Presented by the High Peak and North East Cheshire Branch of CAMRA.
The award for the 'Pub of the Season' - Winter 2012 will be made to the White House in Stalybridge between 8.00pm and 8.30pm prior to the Branch monthly meeting taking place at the nearby 'Q' Bar (see separate entry). All welcome.
There will be a Branch social evening at the Sportsman in Strines (on the Marple to New Mills road) at which there will be a presentation of a certificate for the Branch's Pub of the Seasonal (Winter). The social will start at around 7.30pm, all welcome.
NB the landlord is putting on a few beers requested by Branch Members, so well worth the trip.
High Peak's Phil Moss presented landlady Lorraine Connell with the High Peak Summer Pub of the season on Saturday 6th June.Also on the picture is Raymond Bowles the cellar man. Lorraine and partner James Blondon took over the pub just under two years ago and have established it as an outstanding community pub. Food is available on weekdays and the kitchen has recently had a total refurbishent.
Presentation of the 2009 Pub of the Year award (Greater Manchester) to the Sportsman, Hyde. Presented to Geoff and Cangui Oliver by Frank Wood
A certificate was presented to the Swan to celebrate the rescue of the Swan Inn and thank the group of local people who rescued it in October 1994 and reopened it in March 2005 and continued to operate the pub until October 2008, during which time it was in the Good Beer Guide every year. It was then sold to a private owner to continue its operation.
The Lantern Pike, Little Hayfield, sits in a hollow alongside the Hayfield to Glossop road; almost within the shadow of Kinder Scout. The picturesque stone pub is popular in summer with walkers and other visitors to the High Peak area and the pleasant elevated rear patio area commands superb views along the Sett Valley to the west and also of nearby Lantern Pike hill from which the pub takes its name. Inside, however, the pub is equally enjoyable in winter with the small cosy lounge being warmed by the open fire.
