Snow glorious snow, in the week before Easter you couldn’t avoid it, especially if you live atop a hill like me. Older locals are saying that they haven’t seen this much since 1963 or 1969 according to who you talk to. Buried cars and hitting 7 foot walls of snow on country lanes become the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Southowram’
Pubpaper 702 – Snow Trapped Pubs
Posted: 31st March 2013 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, WritingTags: snow, Southowram, tan hill inn
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Pubpaper 663 – Beer, the leveller of the classes and some shameless charity plugs.
Posted: 21st June 2012 by santobugtio in Pub Paper, Ram Fest, WritingTags: ale, charity, forget me not, homestart, overgate, ramfest, Southowram
I’ll make no apologies for starting this week’s column with a good dose of promotion for local charities. Those interested in the usual mix of news and views, skip to the half way down the article. Long term readers will know that I am heavily involved in the Ramfest Music Festival at Southowram Cricket Club, [...]
Pubpaper 625 – 55 columns and 41000 words later, my favourite new pubs
Posted: 28th September 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: beer, brighouse, Halifax, hebden bridge, hipperholme, pubs, real ale, Southowram, sowerby bridge
In the second of my holiday articles, I will reflect back on a year of regular writing for PubPaper, all 55 columns and 41,000 words. Sometimes its been easy to write a weekly missive, others its been the equivalent of pulling a tooth out of the horses mouth while it is running the Grand National. [...]
Ramfest 2011 – Got my first picture credit in local paper.
Posted: 11th July 2011 by admin in Halifax Courier, Ram Fest, WritingTags: halifax courier, ramfest, Southowram
Had 4 photos published in the Halifax Courier on Mon 11th July from Ramfest 2011. The full article is here, with the originals below http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/who_needs_glasto_we_ve_got_ramfest_1_3565815
Ram Fest 2010 – Southowram Cricket Club – 4th July
Posted: 18th June 2010 by admin in Ram FestTags: Festival, Halifax, Music, Southowram
Recently I’ve working on the poster and programme, as well as dealing with local media for this years inaugural Ram Fest Music Festival on Sunday 4th July. We’ve got 6 bands on from 2pm until 7.45am, ranging from acoustic guitar to rock to Elvis. Good beer and a fine BBQ will be available all day. [...]