Category Archives: Keighley

>Hopeful

Posted on November 9, 2010 by teninchwheels

>Central Keighley must be one of the few places to escape the decimation of its pubs. In recent years the town has permanently lost the Eastwood Tavern, The Masons Arms and The Market Arms – and that’s about it, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Clogs, Flat Caps, Keighley, pubs, Yorkshire | 2 Comments

>In The Club Style

Posted on October 24, 2010 by teninchwheels

>Now it can be told. I’m a member of a club where men go to meet other men, and women are not allowed. There used to be dozens of these social clubs throughout the North. They were set up during … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Keighley, Timothy Taylor, Yorkshire, Yorkshireness | 2 Comments

>You Probably Didn’t See It Here First.

Posted on October 9, 2010 by teninchwheels

>I’m not normally one who spends time reading the planning applications in provincial newspapers. But in this week’s Keighley News was a submission from the best brewery in the world (Timothy Taylor, obviously). It was informing the Environment Agency of … Continue reading →

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>New Brew

Posted on March 4, 2010 by teninchwheels

>I think it was the Sunday Independent who once described Airedale as ‘the Loire Valley of beer brewing’. There certainly are some respectable er, chateaux in the area; There’s the mighty Taylor’s of course, as well as Goose Eye, Naylor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Keighley, Yorkshire | 2 Comments

>10.15 Saturday Night

Posted on February 23, 2010 by teninchwheels

>The people of Keighley are spoiled. They’ve the best brewery in the world, and some of the best pubs in which to drink it its beer. It’s like living in Stuttgart and getting a Porsche to drive around in. Or … Continue reading →

Posted in 40 Beers, Boltmakers, Keighley | 2 Comments

>40 Beers, Part 6

Posted on November 3, 2009 by teninchwheels

> I’ve expressed my love for Keighley’s Boltmakers Arms before. This tiny pub is the nearest thing Timothy Taylor’s has to a brewery tap, and serves the definitive pint of Landlord. It’s a pint of such unequivocal perfection that it’s … Continue reading →

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>Super Pie Guy

Posted on July 17, 2009 by teninchwheels

>It started with one, and ended up with nine. And it’s getting quite expensive. I’m talking about the amount of meat-and-potato pies my colleagues insist on me bringing back from trips to Keighley. My parents’ local butcher, Herd’s, has been … Continue reading →

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>The Keighley News

Posted on July 3, 2009 by teninchwheels

> Bad news for the drinkers of Keighley. The Albert, leased from Timothy Taylor by the Ossett Brewery for the last eight or so months, is back with the original owners. I say bad news, but it’s all relative – … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Keighley, Ossett Brewery, pubs, Timothy Taylor | 4 Comments

>Modern Times

Posted on March 25, 2009 by teninchwheels

>Home this weekend to Keighley, the town where I was born, bred and buttered. I lived there until I was 21, when I left to become a media ponce Down South. It’s a friendly place, where it is impossible to … Continue reading →

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>Oh, Rosey

Posted on December 30, 2008 by teninchwheels

> We visited Harrogate over the Christmas holidays, a place I’ve always liked. It’s a town that’s rather pleased with itself, but it has every right to be, with its countless Georgian and high-Victorian buildings. There’s also the beautiful Stray … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Hangovers, Keighley, pubs, Pungent Eggs | 2 Comments