Now, judging by Peter’s pictures, the 12th Annual Beer Festival has been a great success.*
The event has been on since Thursday at St Catherine’s Community Centre on School Lane and will be on again today from midday till 11 pm.
And we have been there with our book on Didsbury pubs, which is part of or our series on Manchester Pubs – The Stories Behind the Doors – Didsbury, which we published earlier this year.**
Modesty prevents me from writing about the book in detail, but instead, I shall fall back on a review in Opening Times, which comments that the book is “a welcome addition to Peter Topping and Andrew Simpson’s Manchester Pubs series (The first two covered the City Centre and Chorlton) is a comprehensive review of all the current pubs in Didsbury (West, East and centre and also Withington and includes a section on the numerous lost pubs in the area, too.
Peter paints the pictures of each pub and Andrew tells their stories – and very entertaining stories they are too.
Every pub history is full of entertaining detail and quirky anecdotes and, in addition to Peter’s paintings, is accompanied by photos of the pub as they are today and in days gone by.
The quality of the illustrations is outstanding, and the authors are to be commended on their meticulous research.
Each section is also accompanied by a map to help you plan your own visits – and after you have read the book you’ll certainly want to get out and around Didsbury”.
But before you do that, dear reader, I suggest you come along to the beer festival and enjoy Didsbury’s 12th annual beer event.
And of course, we shall be there to talk about our book, from about 1.30, with Peter taking in the full day, and sadly me, there just for a few hours.
The book is available from us at www.pubbooks.co.uk and from E J Morton, 6 Warburton Street, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6WA, 0161 445 7629, morten.booksellers@lineone.net
Location; the 12th Annual Beer Festival
Pictures; Friday night at the festival, 2019, from the collection of Peter Topping
*12th Annual Didsbury Beer Festival, https://didsburybeerfestival.org.uk/#!/ at St Catherine’s Community Centre on School Lane, M 60 6HS
**Manchester Pubs – The Stories Behind the Doors -Didsbury, Peter Topping & Andrew Simpson, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20new%20book%20on%20Didsbury%20pubs%20and%20bars
And we have been there with our book on Didsbury pubs, which is part of or our series on Manchester Pubs – The Stories Behind the Doors – Didsbury, which we published earlier this year.**
Modesty prevents me from writing about the book in detail, but instead, I shall fall back on a review in Opening Times, which comments that the book is “a welcome addition to Peter Topping and Andrew Simpson’s Manchester Pubs series (The first two covered the City Centre and Chorlton) is a comprehensive review of all the current pubs in Didsbury (West, East and centre and also Withington and includes a section on the numerous lost pubs in the area, too.
Every pub history is full of entertaining detail and quirky anecdotes and, in addition to Peter’s paintings, is accompanied by photos of the pub as they are today and in days gone by.
The quality of the illustrations is outstanding, and the authors are to be commended on their meticulous research.
Each section is also accompanied by a map to help you plan your own visits – and after you have read the book you’ll certainly want to get out and around Didsbury”.
And of course, we shall be there to talk about our book, from about 1.30, with Peter taking in the full day, and sadly me, there just for a few hours.
The book is available from us at www.pubbooks.co.uk and from E J Morton, 6 Warburton Street, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6WA, 0161 445 7629, morten.booksellers@lineone.net
Location; the 12th Annual Beer Festival
*12th Annual Didsbury Beer Festival, https://didsburybeerfestival.org.uk/#!/ at St Catherine’s Community Centre on School Lane, M 60 6HS
**Manchester Pubs – The Stories Behind the Doors -Didsbury, Peter Topping & Andrew Simpson, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20new%20book%20on%20Didsbury%20pubs%20and%20bars
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