Goodness, this is my 999th Mancunian Wave post and a rather poignant one it is too. We have a peek inside the always welcoming Lass O'Gowrie pub on Charles Street, which has long been a good enough place to head to at any time of year. With innovative themes, quizzes, art work, drama, comedy and a good range of drinks too, the pub has won plaudits and national awards. In recent years the landlord took a traditional pub and gave it a modern artistic twist. Enough innovation, insight and inspiration, you would think, for it to be a role model for the brewery to roll out across its other public houses.
But unwelcome changes are underfoot, with Greene King Breweries taking back the ownership. Today sees the final car boot sale at the Lass, with the cellars being turned out and all kinds of goodies up for sale, from noon to 3 p.m. Yes, unforgivably, Greene King are changing the award-winning, ever-popular Lass. As a result I for one will never drink in any Greene King pub again and urge others to boycott them as well...
My theory is if something works why change it... Unfortunately it doesn't seem to apply in these overly fast paced times Chrissy!
ReplyDeleteHow frustrating! I wonder why they are making these changes when it doesn't seem to make sense.
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ReplyDeleteAs a teetotaler who photographs pubs (and I've photographed this one) but doesn't frequent any you'd think I might not be interested but the lack of fore-sightedness of brewers and others (witness Britannia and the LRFS and the rundown Blackpool Savoy) constantly astounds me.
ReplyDeleteNever liked Greene King beer, pretty tasteless, and so it seems is the brewery.
ReplyDeleteA shame the place is being taken over... it looks appealing like this.
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