| Harlech
Castle, 'newly refurbished' is on the corner of County Rd. and Newark St.
and is a cosy little place which accomodates the overspill from 'Orry's'.
First impressions, seeing 'Happy Hour 11am - 8pm' are good then you see
'except for Everton home games' and you realise what you are in for! |
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| The
Management : No Stars! |
Despite asking to see
'The Management' on two occasions, they were FAR too busy upstairs (we know
what you were doin') than to come down and talk to Blue Kipper or MANAGE
an Ale'ouse that was packed!! Apparantly, the mangeress is called Joanne. |
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Plenty of Blues present
in the low beamed, stone floored, smoke filled, 'recently refurbished',
little joint. Where the photos on the wall include Red Shite as well as
Toffee photo's such as that memorable 49-50 side. |
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Whitbread house usual
juice including Stella Tortoise - Yes! No sign of Gauntlet. Kids were ripped
off with draught coke and lemo. The only 'Happy Hour' on match days is where
the prices stay the same and Joanne smiles for 60 minutes! |
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Sky TV with big screen
in the lounge, free jukey so Bowie sings as Rodney speaks. |
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Apparantly Chris Fenlon
drinks here. |
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Features : No Stars! |
None. If the welcome
we got was anything to go by then this place can only be loosely construed
as a Top Toffee Ale'ouse. The one exception was the barmaid photographed
who is a real character and the pub is lucky to have her.
i have just read
your piece on the harlech castle and i would like to set the record straight.
you got
my name right at least it is joanne and i am the lessee. if you had let
me know that you were coming to the pub then i might have bothered to
welcome you ,that is if i was on the premises - as it turns out i was
on holiday. the happy hour only runs from monday to friday and does not
include everton home games because as you can appreciate i,m running a
business here. we do not exist on the overspill from orry,s i have been
working in and running this pub for over 18 yrs orry,s who ?? and i do
not rip the kids of with the coke and lemo if you check the law you will
find that i breach lincensing laws every time i allow kids ontothe premises.
and finaly wen there are over 300 people in the pub you can expect it
to be smokie despite the fact that i have recently installed extraction
fans and fresh air machines at great expense to ensure that my customers
have a more enjoyable visit. next time you visit the harlech you might
like to ask the customers their opinions then you might get a better impression
of the place yours faithfully joanne whelan (31/01/01)
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