After popping over to Tividale the one Friday to help sort out my long time client Jamie, I got dropped into town and began to walk down Broad Street. The many bars here haven’t really tickled my fancy for a good few years now, so as you can imagine I couldn’t wait to get off…
After a great boozy Saturday night knocking about around Digbeth at Digbeth Dining Club, The Floodgate and Dead wax, I wasn’t thinking too far ahead towards more beer. After a McDonald’s breakfast and a good nap though I remembered my beloved United were on TV against Everton. So I decided to head down into Moseley…
After a long week and a bit of bad news for myself, 3:30 pm on the Saturday couldn’t come quick enough. As I packed my tools away after a busy day I could already taste the first pint of my weekend and it couldn’t come quick enough. The Gore had mentioned to me about a…
So after last weeks tragic trip to the bar we shalt not name, I decided to try again. This time it was for Temple Street and The Head Of Steam. Temple street has had somewhat of a facelift over the past few years and now boasting Flight Club, Las Iguanas and The Head Of Steam,…
Bleak, dark, wet, depressing. That isn’t the pub or the beer just this general part of the country. Having decided to take a journey out to Telford way a couple of Wednesdays ago I ended up in Wellington Just outside of Telford. Which for me is a lovely step up from the normal bleak days…
Monday’s are always a good day to go and scope out a boozer in my eyes. I miss the hustle and bustle of the weekend, the quietness gives you the chance to have a look around too. So that’s what I did. I headed into the bank in kings heath and as I was heading…
Flip Some Beer Mats Pub Of The Year. So after announcing the nominees earlier this month I found it really hard to pick one from the 3 finalists. All delivering a great pint and also having their own special quirks. But there can only be one winner this year and I have opted for….. The…
Sunday’s come and go at a fast rate as you approach 30, even quicker when it’s approaching Christmas! So this Sunday had to just be a quick pint not the all dayer! I had popped over to see my Dad over in Castle Brom and after escaping hitlers clutches I opted for a pint on…
So as we’ve had a full year of flipping beer mats now it’s time to turn our attention to what pub has been this years POTY! We have Travelled far and wide over the past 12 to 18 months. We’ve stretched from Harrogate to London we’ve had good pubs and bad pubs, we’ve had dives,…
The Lord Clifden. So this one was pretty cool. I got to catch up with my mate Sean and link it with having a beer with one of the boys from work too, me and Matt had been banging on about going to the clifden for a while so decided to pop down on a…
The Shakespeare. Recently I was lucky enough to start working back in Birmingham with the award winning Barberology so alot of people will now be expecting some more local boozers to review. So after one Thursday late night on my stroll into town I stopped off at the Shakespeare, Summer Row. A simple pub, very…
As Joe is off the tot for a bit it means he’s stepped away from the pub reviews a touch, as he mentioned the other day if you’ve got him on Social Media, but here at Lockthelocks we don’t want to leave you hanging so I thought I’d get a quick one up off the…
So, after my trip up north I’d been extremely busy, between work and training that I realised I hadn’t got us a review! So after coming over to Yardley to stay with my mom and brothers for a few nights I thought I’d get myself up to the yew tree and settle the debate finally.…
So after spending a few weeks training with the team at Barberology I decided to get myself into a pub around the famous Jewellery Quarter and see what the locals had to offer. With many to choose from I went for the Jewellers Arms (As recommended by the good pub guide.) As you enter the…
A blazing hot Wednesday during the recent heat wave and I’m back out on the hunt again. Having heard about a new Peaky blinders inspired bar at Dudley waterfront I thought to myself I may aswell head on down. After awkwardly navigating to the bar which is set in a unit below offices at the…
Joseph Hardiman Wednesday comes and my first day off of the week with it comes. After pottering around the house for a few hours I take a stroll and head to the waterfront not too far from Merry Hill. I remember being here last summer during that glorious World Cup run and it’s still as…
Joseph Hardiman Another day off as it seems to be nowadays when I get chance to get out to the pub, so comes another pub review. We’re remaining in the Black Country at one of Dudleys main pieces of Spectacle the Delph Locks. The Tenth lock is positioned right on the bank of Dudleys great…
So a little change this week as my day off fell on a Wednesday which really threw me out of sync, so after an office call out for a couple of Bearded Brummies and one newly carpeted bedroom later it was time for me to pop out for a few pints whilst the Mrs was…
Joseph Hardiman Reliving my youth again on this review and I’ve taken a stroll around Solihull to the old Lloyd’s bar, now a Yates’s. Nothing really seems to have changed in here, the same layout as to 10 years ago, sky sports cheap food and beer you’d expect a bit more from a huge building…
Joseph Hardiman Well, after coming out of what I would call a spectacle of seeing Mike Skinner And The Streets in Brixton Academy we were served the pleasure of an after party boasting MJ Cole, Donaeo, Heartless Crew, Jaykae, Logan Sama and Mike Skinner Himself. Initially I was apprehensive to go to the after party…
Joseph Hardiman A few years back when I was training to be a barber, I worked doing reactive maintenance for a roofing firm. We travelled the country fixing leaks in pubs,(shame I didn’t write this blog then) and one day it led me here. So as I was waiting around in Dudley for my friend…
Joseph Hardiman We headed out a couple of Sundays back to spend some family time together on the Severn valley railway. I remember being taken on this exact journey when I was younger by my parents so it was nice to spend this day as a family. After alighting the train in Rodgnorth we found…
Joseph Hardiman Now this is an odd one for me as I’m not a fan of the big chain pubs and surprise surprise this one is a sizzler but, hold the thoughts. You walk in to a pretty large bar area not overly staffed which is odd, one bar man between two bars and a…
Joseph Hardiman As Mondays go mine started off great, lovely lie in, sausage sandwich and the other half was off to work, so that only means one thing….I’m off on my travels again to get some reviews in. After doing a bit of light house work, I jump on the number 6 from Brierley Hill…
Joseph Hardiman So it’s a Sunday and I’m in the city centre, I’m taking a stroll out of new street station and remember my brother mentioning he had played a DJ set at a cool bar when it first opened so I thought I would check it out. Get myself into the bar be it…
Joseph Hardiman So on one of my Mondays off I decided reluctantly to drag myself to the gym, afterwards I fancied a spot of lunch and a cold couple of pints. So I jumped into Stourbridge and was a little spoilt for choice. After attempting to find any staff to actually serve me in the…
Joseph Hardiman Nestled snug between a Wetherspoons and a new Indian street food eatery on this busy, yet quite cool side road off Birmingham’s New Street you find the Sun On The Hill. Quite strange having two pubs right next door to each other but they couldn’t be any further apart in terms of atmosphere…
Joe Hardiman So after a bumble around the many markets and stands at the river Severn in Bewdley myself and the better half casually struck up the hunger (after about 50 gins the night before) so we decided to go find some comfort food and a quiet pint. After driving into Bewdley I spotted an…
Joseph Hardiman As you find yourself wandering along the Shirley High Street you seen like you can’t walk 2 minutes before being met by another sizzler or another big chain battle cruiser. I’ve been fortunate enough to come across a little gem in my eyes. Strawberry Fields. Walking past it appears as a shop front.…
Joseph Hardiman – Locthelocks So before firing into the numerous Birmingham local rumbles that I tend to fall around, I thought we would go for something a little finer. Bassa Villa in Bridgnorth is somewhere that I really didn’t expect to come across. For a little town that resembles to me what Stratford upon Avon…
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