a walk round some places we've not been in for a while. Started off in the Brocket which was reasonably busy, then had a walk to the Cherry Gardens which was closed and in darkness. Carried on and went in Forbes on the Lane ( Bell Air ). Apart from a function in the front room, the place was dead. Very disappointing really. Might try the Boars Head next week. Does anyone know what's happening with the Cherries ?

Opening under new management soon I think
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Glad to hear it. It used to be a good night in there

Did anyone from those parts ever go to Wigan RUFC for a night out

Firstly, to relate to WN1 Standisher post, a close and dear friend of mine regularly calls in to those pubs (when they are open) and a few other pubs: calls in one or two pubs in Standish, down to the Boar's Head, down to The Cherry Gardens (when open), down to The Brocket, then...
When I have time and the weather is fine, we go together. But, I have to admit, we don't go in to Forbes; probably, because we have never thought of it as a pub. I know the building as I have walked past it hundreds of times.
The Boar's Head is a really nice pub, because it is an extremely old pub and certainly has that old pub feeling to it. But, don't expect The Brocket prices. The Brocket is mainly popular because of its prices, which are excellent for the pocket: nice place with nice prices!
Now on to The Cherry Gardens: I stated years ago that The Cherry Gardens needed to lower its prices or it was going to face problems regarding clientelle. In these times and with increasing prices, when a pub is close to another pub there is competition and the difference in the price of a drink can be greatly important.
Hopefully, the new management understands the current situation and the fact that running a nice pub in a nice position does not always entice people to drink there.

"Opening under new management soon I think:"

Good news! It would be a great loss to see this, "The Cherry Gardens", to go the way so many of our pubs have gone. It is on a prime piece of building land and building firms would be "laughing all the way to the bank" if they had the chance to buy it and demolish it to build as many houses on the land as they could; even more so if they could get that piece of land at the side of the The Cherry Gardens.
Protected buildings in towns like ours do not have much meaning, because we have already experienced the results of certain parties. Remember what happened to the old town hall (the old Police Station) and the old Market Hall, what has become of: The Griffin, The Grand Hotel, Brentwood...

"Did anyone from those parts ever go to Wigan RUFC for a night out"

Tommy Two Stroke, I did!

The Cherry Gardens has never been the pub it used to from the moment that the Brocket was opened by Weatherspoons.

You would be ready for a drink if you started at the Park hotel at Landgate going to Ashton. Next port of call the Bath Springs then a walk down with a slight diversion Garswood Hall Bowling Club back onto Wigan Road the Jubilee Club then into Ashton Four watering holes left out of tenRed Lion Cranberry Lodge Golden Ball Oddfellows Britannia Star all gone (plus the Pit Pony on Low bank Road)

TTS, yes I did Wigan RUFC discos a few times and been to a few functions up there too. Standish was and still is a good walk round the pubs. I know a few have shut and been repurposed and the Wheatsheaf knocked down but they have been replaced by the Micropubs. The Shamrock is in darkness, anyone heard anything ?

Ianp.

"a close and dear friend of mine regularly calls in to those pubs (when they are open) and a few other pubs: calls in one or two pubs in Standish, down to the Boar's Head, down to The Cherry Gardens (when open), down to The Brocket"

Would that be Tuppy

Tommy Two Stroke.
What is Tuppy's first name?

Ianp.

"Tommy Two Stroke.
What is Tuppy's first name?"

His first name is 'Ian' like yours

TTS, I may know him, but he isn't the person I spoke about. Sorry.

OK

I heard the Shamrock has been bought by the man who owns the ' Art of Persia ' on School Lane .

Has he said what he's doing with it Mrs C. Is it to remain a pub, a food outlet or heaven forbid, appartments !!

No word regarding the plans WN1 . A restaurant is a good guess given his business , although all that seems to be opening these days are Turkish barbers .
It'll probably become a giant Turkish barbers or an emporium comprising several Turkish barbers .