Post #1723440

2026-04-25 17:42 UTC

I cut my teeth in an Irish pub in Reading when I was 19. It was very lively, mostly good but occasionally scary. Chairs would fly on some of the more crazy nights. Then I worked at the Hobgoblin in Reading as an assessment manager. This pub was small but an absolute goldmine, it was never not busy. Off the back of that the company wanted me to run their pub in Bath. This place was taking a dive and full of junkies. We turned it around but were moved out in favour of the general manager&#39;s mate...

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@ArtBrew@mastodon.art 2026-04-25 17:51

We then took on a freehold in Bath. It was a beautiful building but it needed building. When we got there it had the outside walls and that was it. We put floors, windows, a cellar and toilets in. We published our exploits on social media (when it was good) but mostly through the Bath chronicle! On opening day we'd only just finished painting the floor and the chron journalist left with paint on his soles. There was only one toilet ready and it was lit by fairy lights. We were the first bar in..

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@jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk 2026-04-25 18:50

@ArtBrew@mastodon.art About 12 months ago someone mentioned the Hobgoblin so I went looking at reviews. I found a photo of someone in there that could well have been my late Dad. I'm still not 100% sure but I know around the time of the photo he may have been in Reading having something done to his bike. I've kept the photo.

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