Last Ale Supped Thread.

Few pictures from a small ( two pub) pub crawl combined with a nice leasearly stroll to both, Situated in the Lancashire village of Mawdesley, Equidistant from Wigan & Preston - 10 miles.

Visited two pubs - The Red Lion in the center of the village & The Black Bull on a country lane, Both nice walks to each pub.

In the Blackbull they offered 5 guest ales, Brewers at the time where Unicorn, Thwaites, Moorhouses, Blacksheep & Marstons. The ales I sampled in here where in good condition.

While at the pub I supped - Marstons Engish Pale Ale ( EPA) at 3.6% which was a golden colour, Refreshing  and hoppy.

Thwaites Wainright 4.1% again a stronger ale yet still golden when settled, Very moreish.

Next stop was The Red Lion, Mawdesley, Which was in the village center...Good location and tables outside allowed you to watch the world go by & enjoy the last of the weather for the night.

Here I had Jennings Cockerhoop "Golden" very nice light ale at 4.6% a golden bitter with a very hoppy flavour.

Chorley Town 2 Bamber Bridge 0

Went along to Chorley FC vs Bamber Bridge FC which is a local derby tonight, Drove up in car with a few mates..

After driving up down near ground we walked there through a little back alley and to the turn styles - Very old school. Paid the 7 quid to get in and took place at the end where Chorley where attacking,

First half was alright and the one thing I did notice was the tackles going in, If that was the premier league half the fucking team would have been sent off. Chorley had the upper hand and had a few shots.

Half time came and we went up to the social club, Had a shandy ( 1.50) and settle down to just have a chat etc.

Second half comes and we do something which has been lost in the game and at our place since our all seater - Switching ends. Chorley score to make it 1-0. Same again decent tackles and turns out Chorley have decent pace down the wings...Bamber Bridge have a few chances yet in my opinion where out-played.
Was refeshing to go and watch them, May go next week against Lancaster City for the price it seems alreet however will never get the same feeling as watching my team.

On with the pictures, Decent ground....

bit of hipstamatic application..

Interview: A Modern Tradition

Tee shirt/Clothing company A Modern Tradition agreed to do this interview with us, Big thanks to Craig for taking the time to answer questions.

RB Could you give us a bit off an insite into the company and how the idea came about?

AMT  At the minute, i'd still say that the company is only still a hobby so to speak. We are a two man outfit. My personal influences are mainly from terrace culture and fashions.

The other lad involved is a skinhead, so we have some varied ideas to throw in the bag and his vast knowledge of music can be good inspiration for design ideas.

Ive wanted to put my designs on tees for some time now but until 80's Casuals came about i was always pretty naive about it being financially possible if im honest. That was a kind of

kick up the arse for me that working class lads could,and did go places in clothing. In the past ive put some of my designs on tees myself using various methods like a wooden homemade silk

screen,stencils and transfers that were worn by my myself and my mates.

What made you decide to go into the clothing industry?

Clothing is something that both of us involved in the project are passionate about. As anyone who is/has been heavily into football fashions will know, its all about attention to detail and quality.

I dont go to football very much these days, but im still heavily into looking stylish(and i still have a jacket obsession!) So this is the only industry for me. There is nothing more rewarding than

taking something from the drawing board to finally seeing it in the flesh........and then to top it off, to see someone wearing it!

RB Since there are other tee shirt brands out there that have the "casual" tag with them, How do you make your product stand out?

AMT  At this moment in time we are just doing our own thing. We dont consider ourselves as a competetor to any of the established tee labels. We have currently have a stock pile of ideas to take to the drawing board.

Some are very unique and others i suppose could be considered as Casual 'Cliches'. But we always add our won twist and try to be different where we can.

What happens from start to finish in the process off designing a new tee?

Some ideas will just pop in there and evolve!!! But in reailty, most ideas will be brainstormed from conversation, then to paper until we agree a final decision. Then the design process can begin.

Alot of the designs are drawn by hand and others using photography and graphics tools etc. Then, from there we will fire it over to our printer who will colour check it and print off some samples.

RB You plan on going into other areas off fashion or just concentrate on your tees?

AMT  At present, we are planning to focus on the t-shirts. We have had some quotes on other items including knitwear but we dont want to try and punch above our weight just yet. I think

they call it 'Gradual Progression'!!! But certainly yes, we do plan on designing and producing our own garments in the future.

 RB what factors come into choosing a manufacture an also about the quality off the fabric?

AMT We use super heavyweight ultra-cotton for all our tees.If a poor fabric is used then it basically jeopardises the whole process. We only use reputable brands who are tried and tested. I suppose its a case of 'you get what you pay for' and we want a quality finished product.

Check there website out: http://www.amoderntradition.co.uk/

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Modern-Tradition/164752766881658?ref=ts

Catfish & The Bottlemen - The Avenue, Leigh

Llandudno indie band are coming to Leigh on the 11th December, So though I would put a preview up about the band etc..Having seen them play in Indiependence, I was taken back by there raw guitars and hard hitting drum beats and toe tapping songs - A band to look out for.

Catfish & The Bottlemen won BBC6 Music Unsigned Band award in March 2009, and have spent the past year gigging and promoting there EP/getting there music about in venues/clubs up and around the North of England.

They released there début EP - Poetry & Fuel, Followed by The Beautiful Decay EP which I have on non stop - Every song on there I like and all get my feet tapping and singing away whether its in a plant room at work, Playing drums or just around.

Since then they have released there Acoustic Sessions album, Bodies Single ( Free digital format and also a single format in CD) 

Give them a listen.

Picture taken from there Facebook page.

And its off to Lobby country....

Heard of a mate that Danny Mahon is playing in Leigh so thought why not go, Just given the lad a listen and I have to say its very good music - Diffrent the lyrics make me laugh and the acoustic guitar cuts through.

Here is the link to his MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/dannymahon

His music is diffrent from what I have heard and shall take my camera along....Review will be up a few days after the gig.