The English Pub

We have TWO pubs in Spennymoor called 'The Victoria' although locally one is better known as 'The Graveyard' (cheery) because it's just across the road from the formewr Holy Innocents Church (long since demolished) and it's rather large churchyard!

That one seems the one to go to Alan , for those who are fond of spirits, so at the bar, they simply ask---What type would you like ??? Whether or not you have a ghost of a chance of getting any, is another matter.

Nice one Paul, and brimming with humour as ever!  I have to admit that one of them has a reputation for trouble.  After being closed for some time, it re-opened promising a 'family atmosphere' to all who visited.  On opening night the Police had to be called (the real ones, not Sting and Co.) because a fight that started in the bar, spilled out into the street.  There was more trouble there recently, involving two local youths with deckchairs on their heads demanding drinks with the threat that if refused they'd put the windows out!  If I made this story up, people would say 'unbelievable', and rightly so, but I guarantee it really did happen, ending up in the local Magistrates Court!  Residents are now drawing up a petition to ask the Borough Council to close it permanently.  I'm not saying which of the Victoria's it is, but I will tell you this - there's not the ghost of a chance you'd ever find me in there, although some might find the proximity of a burial site an advantage, whereas the other similarly named pub has a reputation for good beer as well as being trouble free!

I know which one I prefer Alan!

Too true Andy!  I like to drink my pint of Genius not have it poured over my head - or worse!

Well done Ruth......

I don't think there's the ghost of a chance they serve spirits - although live people going in may risk becoming one before they leave!  Nice link Ruth.