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Sam has a bright future planned for The Major
Sam Gibbs and her husband Christian took over The Major in Ramsbottom on the 4th of November and before that happened Sam got in touch and I said I’d love to have her on the show.
Not only is The Major a popular local pub, it’s one of the first pubs I ever went to in Ramsbottom and I know lots of the regulars are keen to see what they have planned.
Craft beers, pub food and dog treats
Sam has had a manic first week, she told me she thinks they’ve only had about 25 hours sleep since they took on The Major.
In our chat I found that they are planning on taking it more back to how it used to be at The Major, namely some craft beers and pub food. In addition, dogs are more than welcome, not only that but there are some free treats for dogs too. I know this will sit well with many local canine owners.
They are aiming to have the kitchen open and serving food as early as this coming weekend and looking at getting some more craft beers on the pumps.
I really enjoyed my chat with Sam, and I got a great feeling about the future of The Major, so far she’s ticked many of my own personal boxes.
Please listen to the full interview on the podcast to find out more, including if Sam were a drink, what it would be called and what would be in it 😄
21:02 – Ramsbottom United News: ⚽
Bet Victor North West League Table
Ramsbottom United Club Info
Ramsbottom United Match Centre
The big news coming out of Ramsbottom this week is two new signings for The Rams.
Midfielder Richie Baker joins Ramsbottom from Colne having played at previous clubs such as A.F.C. Fylde, Barrow and more notably Bury.
Richie joins new defender Rick Peters coming to Ramsbottom from Congleton Town. Peters has previously played for Irlam and Maine Road.
The next match for 11th placed Ramsbottom is at home to 15th placed Runcorn Linnets on Saturday the 16th of November. Kick off is at 3pm.
23:00 – Upcoming Events: 🗓️
If you want to check out what events are coming up in and around Ramsbottom take a look at the events page, here are some upcoming events from that list:
https://www.thisisrammy.co.uk/event/november-waffle-with-zoe-siobhan-howarth-lowe-lisa-bower/
Check out the full events calendar for many upcoming Ramsbottom events, but here are some other great sources too:
Bury Times Ramsbottom Events Page.
East Lancs Railway Facebook events page.
If YOU have an event you would like to be included in a future podcast episode, get in touch.
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Always up to the minute very interesting local news.Thoroughly enjoy it.
Thanks Sue and thanks for the lovely comments. Glad you’re enjoying it 🙂
The Major has a loyal following so you should do well. I hope you can keep the Flat Cap beer! The conversion of the Masons might be a factor but then it always used to a be tradition in Ramsbottom to have a walk around whether shopping or drinking [or both]. It took me a long time to realise that was how the community had kept together in hard times by spreading the load. As locals know, the Major was only half it’s size until the eighties when the house next door was put on the market. You can see other pubs and houses where a doorway has been blocked by simply infilling the stone door frame but the Brewery took the trouble to bring in an excellent stone”mason”. This makes the Major distinctive as you really can’t tell that it’s not always been like that! This goes against the conservation principle that you should always leave evidence of the past but the Major extension was very well done.
Dave Walsh