tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post5040079082454723243..comments2024-03-28T07:02:44.451+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Shropshire dropsThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-22230574266813670142016-01-21T16:58:41.978+00:002016-01-21T16:58:41.978+00:00Yay! Happy ending!Yay! Happy ending!The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-377761051374021082016-01-21T16:55:50.291+00:002016-01-21T16:55:50.291+00:00The Red Lion at Longden Common appeared in this do...The Red Lion at Longden Common appeared in <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/16/red-lion-tv-review" rel="nofollow">this documentary about Red Lions</a> in 2009, when it had recently closed.<br /><br /><i>"Yes, you find unhappiness in the Red Lion, and people trying to drink away their loneliness. But there's also lots of good times, companionship, cameraderie and laughter. The saddest Red Lion by far is the one in Longden Common. It was the centre of this tiny Shropshire community; everyone went on a Saturday night, unless they were ill, and they tried not to be on a Saturday. But then it closed, and with it went the village's main point of contact. They used to do stuff together, go on holiday even; now they stay at home and watch telly. I hope they watched this at least, because it was a lovely portrait of a peculiarly British institution."</i><br /><br />Good to hear that it's reopened and, from what you say, thriving.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-51473154576399984752016-01-21T14:01:19.301+00:002016-01-21T14:01:19.301+00:00Damn near perfect, you might say.Damn near perfect, you might say.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-42703526382969582932016-01-21T13:56:46.346+00:002016-01-21T13:56:46.346+00:00The Three Tuns Stout looks like a lovely pint in t...The Three Tuns Stout looks like a lovely pint in the picture.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.com