Black Bull Bedlington

why don't we go the whole hog and put a bakery in for the finished product? Perhaps some local barley could be malted as well! Personally I'd prefer a nuclear blot; a They employ more people b They pay good wages c If they go bang, we'd all be dead so wouldn't worry about anything.

Was that 2-1 to the terriers? Glad to see he was being useful in giving the score!

John, in the pictures above what is 'the Domino'? I see Supermac is still in the NE and a radio presenter now!

When I had a cold I was told 'to cough it up' as it may have been a gold watch! My dad used to say when I looked sad that I looked like 'I'd lost a tanner and found thruppence' (sometimes it was a shilling and and a tanner)

Brettly, sorry I missed your earlier comments, about the Melton Constable. If you can pass information along I'd be very grateful. I've made contact with someone from Cramlington folk club and they will be passing details on.

As I said, I was told, that it had been priced out of the budget, so if it wasn't you charging it was someone else here, prior to my arrival. I'll chat with you on that if you come along, as I abhor fraud in all its forms and would pass the details along to Marstons who control the budgets here. The last thing I want to do is to cause ill feeling so do please feel free to come along to the new night, any Tuesday night, or if more folk style come along on Thursdays, I do like and enjoy live music in many forms, and would love you to be part of the new buskers arrangement. We are offering pints for players and subsidised soft drinks for drivers bringing 2 or more passengers. Keith, I'll look forward to meeting and chatting with you when you're dragged up here. I take it you'll be the one in the corner tied to a chair?

Well most real ales will travel, my last pub was in Lancashire and we regularly featured Cornish, Kentish and other southern brews. Most of the skill is settling and then keeping good temperature control. As for real ciders, there are some made in Lancashire, but most are of course made down south along with some excellent perries. Sadly at present I cannot stock these due to tie restraints, though I will be working on it. I'm a member of CAMRA so from the next issue of the cannybevvy magazine we hope to be a local distributor of the magazine. Whilst we are on the subject, any CAMRA member is entitled to 10p per pint discount on real ales here. Other discounts may apply, but call in for details. There are at least 7 microbrewers either here in Northumberland, or in Tyneside. The most local of which is Northumberland Brewery Ltd, based right here in Bedlington. I hope to feature their brews at a later date, but at present cannot do so because of the brewery tie.

Many thanks for the offer, sadly the previous organiser priced themselves out of a very limited budget, I'm told and we are now, more than happy to be working with Colin Patterson going forward. I do appreciate the offer though. Who knows what the future holds.

Hi all, First off I'm not an expert on every form of drink, but I have tried many alcoholic drinks over my varied and chequered history. I'm a member of The British Institute of Innkeepers (MBII) and also a card carrying member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). I love real ale and also real cider and perry. Whisky is also a hobby.:-) again I'm not an expert. Whilst we are here at the Black Bull the obvious intention is to make it commercially viable as a business, and I do appreciate this will not be an easy task. I'm hoping to get involved with various community events and also to make the Black Bull a community pub that is at the heart of the community. I hope you'll all understand I'm not from around these parts so I'll have many questions for you all as well. If I can help on anything alcoholic, question wise then do feel free to ask. I also love live music in many forms, folk, blues, jazz, rock, soul (including northern) and some classical. Here at the pub I'll be encouraging live music as much as possible. If you know anyone who enjoys playing and has annoyed the neighbours too much, send them along. Chris M

Every Tuesday from 14th February we are encouraging musicians, singers, poets, story tellers to come along and perform. We'll be providing a sound system (courtesy of Colin Patterson) and subsidised drinks for performers. If you prefer acoustic or folk music nights we've set aside Thursday nights as your night. We are also looking to establish a folk club in Bedlington to help preserve the local distinctive folk music and also to encourage younger members of the community to get involved in this type of music. To perform at either night will be completely free to the performers. Also there will be no charge at any time to watch any of the acts. If a folk club is established it will not be necessary to join it to watch and listen to the music, but to be a member may involve a subscription in the future. This venue has a strict 18+ entry policy and we encourage you to drink responsibly. Soft drinks are available and for all drivers bringing 3 or more passengers to the venue we offer subsidised soft drinks from the post mix gun. Tea and coffee are also available. We support Bedlington pub watch and also professional standards of the British Institute of Innkeepers.

Many congratulations, and look forward to seeing you at the Open Day.