Stephen230
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Sorry to be the pedant, but for historical and geographic reasons, Chester’s Mild and John Smith’s Bitter would hardly ever have been seen on a WMC bar together :-) Both brewed in Yorkshire (Sheffield and Tadcaster) when the Chester’s Brewery on Cook Street in Salford closed in 1991.
Agree about strange names for pubs being de rigueur in the ‘90s. Think the expansion of the Firkin chain around that time possibly fuelled it.
The worst phase of pub naming for me was when Wilson’s was it, suddenly re-named a whole bunch of their pubs “Sports”? Often multiple pubs in the same small area. Very confusing.
Although the singular pub that caused the most confusion was “The Pub” on Grosvenor Street, opposite The Deaf Institute.
Try ordering a taxi to pick you up from that fucker.