Wirral pubs
Discovering a whole new side to Eastham
Posted by Mike Chapple on November 9, 2008 11:25 PM
WHEN anyone this side of the river mentions Eastham and is not a Wirralyback (ie a natural born denizen of the peninsula as the Woolyback is to Wigan and the Maghullyback to Maghull) then bleak visions of oil terminals and grim industrial canals spring to mind.
But since Lady Penelope of Pensby arrived on the Pub Column scene a whole new side to this riverside village has been revealed. It is one of the Wirral's most ancient settlements, the "ham" part of its name derived from the Anglo Saxon for home. In the Middle Ages, a ferry service operated across the Mersey to Eastham from the 'Pool, the earliest being run by monks from the Abbey of St Werburgh.
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Coach and Horses, Greasby
Posted by Mike Chapple on July 17, 2008 12:18 AM
ONCE in a while, the Pub Column stumbles on an alehouse with which it immediately falls in love, a traditional British local where good ale and conversation are the watch words.
And its discovery was all thanks to faithful PC companion Lady Penelope of Pensby, who has a knack of being able to track down some of the best boozers in her Wirral homeland.
Indeed, no sooner had the information "Find quintessential ye olde pub" been punched into her data banks, we were off in FAB 1 to arrive soon afterwards in the ancient village of Greasby and the Coach and Horses pub.
Now, when we say ye olde, we mean very ye olde.
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