Pub reviews in Southport Visiter and Ormskirk Advertiser

Below are links to local pub reports I write for the CAMRA column in our local papers, the Southport Visiter and Ormskirk Advertiser. Some have been slightly expanded from the version in the paper. Every write-up is based on at least one actual visit, and I receive no payment whatsoever.
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2021
24 July - Formby - The Tin Shed
29 June - Southport - The Beer Den 2

2020
12 March - Waterloo - The Four Ashes
5 March - Liverpool - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms
12 February - Banks - Ralph's Wife's

2019 (6 pubs)
7 November - Ormskirk - The Buck I'Th' Vine
3 November - Liverpool - The Excelsior
22 September - Tarleton - The Vestry Tap Room
31 August - Liverpool - The Captain Alexander
28 July - Southport - The Victoria
7 March - Churchtown - Churchtown pub tour
17 January - Southport - Peaky Blinders
14 January - Ormskirk - An Ormskirk pub crawl

2018 (8 pubs)
27 December - Southport - a traditional pub promenade
12 November - Southport - Baron's Bar
1 November - Southport - The Beer Den
16 July - Churchtown - Peaky Blinders
4 June - Southport - The Arion
22 April - Southport - The Cocoa House
19 April - Liverpool - The Lion Tavern
23 March - Liverpool - The Crown, Lime Street
16 February - Southport - The Phoenix

2017 (11 pubs)
20 December  - Liverpool - The Globe
23 November - Liverpool - The Roscoe Head
29 October - Southport - The Crown, Birkdale
23 July - Southport - The Blue Anchor
27 June - Southport - The Sir Henry Segrave
30 Apr - Southport - Bar 45
10 Apr - Liverpool - The Ship & Mitre
20 Mar - Southport - The Corridor
27 Feb - Liverpool - The Thomas Rigby's
13 Feb - Southport - The Pageant
30 Jan - Southport - The Lakeside Inn

2016 (35 pubs)
18 Dec - Birkdale - Taylor's
14 Dec - Burscough - Old Packet House
3 Dec - Lathom - Ring O' Bells

20 Nov - Crosby - The Crows Nest
6 Nov - Crosby - Blues Bar

31 Oct - Burscough - The Hop Vine
16 Oct - Formby - The Lifeboat
10 Oct - Formby - The Cross House Inn

26 Sep - Southport - The Richmond
21 Sep - Southport - The Cock & Rabbit

29 Aug - Birkdale - The Up Steps
18 Aug - Freshfield - The Beer Station
1 Aug - Hillside - The Pines

11 July - Ormskirk - The Court Leet
3 July - Ormskirk - The Hop Inn Bier Shoppe

27 June - Ormskirk - The Cricketers
15 June - Birkdale - The Park Hotel

30 May - Wigan - Wigan Central
16 May - Liverpool - The North Western
2 May - Southport - The Masons

24 Apr - Lathom - The Ship ('Blood Tub')
18 Apr - Lydiate - The Scotch Piper
11 Apr - Formby - The Railway

31 Mar - Liverpool - Cask
28 Mar - Birkdale - The Fishermen's Rest
20 Mar - Hillside - The Grasshopper
13 Mar - Crosby - Stamps Bar
6 Mar - Birkdale - The Blundell Arms (closure)

29 Feb - Scarisbrick - The Heatons Bridge
25 Feb - Southport - The Windmill
15 Feb - Southport - The Imperial
9 Feb - Southport - The Cheshire Lines
4 Feb - Burscough - The Martin Inn

25 Jan - Burscough - The Slipway
18 Jan - Haskayne - The Ship Inn

2015 (15 pubs)
30 Nov - Burscough - The Farmers Arms
23 Sept - Churchtown - The Stocks (proposed micropub)
22 Sept - Southport - The Guest House
10 Aug - Crosby - The Corner Post
3 Aug - Waterloo - Stamps Too and the Liver Hotel
28 July - Waterloo - The Queens Picture House and the Old Bank
1 July - Waterloo - The Volunteer Canteen
13 June - Southport - The Thatch & Thistle
10 Jun - Chester - Four Pubs in Chester
2 June - Southport - The Mount Pleasant

2014 (9 pubs)
30 Sept - Southport - The Zetland Hotel
15 Aug - Southport - Tap & Bottles
21 July - Churchtown - The Bold and The Hesketh
21 June - Formby - The Freshfield
17 June - Crosby - The Liverpool Pigeon
15 June - Birkdale - The Barrel House
4 June - Aughton -  The Derby Arms
23 May - Southport - The Guelder Rose

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41/89 to 12.3.20 = 46.1%
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2863 - 13.3.20
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