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rhythm and boozePassionate About Proper Pubs - Issue 14 - July/August 2012
Campaigners fighting to save
a Werrington pub from
demolition are breathing a
cautious sigh of relief
following the extension of
its lease.
The Ploughman in
Werrington Centre, which is
earmarked for demolition
under a redevelopment
scheme by the centre’s owner,
Tesco, has had its lease,
which was due to expire in
December, extended by
three years.
Despite suggestions by the
supermarket giant that a
‘family pub and restaurant’
would be built elsewhere at
the centre, there are concerns
that it would be run by a
national chain who would be
unwilling to continue the
good work of Landlords
Stuart and Andy Simmonds.
When the brothers took the
pub over in 2009 it had a poor
reputation but in a short space
of time, they cleaned it up,
began serving real ales and
put it at the heart of the
local community.
The pair were recognised
for their efforts in 2011 when
the Peterborough branch of
CAMRA made The
Ploughman its pub of the year.
Speaking following the
announcement that the lease
would be extended, ward
councillor John Fox said,
“Although this is only a stay
of execution, lets hope the
powers that be come to their
senses and realise this is an
asset that the Werrington
Centre cannot afford to lose.”
To get involved with the
campaign to save the pub
from demolition, visit
www.savetheploughman.com
EVERYLITTLEHELPS
Campaigners score partial victory in bid to save The Ploughman.
Out 23 July 2012
The Astronauts/
The DestructorsOne Wave/Schwerpunkt
Formed in Welwyn GardenCity in 1977, The Astronautscome armed with some ofthe best tunes around.
Joining The Destructors forthis split-album, they provideseven of its 23 tracks.
“The Astronauts are one of those bands for
whom the phrases 'criminally overlooked'
and 'cruelly underrated' were made for.”
- My Little Bubble
“Proper punk for proper punks is the best
way to describe what The Destructors are
all about!”
- Mass Movement Magazine
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Ready for blast off?
England may be out of the
Euros but, writes Jamie
Jones, they aren’t as
important as Posh.
I think even the fans neededsome time away from thehurly burly of the season torecharge the batteries, butsuddenly it feels an awfullylong time until the seasonstarts on 18 August.
This will be another hugeseason for PUFC. Let’s notforget that no Posh side hasever finished outside of therelegation zone in theirsecond season at this level. Ithink that our current side,with the additions that arecurrently being added willhave enough to finish lowermid-table. Now, I have beenaccused by some of lackingambition by stating that sucha league position would be anachievement, but if we do stayup again, for me it will be a
massive relief.
Players come, players gobut the key this season will beFerguson (and Russell), whowill need all their skills andknowledge to plot a path toChampionship safety. Wehave a tough but exciting start by going to the ‘SoldOur Soul’ stadium to faceLeicester City. I for one can’twait to get there, and showthem that we are PeterboroughUnited and I fancy us to get atleast a point.
The sides coming downfrom the Premier League areall strong and won’t be ‘doinga Pompey’ (maybe we can livein hope about Kentucky FriedBlackburn). The sides comingup from League One all lookstrong, but then promotedsides always do. For me, theweakest of the lot are our dearold friends the ‘Believers’of Huddersfield. I will state
here and now that they willfinish in the bottom three,amid much wailing and gnashing of mangy, twistedteeth in Yorkshire.
I will of course be writingthroughout the season, andour Posh fans podcastStanding On The Glebe willreturn from August, so Iwill leave you with mypredictions:
Posh will finish: 17th
Top Scorer: Tyrone Barnett(pictured above)
Relegated: Millwall,Huddersfield, Barnsley
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The Peterborough Festival
will be hosting Metal and
Verbal Remedies on 6 July at
Café Valise, a ‘pop-up’ café at
the Chauffeur’s Cottage at the
back of the Town Hall.
Featuring poetry and comedy,
the night, which starts at 8pm,
is free but you’ll need to book
your place by visiting
www.eventbrite.com
/event/3483835245
Over at Central Park, a
Literature Tent will feature
Superbard, Salena Godden
and Sanity Valve on 7 July
and Lucy Ayrton, Pete the
Temp, a Poetry Slam
(organised by Hammer &
Tongue) and Mark Niel on
8 July.
This year’s T. S. Eliot
Festival will be held in
Little Gidding on 7 and 8
July. Poets include Paul
Muldoon, Daljit Nagra and
Bernard O’Donoghue. Go to
www.eliotsociety.org.uk for
further information.
The John Clare Festival in
Helpston is to be held over
the weekend of 13–15 July
with the Poetry Smackdown
at Torpel Manor Field on the
Friday night with other events
over the weekend, including a
performance by local folkies
Pennyless and talks by Arthur
Pedlar and Carry Ackroyd.
There’s still time to enter
this year’s John Clare Poetry
Competition, the theme for
which is ‘winning’ and the
deadline is 31 July. I can
vouch that this can be an
excellent opportunity for
any writer. For an entry form,
visit www.clarecottage.org
Pint of Poetry, Dash of
Drama will be performing in
the Literature Tent at Central
Park on 7 and 8 July from
Midday. Then they’ll be
having their regular nights
at Charter’s on 11 July and
8 August (for the sixth
anniversary celebrations, so
expect cake and party hats).
If you want to read, it is best
to get there about 8pm as it
can get quite busy, and the
entertainment starts around
8.30pm. Stamford now has its
own Pint of Poetry night, on
the last Wednesday of the
month (25 July and 29
August) at 8pm in the Cellar
Bar at the Arts Centre on St.
Mary’s Street.
Stuart Orme will be
launching his book Haunted
Peterborough at Waterstones
on Bridge Street on 7 July.
If you know anything of my
seemingly irresolvable dispute
you’ll understand my interest
in this.
As part of the Oundle
International Festival, the
Yarrow Gallery in Glapthorn
Road is hosting a talk on
John Clare’s poetry and music
on 19 July at 2pm. This is
followed by a coach trip to
the John Clare Cottage where
there’ll be tea, cake and a
fiddle player performing some
of the tunes Clare collected.
The coach is due back to
Oundle around 5pm. Tickets
are £12.50 for the whole
event and £3 for just the talk
at the Gallery. To book ring
(01832) 274734 or go to
www.oundlefestival.org.uk
For this issue’s Local Hero
I’m going for someone a little
bit different, but still a skilled
wordsmith; the rapper Maxim
Reality of The Prodigy. Born
Keith Palmer, Maxim went to
Jack Hunt School, learning
his craft alongside his brother,
Hitman. I remember him from
the Public Enemy gig at the
Wirrina and through
performances in the city by
professional acts and the
success of local talent like
Maxim, we have some very
adept folks (Locality Crew,
Launchpad Records, etc) on
the local scene.
Cardinal Cox is an
enthusiastic amateur drinker
and through his role as Poet-
in-Residence of St. John’s
Church, Cathedral Square
recently appeared on BBC
Radio Cambridgeshire.
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Singer, writer and poet Salena
Godden performs at Central
Park on 7 July.
Running between 21 and 25
August, the Peterborough
Beer Festival is the largest
such event outside of London.
In addition to more than 350
cask ales, not forgetting wine,
cider, perry and bottled beers,
are food stalls, trade stands
and a packed programme of
live entertainment.
Who to watch…
From tribute band The Fab
Beatles to the free jazz and
classical baroque of Kerry
Divine with Kasandra’s Magic
Pylon Band, there really is
something for everyone. For
my money, the band of the
festival has to be The Indigo
Kings (theindigokings.co.uk)
who play at approximately
8pm on Friday evening.
Mixing blues and jazz with
vintage pop, their sound is
reminiscent of a halfway
house between Paloma Faith
and Saint Etienne, and their
album Against a Brick Wall
comes highly recommended.
…what to wet your whistle
with…
One brewery that likes to
make a noise at the Beer
Festival is Oakham Ales. Last
year its staff dressed as
Native Americans to launch
new beer Dreamcatcher, while
2009 saw them in Egyptian
costumes to herald the arrival
of Akhenaten.
But one brewer who prefers
to let his beers do the talking
is Duncan Vessey of Castor
Ales. Over the last few
years, the microbrewery has
produced locally themed ales
including Old Scarlett, Craig
Mack Ale and Edmund Tyrell
Artis, named after the man
who discovered Roman
remains at Castor.
With this year’s Beer
Festival being the 35th and
coral being the respective
anniversary stone, Castor
Ale’s festival special will be
Core Ale, which, at 4%, is
light and hoppy.
To join in with the
festivities, anyone who is
celebrating a 35th wedding
anniversary that week will be
given a free pint if they bump
into Duncan.
A Festive
Dressing up is just as important as the beer for some Festival goers.
Another locally
brewed ale, exclusive to the
Beer Festival, is Colonel
GoJo from Hopshackle
Brewery in Market Deeping.
Using three English hop
varieties, Challenger , Fuggles
and Goldings, the 4.3%
golden ale owes its puntastic
name to Joe, a friend of
brewer Nigel Wright, who is
nicknamed The Colonel and is
soon to retire from the British
Transport Police
…and Where to Wander?
Whether you’re looking for
somewhere to go during the
afternoon breaks on
Wednesday and Thursday, or
fancy a change of scenery
during Friday and Saturday’s
all-day sessions, Peterborough
has plenty of top class pubs
both in and around the
City centre.
To the south of the river, in
Fletton and Woodston, are
Charter’s, The Coalheaver’s
Arms, The Cherry Tree and
The Palmerston Arms, which
all serve a large range of ales,
while the City centre has The
Ostrich Inn, The Draper’s
Arms and The Brewery Tap.
A little further north, on
Highbury Street, just off from
Lincoln Road, is the Hand &
Heart but one place that is
often overlooked, and not far
from the Beer Festival itself,
is The Woolpack on North
Street in Stanground.
To walk or cycle there, take
the footpath to the right of the
Beer Festival, continuing up
the slope onto the flyover.
Turn right and take the path
alongside the Parkway.
Go through the underpass,
continuing past St. John’s
church until you reach a road
in front of you.
Cross over, making your
way towards the thatched
house ahead of you and turn
left at the cycle shop. Walk to
the bottom of the hill, turn
right and walk 100 yards until
you find The Woolpack.
Favourite
The Indigo Kings play on Friday evening. Inset: The Woolpack’s beer
garden is a perfect place to go while the Beer Festival is closed.
The Surrealist Sportsman’s ClubIn this issue, David ‘Dai’Roll turns his attention to Dominoes.
Many of us will have played
dominoes as youngsters,
matching the number of
apples or ducks on the tiles
and so learning to count
through play, but did you
know that dominoes have a
long history? They originated
from various tile games
played in China (such as Mah
Jong) and reached Europe via
Venice around 1600.
Locally, some interesting
sets were made from bone by
the French prisoners-of-war
held at Norman Cross around
1800. One of the most
important games in the history
of dominoes was played in
Florida in 1873 between
Colonel Henry Titus and
Captain Clark Rice for the
honour of the naming of
the town now known as
Titusville, just near to
Cape Canaveral.
Domino sets commonly
have up to six pips per half
(with 28 tiles to the set),
though sets are available
that have up to nine pips
(comprising 55 tiles), 12 pips
(with 91 tiles) or even 18 pips
(with 190 tiles). In most
games (different rules can be
played) a number of tiles are
dealt to each player with the
remainder in a draw pile if at
any time a player cannot lay a
tile. Then the player with the
highest double-tile lays first.
Depending on the variant
being played, sometimes
when a double-tile is laid
these are classed as spinners
and tiles must come off all
four sides before play can
progress. In some versions
players can extend any of the
lines, but in Trains games
they can only extend their
own line of tiles.
Scoring can be counted in
a number of ways. In blocking
games the scoring is based
on the number of pips in the
losing players’ hands. In
scoring games each individual
laying of tiles can add to a
score. The commonest form
of scoring in pub games is
that of ‘fives and threes’
which often uses a cribbage
board to keep count. Here the
object is to be the first to
reach 61 points and points are
scored by making the ends of
lines be multiples of either
five, three or by both.
Apparently there are even
international domino
tournaments where the stakes
are comparable to that of
professional poker. However,
let’s not
forget that
you can also
stand the tiles on
end and knock them over.
Every November
in the Netherlands there is a
Domino Day at which they
attempt to set various records
for the number of dominoes in
a line to be pushed over etc.
We’d like to hear from any
local pubs where you can play
dominoes. Send any details to
Welsh-born Dave “Dai” Roll
is a member of the Surrealist
Sportsman’s Club (named
after a disorganisation in a
series of short stories by
Maurice Richardson,
collected as The Exploits of
Englebrecht and most recently
republished as a book by
Savoy in 2010).
R E V I E W SKludo White
Camper Van Radio
www.campervanradio.com
So far it has been a summer memorable for all
the wrong reasons, so we are in need of some
bright and breezy music to cheer us up. So,
what better way than to fix your surf board to
the roof of your iconic VW camper and head
to the coast. Even if you have no camper, are
more used to an ironing board and the tide is
way out at Skeggy, you can still enjoy this
sunshine and fun-filled album.
The whole album is written, performed and
produced by Kludo and is presented as a mock
radio show with jingles between the songs and
even an interlude apparently featuring Sir
Michael Caine. The songs have a nostalgic
twang of the 1960s pop scene you might have
heard on the old pop pirate stations of the day,
with a hint of surf music for good measure.
Kludo does a good line in Beatle-ish pop
and songs such as the title track certainly
sound familiar and there is some good-hearted
humour to be found in Flip Flops, Shorts &
Shades and Isn’t it Nice? (Wedding Song).
It evokes all that’s good about summer tunes
from the likes of the Beach Boys through to
Dodgy and is certainly a fab way of
brightening up a journey, even if your window
wipers are working overtime.David Brown
The Destructors
Sex & Drugs & Rock n Roll
Rowdy Farrago Records
As the title suggests, this album from
Peterborough’s prolific punks looks at the
three main constituents of popular music, or
the downsides of them at least.
Originally planned as three separate EPs,
which would have been a good idea as concept
albums have a tendency to drag, there are still
a few gems to be found across the 12 tracks.
One such highlight is opening track,
Spitroast F.C; featuring a catchy chorus, darkly
humorous yet poignant lyrics on the dangers
of celebrity obsession and great guitar work
which raises it above Street Punk’s normal
three-chord thrash.
Four of the tracks (including all three drug
songs) are covers and while its nice to hear
the band’s version of The Ruts’ H Eyes, the
Ian Dury classic, which named this album, is
conspicuous by its absence.
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www.metalonrock.com/thedestructors/merch
or download MP3s from www.7digital.com
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LISTINGSCock Inn
1305 Lincoln Road,
Werrington, Peterborough
PE4 6LW
01733 322006
06 - The Guards
07 - Slide to Open
13 - The Wash
14 - Porky Pig
20 - The Nuggets
21 - AVB
27 - The Rainmen
28 - Micky Flynn
August
03 – Les Woods Band
04 – Karaoke
11 –The Sound Injectors
The Hand & Heart,
12 Highbury Street,
Peterborough
PE1 3BE
01733 564653
July
19 - Captain Backwash
August
11 - General Command &
Raidon
16 - Captain Backwash
26 - Garden Party (bands tbc)
Coming Up: 26-30 September
Hand & Heart Autumn Beer &
Music Festival 2012.
Read all about it in the
September/October issue of
Rhythm & Booze.
The Ostrich Inn
17 North Street, Peterborough
PE1 2RA
01733 746370
July
06 - High Rollers
07 - Porky Pig
13 - The 707 Band
14 - Grumpy Old Men
20 - New Generation Crash and
Burn
27 - Ian Graham and Kat Moore
The Ploughman,
Staniland Way, Werrington,
Peterborough
PE4 6NA
01733 573594
July
05-08 Summer Beer Festival
More than 40 real ales and
ciders, tombola and raffle in aid
of the Rudolf fund. German
Jeff’s Barbecue and live music
from:
06 - Motor City Vipers
07 - Amplified/The Replicas
08 - Easyersaid/The Nuggets
13 - Citizen Smith
14 - The Returns
20 - After Dark
21 - High Rollers
27 - Overdubs
The Prince of Wales Feathers
38 Peterborough Road, Castor,
Peterborough
PE5 7AL
01733 380222
July
07 - Where’s the Dog?
21 - Archdale
August
10 - Children of the Revolution
The Woolpack,
29 North Street, Stanground,
Peterborough PE2 8HR
01733 753544
July
21 - Electric Warriors
August
10 - High Rollers Duo
11 - The Dizzy Miss Lizzys
12 - The Jazz Pidgins (4.30pm)
26 - Steve Bean plays classical
(3pm)
Landlords, it’sup to youDo you promote live music at
your pub or venue? If so, stop
moaning that we’re not
mentioning it in Rhythm &
Booze, we offer a free listings
service so there’s no excuse.
Email your gig dates for
September and October to
[email protected] before 6
July 2012.
All listings given in good faith,
Rhythm & Booze cannot be held
responsible for any discrepancy.
Vivat Maximus!
Rhythm & Booze, Issue 14 - July/August 2012. All written material, unless otherwise stated, © Simon Stabler
Hand & Heart12 Highbury Street. Peterborough PE1 3BE
01733 564653
A traditional back-street pub withup to six real ales at any time
nReal open coal fire in the bar
nTraditional pub games
nTraditional cider and perry available
nCAMRA Cambridgeshire Pub of the Year 2010
nCAMRA Gold Award Winner 2010
nLocAle Accredited
nListed in the CAMRA 2012 Good Beer Guide
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Buzzcocks,Charlatans, Camera Obscura, Johnny Cash, Nick
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Kinney, Smiths, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Stone Roses, Iggy & The
Stooges, Streets, Strokes, Suede, Super Furry Animals, Teenage
Fanclub, Tindersticks, Velvet Underground, The Wedding PresentBedsitter11th August, 8pm-2am, Free Admission
XXI (The City Club), Priestgate, Peterborough
The WoolpackNorth Street, Stanground, Peterborough PE2 8JF
(01733) 753544
Stanground's Best Kept Secret- A 15 minute walk from the centre of town
Beer FestivalFriday 10th - Sunday 12
th
August
Featuring beers from the South Westand live music from:
Friday - High Rollers (9pm)
Saturday - The Dizzy Miss Lizzys (9pm)
Sunday - The Jazz Pidgins (4.30pm)
Annual charity day on 12th August with stalls, games, tombola, raffle and bbq.
Proceeds to Free Kicks and Sailability
n Upto five ales available
n Quiz on Sunday evenings
n Food served Monday to Sunday 12-2pmand Tuesday to Saturday 6pm until 9pm