Pub closures in Newport & Cardiff

Earlier this year, the Office of National Statistics published "Economies of Ale", changes in the UK pubs and bars sector 2001-2019. What was noticeable about this report was the claim that small pubs and bars have bounced back after 15 years of decline, albeit by 0.4%. This is no doubt to the micropub revolution, however the trend is still downward

Smoking ban introduced in England 2007 so the steady drop happened after that.
Also on this report you can type in your postcode for a look at your local area, Cardiff and Newport areas are below as examples:

Award-winning Pub Company to open in Centre of Cardiff

Knife & Fork Food to open fifth location as they announce acquisition ofTwenty Nine Park Place

Award winning pub group Knife & Fork Food have announced plans to open their fifth venue, Twenty Nine Park Place, this July.

The pub, which is Knife & Fork Food’s most ambitious venue yet, follows on from the 2014 opening of The Discovery in Lakeside, and will join other venues in the group’s portfolio which incorporates The Conway in Pontcanna, The Pilot in Penarth and The Old Swan Inn in Llantwit Major.

Twenty Nine Park Place, which sits adjacent to the steps of the National Museum Wales, is currently undergoing an extensive £200,000 refurbishment, which will completely overhaul the interiors of the grand townhouse to bring it in line with the aesthetic of a refined, traditional pub for today, complete with bar area, open kitchen, restaurant and a small private dining room on the first floor.

The venue will be a visual step away from the much-loved interiors of the group’s more suburban and rural venues, however, hallmarks will remain that fans of the local pubs will know and appreciate.

The acquisition of Twenty Nine Park Place is the next step in an expansion strategy for the regional pub group that was established in 1999 with Woods Brasserie and has since gone on to experience great success, turning over £3.7 million in 2017, generating and maintaining strong local followings and being recognised by the acclaimed Michelin Pub Guide.

The move into Cardiff city centre has been largely self-funded by Knife & Fork Food, and is the result of several years of careful consideration regarding their next move. Speaking about the new venture, Sean Murphy, one of three partners who own the group, said: “Until now we’ve always considered ourselves to be a company that specialises in community pubs and to date we have been very successful at that, however, when we saw Twenty Nine Park Place we simply couldn’t resist such a magnificent opportunity”

“The venue is stunning and our move into town heralds the beginning of a whole new era for us. Our current customers will certainly feel at home when we open as it will very much have the Knife & Fork Food stamp on it, however, we’ve unquestionably scaled it up a notch, now that we’re in the city centre.

“We’re looking forward to opening our doors in July, but for now we’re very busy making it the very best city pub with food it can possibly be. And, in association with Wonder Company who have put together a contemporary yet comfortable design, it promises to be worth a visit! ”

The kitchen at Twenty Nine Park Place will be under the control of Head Chef Steffan Bonnifay, who is currently Head Chef at The Discovery in Lakeside. From the new ground floor open kitchen, Steffan and his team will be serving up a constantly evolving menu, loaded with fresh local produce. And fans of the group’s other venues will also be pleased to discover signature classic dishes, including the best-selling fish and chips and traditional pies.

And the drinks offering won’t disappoint. Under the stewardship of Managing Director, Sean Murphy, who also owns the Vale of Glamorgan Brewery, the bar will boast an impressive array of ales to entice and excite even the most jaded of ale aficionados.

Speaking about the plans for the bar, Sean says: “We’ll have a range of 14 keg and cask craft ales from Wales and all over the world. It’s something I’m really looking forward to curating.”

“Gin and rum will also be a big focus for us and like all of our other venues there will also be a whiskey corner.”

The extensive renovation schedule is currently underway and Twenty Nine Park Place is scheduled to open in late July.

Twenty Nine Park Place, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA.

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Mochyn Ddu to reopen as Brewhouse & Kitchen

UK Brewpub business to open in Cardiff in February

Nationwide brewpub business Brewhouse & Kitchen has announced plans to open its first Welsh location in Cardiff next month.

Brewhouse & Kitchen Cardiff will be the eighteenth venue in the company’s countrywide portfolio, which has an annualised turnover of over £25m.

Following an extensive £550k refurbishment project, Brewhouse & Kitchen Cardiff will be opening within the former premises of the Mochyn Du public house, just off Cathedral Road near Cardiff city centre.

The Cardiff launch follows recent 2017 openings for the ambitious brewpub group in Nottingham, Lichfield and Bournemouth. The new Cardiff venue represents the first Welsh location for the brand, whose CEO Kris Gumbrell was born and bred in the Welsh capital.

The interiors of the brewpub have been overhauled in keeping with the Brewhouse & Kitchen style, featuring large barrel tables, bottle lights and an impressive copper microbrewery, which takes centre stage, alongside an open kitchen where patrons will be able to watch the chefs at work.

The pub will also enjoy the benefit of having a dedicated in-house brewer. And like its other locations across the UK, Cardiff’s new brewpub will produce a range of its own unique craft beers, including four cask and three keg core beers, available throughout the year, and an additional four seasonally-changing kegs, plus an ever changing brewer’s choice tap.

Core beers will include Y Mochyn Du (Session Bitter), Tiger Bay (Oatmeal Stout), and Haka’ed Off (Traditional IPA). While seasonal variations include Whitchurch Boys (Wheat beer), Gohebydd (Belgian style ale) and Marvellous Medicine (Black IPA).

In addition to the craft beers brewed on site, the drinks list boasts an impressive selection of draught and bottled craft beers and ciders from breweries across the world, as well as an extensive food menu and range of on-site Academy experiences, including a day long ‘Brewery Experience Day’, on which you can learn how to brew beer; an insight into the wonderful world of beer with a two hour ‘Beer Masterclass’ and a ‘Beer & Food Matching Experience’.

Speaking about the launch of Brewhouse & Kitchen Cardiff, Kris Gumbrell said: “I’m a proud Welshman and grew up in Cardiff and so it has always been a long held ambition of mine to open a location in Wales.

“We’ve been consistently searching for the right location and the right opportunity – we just had to wait until the right site came on the market – so when this pub became available on the outskirts of the city centre - we wasted no time.

“Renovations are well underway and we’re excited to open our doors in February and bring our Brewhouse & Kitchen concept to Cardiff and to Wales.”

Brewhouse & Kitchen Cardiff will open to the public on Monday 12th February.

Sophia Close, Pontcanna, CF11 9HW
The building that became the Mochyn Ddu was originally built as a lodge for Sophia Gardens, becoming a pub called the Poacher's Lodge in 1994 and was renamed the Black Pig/Mochyn Ddu in 2002. Brew Wales previously covered the pub in 2010 here

Now and Then, the former Tresillian Hotel, Cardiff

The former Tresillian Hotel, stood on the corner of Tresillian Terrace and Penarth Road, Cardiff, and has long-since been demolished for road-widening, with the Northern end of Tresillian Terrace being demolished to make way for Tresillian Way cutting across it at ninety degrees. In this Wales online article the position of the pub is said to be the site of the Lloyds Bank Group, however, looking at the old maps it is clear the pub was further to the North, as shown below, with a side-by-side comparison of OS six-inch 1888 to 1913 map from the National Library of Scotland collection. The foundations of the front wall of the hotel appear to match up with the grey bricks used to designate the pedestrian crossing.

Now and Then, former South Wales Railway Inn, Cardiff

The former Rhymney Brewery pub, the South Wales Railway Inn dates back at least to 1855. The address was West Wharf as the canal ran in front of the pub where St Mary Street is today. What is more remarkable is that this building is still standing although no longer trading as a pub.

Now & Then, the former George Hotel, Bute Street, Cardiff

The former Rhymney Brewery pub, the George Hotel, 138 Bute Street, Cardiff was demolished sometime before 1975 and housing was built on the site

Now and Then, former Glamorgan Hotel, Cardiff

The former Rhymney Brewery pub, the Glamorgan Hotel stood on the corner of North Church Street and Canal Parade in Cardiff

One of Cardiff's oldest pubs to have Wendyballl makeover

The former Dempsey's Bar at 15 Castle Street in Cardiff is to have a makeover and reopen as 'Elevens Bar & Grill' a Wendyball-themed bar. A pub on this site is recorded back in 1731 when it was known as the Globe, there is a building on this site on the corner of Castle Street and what is now called Womanby Street on John Speed's map of 1610 so it may have older origins. The pub has previously been known as Duke's and the Four Bars before being turned into the Plastic Paddy Palace known as Dempsey's.
Interview with some Wendyball player called Gareth Bale below

Now & Then, former Lord Wimborne PH, Cardiff

The former Lord Wimborne PH, 91-93 Portmanmoor Road on corner with Pontypridd Street, Splott, Cardiff, demolished in the 1970s along with the nearby houses and even the streets have gone!. I had to refer back to an 1888 OS map to confirm where Pontypridd Street was, shown below the Google Street view image.
The pub was named after Ivor Churchill Guest, Lord Wimborne, grandson of Sir JJ Guest, owner of the original Dowlais Works in Merthyr Tydfil

Comparison of 1888 map and modern-day satellite image, the cross-hairs show the corner position of where the Lord Wimborne PH stood

Cardiff to get a new micropub

With the closure of the Gravity Station in Barrack Lane, Cardiff has been missing a micropub. Yes I realise the Gravity Station did move to Womanby Street but it appears to have closed before Christmas and not reopened. So step forward Baptist Minister James Karran who has decided to change a former hairdressing saloon into St Canna's Alehouse, named after the saint who gave her name to the areas of Canton and Pontcanna.

St Canna's Alehouse is situated at 42 Llandaff Road, opposite the Butcher's Arms pub and James hopes to have the pub open in March, in the meantime keep up to date with what's happening via the pub's Facebook page.



There's an article on Walesonline about the pub as well

Cardiff Bay pub gets £1.25M makeover

Some news from SA Brain

Iconic venue to get £1.25M makeover

Terra Nova, the Brains-owned Mermaid Quay pub, has closed ahead of a major four month refurbishment.

After trading for 12 years as Terra Nova, the site closed on Sunday 13^th December ahead of a major development program that will see one and a quarter million pounds invested in creating an iconic site.  An extensive period of guest research has informed the development of a modern new venue that is expected to open in late April 2016 and ready for the summer trading period.

Commenting on the development, Bruce Newman, Group Head of Marketing at Brains said, “Terra Nova has been a hugely successful business for Brains over the years, however, our guest research indicated the need for change.  It was very apparent that users of the Bay felt that Terra Nova had become dated and failed to make the most of its stunning waterside location.  We’ve tested a number of different ideas, with guests clamouring for a high quality, premium bar with a strong and unique food offer.  Our plans to meet that need are at an advanced stage and the team are confident that the new business will become a favourite of Bay visitors.”

The transformation will see new glazing to further expose views of Cardiff Bay and flood the internal space with natural light, a stunning new island bar and an internal scheme that will open up the ground and first floor space.  Upon completion, Brains expect to host at least 400 guests for casual dining in addition to those visiting to enjoy a re-launched premium drinks offer.

The venue will also carry a new name, The Dock, acknowledging the heritage and uniqueness of its Cardiff Bay location and the interior design scheme will tell guests the story of Cardiff Bay, with a modern eclectic twist.

Looking ahead to the opening Graham Wheatley, Manager of The Dock commented, “The Dock will without doubt be the go to venue within Cardiff Bay.  A superb range of food and drink and a stunning new interior are already progressed.  Critically, the highly skilled team required to make the guest experience truly exceptional is currently being recruited.  I can’t wait to get the doors open and welcome guests to the business next April.”

Follow progress on The Dock on Twitter @brainsbrewery and Facebook

Old Arcade has rugby makeover

One of Cardiff's most famous pubs has been given a makeover by owners Brains. The Old Arcade in the city centre, which dates from 1844, is now even more rugby themed with jerseys, photographs and other memorabilia adorning the walls. Have previously written about the pub here.
 As Brains Brewery says
Celebrating Wales’ national sport, walls will be adorned with match day programmes, exclusive signed and framed shirts, memorable newspaper front covers, and a feature WRU timeline.

Wayne Jones from Brains said: "There are few pubs in Cardiff with more sporting heritage than the Old Arcade. It has long been a favourite with sports fans but these changes mean it will become a true shrine to rugby. It’s the perfect place for rugby diehards and aficionados to gather, get their fix and be inspired by great rugby deeds of the past and present."

There’ll be a new menu, with an emphasis on hearty Welsh food, which includes a signature Celtic Pride ‘black and blue burger’ – created with 100 cap legend and lion, Martyn Williams. And when the pub opens you’ll find two limited-edition beers on the bar, brewed in collaboration with former Wales internationals Bob Norster and Rob Jones.

Powerhouse and Swift Half will go head-to-head and customers will get to decide which beer wins by voting in the pub or on Twitter, using the hashtag #BobsBeer and #RobsBeer.

Had a chance to visit the pub on the re-opening night and had to say my favourite beer was Swift Half, the American and New World hops made it for me.

Also ran into Simon Martin at the pub so we did a couple of interviews there with the rugby legends.

The Not So Tiny Rebel Beer Festival

The Tiny Rebel Brewery Tap, the Urban Tap House in Cardiff, will be playing host to their biggest ever beer festival from Thursday 5th to Sunday 6th June 2014 with over 240 beers and over 60 ciders available at Cardiff's Best Pub.
There will be special one-off brews available, including some that have been matured in wooden casks for a year and were not wanted at the bigger festival opposite!

The Gravity Station comes to Cardiff

 

The Gravity Station

 Cardiff''s first micro-pub opened the other week, situated in Barrack Lane.

Where?

Yes, I had to look it up as well, Barrack Lane runs parallel to Charles Street on the Eastern end of the St David's 2 redevelopment. Not too sure when the Barracks were ever here though but it must have been before 1855 as the Barracks marked on a map of that date are on Roath Road, later Newport Road and the Cardiff Royal Infirmary site. The lane is marked on the 1831 map but there are only a couple of buildings marked on it. More recently, before the St David's 2 development, there was an open-air market on the site.

 How to find The Gravity Station?

Exit St David's 2 via the Food Court and turn left, the Gravity Station is on the left-hand-side, halfway along the lane.

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The Gravity Station is an unique, at least for Cardiff, combination of pub and off-license. Owned by the Waen Brewery of Llanidloes, Powys, this compact bar sells a range of beers from cask, keg and bottle, to drink in or take-away,

The Gravity Station is a fusion of bar and off-licence, with this extensive range of bottled beers available to drink-in or take-away.

The keg beers are served from the bar whilst from the rear cabinet, real ales are served via gravity from pins, 4.5 gallon casks, which makes sure no beers are kept hanging around for too long.

Oh and this pub does not smell of fish.

Brains to open new pub under Cardiff Bay

Brains – Wales largest brewer and pub operator
– is set to open the UK’s first underwater pub in
Cardiff Bay.
Aqua Nova will be situated five metres below the
surface and accessed via a jetty, located a short
water taxi ride from its sister pub, the Brains-
owned Terra Nova. With panoramic views of the
Bay, the aquarium style venue will offer
customers a once in a lifetime experience.
Bruce Newman, head of marketing at Brains,
said: “Customers are always looking for
something new and different. Aqua Nova won’t
disappoint. As well as a great range of beers,
such as Brains’ All at Sea IPA, customers can
also look forward to a fresh seafood menu,
including Cardiff Bay fish of the day.”
Head of UK Naval Technologies, Captain Burt
Sye, has been working closely with Brains,
supervising the development. He added: “This is
a complex but revolutionary project and one that
is sure to be popular with the British pub goers.”
Work is due to start next month and it is
expected that the bar will be open in the summer
of 2015.
In the meantime, Brains is looking for volunteers
to be the first to test its beers underwater to
ensure they’re unaffected by changes in
pressure. Volunteers will wear specially adapted
dive suits, allowing them to sip a pint below sea
level. For more details, and to sign up, call
Brains on 029 2040 2060, quoting ‘Aqua Nova’.

Traders Tavern, Cardiff

Traders Tavern, 6-8 David Street, Cardiff, CF10 2EH

Open all day from 0930

The Traders Tavern stands on the ground floor of one side of an office block built around 1971 and was originally named the Panarama, although the view of the pub today is somewhat obscured by the building of the new Admiral headquarters opposite. Before the pub was built, David Street consisted of nineteenth-century terraced houses until they were demolished in the 1960s. The current building is also under threat of redevelopment so the future of the Traders Tavern is uncertain. The name of the pub is a reminder that not too long ago there was a open-air market nearby.

The outside of the Traders Tavern features the squirrel logo of the former Birmingham-based brewery Ansells who used to run the pub, before they sold off their pubs to pub companies. The red and gold sign on the outside contrasts with the green window frames.

The entrance is centrally-place but set-back from the pavement, a semi-circular window features doors either side of it with both doors leading into the single-roomed pub. Once on the inside of the pub the stained-glass windows become apparent where the word Traders is spelt out in red lettering with green glass borders.

The bar is situated on the left-hand side of the pub and is made out of dark wood with gleaming chrome handpumps and fonts mounted on it. Two real ales are served, Brains Bitter and Rhymney Bitter, although these may change for other Rhymney, Brains or even Tomos Watkin beers.

The interior of the Traders Tavern is somewhat dated, although some might revel in the nostalgia of old posters of bands such as Duran Duran and Erasure who played at the nearby Cardiff International Arena, now the Motorpoint Arena. Elsewhere in the pub there are a few small alcoves for discreet conversations, otherwise the pub is open-plan. Unusually the pub ceiling features circular features in it and the name of the pub is spelt in large letters, useful in case customers forget where they are. There are flat-screen televisions around the pub. The Traders Tavern may be small but it's a popular City-Centre pub with a dedicated regular clientèle.

Food is served all day from a traditional pub menu with breakfast served from 0930. There are also chalkboards offering specials such as maple marinated pork steaks, with a special 2 for £9.99 offer.

The Pear Tree, Roath

The Pear Tree, Wellfield Road, Cardiff, CF24 3PE, Roath

Open all day from 0830

The Pear Tree is an unusual modern polygonal building on the corner of Albany and Wellfield Roads. The pub has gone under other names previously, once it was Bar Billabong – an Australian-themed pub and before that it was 42nd Street as this was the last film shown in the Globe Cinema which used to occupy part of the site that now forms the Pear Tree. The pub has been extensively refurbished both outside and inside since it’s incarnation as an Australian theme pub, today the Pear Tree Café Bar is much more like a traditional pub with bare wooden floors and stripped pine tables, wooden settles and couches. The dark red-brick of the old Bar Billabong has been rendered in an off-white covering to give it a lighter, more pleasant appearance.

A central feature is the spiral staircase that leads up to the first-floor level with views across to the road to the Victorian church opposite. The spiral staircase also leads down to the basement toilets or, alternatively there are disabled toilets on the ground floor. There is plenty of wood panelling and shelving in the pub which are used for books for customers to enjoy. Daily papers are also available for customers to read. Old and somewhat eccentric photographs are on the walls and there is free WiFi for customers to use throughout the pub.

The dark wooden bar is on the left-hand side of the pub features two gleaming chrome handpumps with Brains Bitter and a house beer ‘Grumpy Landlord’. Wales largest cask ale brewery SA Brain also use the Pear Tree to put their keg craft beers on so that the wheat beer Weiss Weiss Baby and the American IPA Barry Island IPA have been on tap here. SA and SA Gold are also available in bottles along with some of their bottled craft ales. All the beers are served in the new branded glassware from Brains Brewery. Alternatively there is an extensive wine list as well as a full range of coffee.

Food is served all day from 0830 to 2200 with extensive chalkboard menus with breakfasts, tapas and flat bread or sour dough sandwiches and burgers available.

The Pear Tree regularly hosts live music and is also home to the Pear Tree Bake Off – a charity competition to find the best home baker in Roath. The Pear Tree markets itself as a café bar but appeals to a wide range of clientele as customers of all ages enjoy this pub.

Street view has the pub as it looked when Aussified:

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Old advertising sign

Sign in the Heath pub, Cardiff. This sign seems to have done the rounds of Brains pubs before settling down in here. It used to hang in the Duke of Wellington in the Hayes but before that it was in the notorious Custom House which used to be owned by the Burnham Brewery as a photo taken during WWII shows.


Dating it, well its probably later than 1892 but before 1901
The companies mentioned on it are:
Salt & Co, Buton-upon-Trent
Founded 1774, taken over by Bass in 1927 and brewing ceased. Became a public company on 1892.

Georges & Co
Founded c1730, acquired by Courage 1930. Became a registered company in 1888.
Davis, Strangman & Co Limited of Waterford
Founded 1792, closed 1948. Registered 1888.

Elliotts Aerated Water of Brighton
1871-1901

I think the sign has been altered in recent years and the name of the original brewery has been removed? The one at the top with the crown trade mark, oh well a lot more research required to identify the original brewery!

The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff

Andrew Buchan, 29 Albany Road, CF24 3LH
The Andrew Buchan opened last year, in a late-Victorian building on the corner of Albany Road and Arabella Street. The building had previously lain empty for five years, before that it was video shop, although it had been a grocers’ shop in the nineteenth century.

The pub is named after the Scottish founder of the original Rhymney Brewery, founded in 1838 and closed by Whitbread in 1978. The Rhymney Brewery name was resurrected by the Evans family in 2005 and the Andrew Buchan is the fourth pub in their estate, the others being in Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Pontypridd. The modern brewery is today located in Blaenavon World Heritage Town.

The Andrew Buchan pub features frosted windows on the outside and is painted red with the pub name written in script with the famous Rhymney 'Hobby Horse' logo also emblazoned on the signage. The doorway leads to a very long room with a bar in the middle. On the left as you enter the pub is a large modern brick-built fireplace with a wood-burner located in it, a welcome site on these cold winter nights. Above the fireplace is a moose’s head, very Fawlty Towers and something that has become a theme with the Rhymney Brewery pubs. There are seating areas either side of the fireplace, or alternatively customers can choose to sit in the window and witness the hustle and bustle of Albany Road. A staircase in this front area of the pub leads to an upstairs function room which is available to local groups, a chalkboard by the staircase informs customers when and which group has booked the room.

The pub narrows somewhat near the very long bar, before expanding again at the rear where there is more seating and access to the outside smoking area; a compact yard with a park bench. The walls are decorated throughout with pictures of old Cardiff mounted on them. Flatscreen televisions are mounted throughout the pub for major sporting events.

Being a Rhymney pub the beers are from that brewery with former Champion Beers of Wales Dark and Export alongside Bitter, Hobby Horse, Bevans and any seasonal beer the brewery are brewing at the time. Takeout containers of five litres are also available. Ciders from Gwynt Y Ddraig are also available.

As with the other Rhymney Brewery pubs, the Andrew Buchan does not serve any food but is a pub merely dedicated to good beer and there is nothing wrong with that!

Google Map: Streetview still shows the building as the video shop
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Beard lover brews craft beer

Cardiff pub landlord turns brewer


A Cardiff pub manager has swapped pulling pints for brewing pints after spending a day in Brains’ craft brewery.

Chris Rowlands, award-winning manager, beardwrangler and piemaster general of the Goat Major – one of Cardiff’s best loved real ale pubs – turned brewer after Brains invited him to brew his own beer in their craft brewery.
Chris, a lifelong real ale fan, along with a team from the pub, chose to brew a milk stout, he said:

“The day was fantastic! I've always considered myself a bit of a beer nerd but when I went down there I realised just how little I really knew of the process of making beer I'd so often taken for granted.
We named the beer ‘Beardface’, my wife's nickname for me, loosely based off the fact that I look like a lumberjack stuffed into a waistcoat. “

A milk stout is basically a standard stout brew with sugar from milk or cream added, the science behind this being that brewers' yeast cannot ferment lactose sugars so the natural sweetness and richness remains and provides a nourishing, potent counterbalance to the bitterness of a roasted malt. Brains used 5 different malts and a roasted barley to give the beer a layered depth of flavour and a truly nourishingly rich and resplendent pint of stout.

Blending Pale Ale, Munich, Crystal, Brown and Chocolate Malts with Roasted Barley, Beardface is a dark beer with a rich depth. Flavours of caramel, burnt toffee and roast coffee are balanced by the sweetness from lactose sugars, creating a sweet milk stout.
Bill Dobson, head brewer at Brains, added:
“Last year the Goat Major was named ‘Brains Cask Ale Pub of the Year’ at our annual awards ceremony, so we were keen to get Chris and the team in to brew with us. They’re knowledgeable and passionate about beer, and they pass on that passion to their customers.”
The beer will be sold in 30 Brains pubs and launched at the Goat Major pub on Wednesday 20th March at 1700hrs.