The Duke of Rutland
by stymaster on Jun.17, 2012, under Leicestershire
Hinckley:
This didn’t give a good first impression: England flags, loud, vile dance music, and no ale. However, giving it a chance, we warmed to the place. Evidently an old pub, very traditional town drinker’s place. The landlord was very friendly, and sorted the music with something better from the jukebox. There might not have been ale, but there was Stella.
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August 8th, 2012 on 1:23 pm[...] was refurbed in 2006, though I’d say “what with” to that. It reminded me of the Duke of Rutland or Shoulder of Mutton in several ways: old, traditional boozers with a local crowd, loud but OK [...]
June 20th, 2012 on 10:28 pm
[...] the last one, we didn’t warm to this. A craphole, dirty, noisy, with a foulmouthed barman and his mates, [...]