20 Stories - Manchester

[Blue Maverick]

Cherry B, port and lemon, Cinzano and lemonade or half a mild shandy

I’ll have a Baby sham

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

15 quid for a cocktail in a swanky bar isn’t that crazy these days.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I’m sick of them automatically adding on the service charge, it’s optional they should ask you first, if they are just giving me a few pints I’ll drop them a £1, when getting food served I’ll ask them not to add and give them cash, I’d rather they got that than it go through the till. It’s getting like the USA, when I worked behind a bar it was a bonus now it’s expected.

In any legit hospitality business even cash tips have to go through as taxable income.

Maybe a few small places let it slide and just give it the employees cash in hand but it’s something the HMRC are really on top of, unfortunately.

 

[Stephen230]

i remember years ago when half a lager and black would have done the ladies ! Not anymore :-)

Doesn’t seem that long ago, that it was quite common for ladies to be not allowed in the vault in pubs.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Did Mother Macs close in the end?

 

[carlosthejackal]

Did Mother Macs close in the end?

No it’s been refurbished sadly and its soulless , think it’s run by a rag .

 

[MCFCTrick]

Really ? It's probably not that now ?

Yup, it was a black tie do with Bass. Likely took the piss .... hey ho, was on expenses.

 

[pride in battle]

No it’s been refurbished sadly and its soulless , think it’s run by a rag .

Rosso has closed suddenly, not a good week for Ferdinand :)

 

[Kippaxpete]

I’ll have a Baby sham

That'll be Babycham (as in small champagne).

 

[Kippaxpete]

Did Mother Macs close in the end?

It's still open having undergone a recent refurbishment. What's less well known is its notorious history. In 1976, landlord, Arthur Bradbury, killed his wife and three children, as well as the pub’s cleaner, before setting fire to the building and killing himself in the blaze.