If You Hadn’t Noticed You Will Now
The Story Behind the Off-Centre Hook on Our Grand Stone Fireplace If you’ve ever pulled up a chair by our fire on a cold morning, wrapped your hands around a warm mug or a pint,...
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Half Term Breathers: Pop in and Say Hello
We hope you’ve all had a brilliant half term! Whether you’ve spent the week out braving the autumn walks, entertaining the troops, or just trying to keep up with the chaos, it’s...
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Am I Taking The P**s: The Well Round the Back, and Why Yorkshire Once Paid Good Money for What Went In It
Round the back of the pub there’s a large stone well with a pouring spout. Most staff walk past it. If any comment after me writing this blog then at least I’ll know they’re...
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Make Mondays Count: Your New Morning Base
Let’s be honest, Mondays get a bit of a bad press. But a Monday can be a fresh start, a clean page and a chance to get yourself sorted before the week runs away with you. Get...
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Falling Back: An Extra Hour, A Bit of History, and Firelit Sundays
There’s always a funny sort of feeling in the air on the last Sunday of October. You wake up, look at the alarm, double-check your phone, and realise you’ve been gifted that...
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Ted Banks: The Man in the Painting in Our Middle Bar
Not all the history in an old pub belongs to the building. Sometimes it belongs to the people in the pictures.The painting of Ted Banks in our middle bar is a lovely example. My...
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The Booth Wood Inn at Cunning Corner, Rishworth: Moorland History and a Dangerous 'Cunning' Bend
Our friend John Oats took this historic pub back to its original name in 2012. Its a bit further up the valley from us at The Old Bridge Inn, climbing high toward the wilder...
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An Apple a Day: Celebrating Apple Day in the Valley
Say, did ya know??? Today, Wednesday 21st October, happens to be Apple Day.
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Gift Drive 2026: Spreading a Bit of Proper Yorkshire Warmth This Christmas
As the nights draw in, the log fires are properly roaring, and the frost starts biting at the flagstones, our thoughts here naturally turn to Christmas. Over the generations one...
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The Alma Inn, Cottonstones: Histories on Your Local Pubs
There’s more to our local pub history than what goes on within our own four walls at The Old Bridge Inn. Head up to Cottonstones, near Mill Bank, and you’ll find The Alma Inn,...
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The Saxon Font in Our Bottom Bar: A Mystery Unearthed
If you’ve ever had a drink down in the bottom bar, chances are your pint has rested somewhere near a rather hefty piece of carved gritstone that looks like it belongs in an...
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