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History Monthly: Stone’s lost boozers
The Unicorn, The Blue Bell, The Castle, The Union… just some of Stone’s boozers that are no longer with us. Some are long gone while others, like The Vine and The Robin Hood, are more recent casualties. In this month’s History Monthly, Stone Historical Society chairman Philip Leason looks at the huge number of...
Titanic Brewery cuts the price of a pint!
Published on 25 Mar, 2013 at 14:18 in Food & drink | Viewed 2,322 times | 1 Comment
Titanic Brewery is cutting the price of its beer following the Chancellor’s decision in last week’s Budget to scrap the Beer Duty Escalator. Drinkers at the brewery’s seven pubs – including at the Royal Exchange in Stone – will see a 5p reduction in the price of a pint across all Titanic’s own beer...
Arrests made in police drugs operation
Published on 20 Mar, 2013 at 20:42 in News | Viewed 1,196 times | No Comments
Police made a number of arrests in Stone town centre during a drugs and licensing operation earlier this month. Thirteen licensed premises in Stone and Stafford were visited on Saturday 9th March in Stone and Saturday 16th March in Stafford to target suspected drugs misuse at licensed premises and crack down on night-time violence....
Best boozer award for The Swan!
Published on 29 Jan, 2013 at 21:27 in Food & drink | Viewed 778 times | 3 Comments
Congratulations to The Swan Inn in Stone, which was named best pub in the borough at the Best Bar None awards. Nineteen pubs, bars and clubs went head to head in the third year of the ‘Best Bar None’ competition. The competition was launched in Stafford Borough in 2010 and is designed to raise...
In pictures: New Year at the Crown & Anchor
Published on 1 Jan, 2013 at 20:27 in Pics | Viewed 2,045 times | No Comments
Hope you had a great New Year! A Little Bit of Stone photographer Joshua Cope was snapping away at the party at the Crown and Anchor – if you were there, see if you can spot yourself! You can see all of Josh’s 217 photos by clicking HERE!
Christmas carols with a West End star!
Published on 19 Dec, 2012 at 12:35 in What's On? | Viewed 993 times | No Comments
A professional singer who has performed on the West End stage is hosting a special carol singing evening at his local pub to support the couple who recently saved it from closure. Phil and Julie Dale from Hilderstone stepped in at the end of November when Admiral Taverns were getting ready to board...
Almost £2,000 raised at Swan charity auction
Published on 18 Dec, 2012 at 16:13 in News | Viewed 475 times | No Comments
The Swan pub raised almost £2,000 at its charity auction last weekend. Regulars and local businesses including Canal Cruising, Sir Thomas Brocklebank, Blue Rooms, Green Trees Retail, SAP Tree surgeons and Angel Homecare donated items which were auctioned off at the Stafford Street pub on Sunday 16th December. The £1982.30 that was raised will go to the...
Guest post: Poetry, pints and open mics
Published on 9 Nov, 2012 at 13:12 in What's On? | Viewed 628 times | 2 Comments
For Andy Macdonald, Sundays just wouldn’t be Sundays in Stone without two events – Ben Owen’s open mic at The Star and the once-a-month Poems and Pints at The Swan. Here, Andy explains why you should give them a go… As a regular contributor to both events, I thought I’d provide a general overview...
Boarding house plan for empty pub
Published on 29 Oct, 2012 at 10:48 in News | Viewed 376 times | No Comments
The empty Robin Hood pub in Church Street could soon have a new lease of life – as a boarding house for international students. Developer JPK Design has submitted two planning applications for the pub, one of which is to convert the building into a boarding house for St Dominic’s Priory School, with space...
Fire at empty Robin Hood pub
Furniture and rubbish that’s been dumped at the back of the Robin Hood pub was set on fire on Friday night. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the pub in Church Street at around 10pm on Friday 19th October and were at the scene until 11.30pm. After putting out the fire they forced entry...