CIAO rhythm and booze Food, Booze, Bands & News - Issue 5 - January/February 2011 Luigi Pragliola, former landlord of The Gladstone Arms, has died fol- lowing a battle with cancer – he was 65. Billy Bragg - who played at the pub in the late-1970s, while a member of the band Riff Raff - led the trib- utes, remembering Luigi as “a very good humoured guy, who was al- ways smiling and laughing. “He was always a great friend to Riff Raff, welcoming us to the Glad- stone time and time again, I was sorry to hear that he’d passed away.” Everyone at Rhythm and Booze send their sympathies to Luigi’s family, we will always remember him every time his favourite song, (Get your kicks on) Route 66, is heard on the radio.
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Luigi Pragliola, former landlord ofThe Gladstone Arms, has died fol-lowing a battle with cancer – hewas 65.
Billy Bragg - who played at the pub
in the late-1970s, while a member
of the band Riff Raff - led the trib-
utes, remembering Luigi as “a very
good humoured guy, who was al-
ways smiling and laughing.
“He was always a great friend to
Riff Raff, welcoming us to the Glad-
stone time and time again, I was
sorry to hear that he’d passed
away.”
Everyone at Rhythm and Booze
send their sympathies to Luigi’s
family, we will always remember
him every time his favourite song,
(Get your kicks on) Route 66, is
heard on the radio.
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Pub ScrawlFirst, congratulations to Nikki Di
Giovanni on winning the title of
Poet Laureate of Peterborough.
Hope you enjoy your year in post
and get to do lots of stuff.
January, of course, sees the annual
Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival,
something for us all to look forward
to after Christmas. As well as the
drinking and the dancing in the
streets, storytelling has been a part
of the festival for some time now.
This year at the Methodist Chapel,
Keith and Janet Butters from Lin-
colnshire will be telling the yarns.
Over at the Library, either side of
the folk musicians, members of Pe-
terborough’s Poets United will by
reading their verse (following on
from their successful performance
last year). They’ll be on at 12.30pm
to 1.30pm and 3.30pm to 4.30pm.
Poets United meet on the first
Tuesday of the month and full de-
tails, ring Viv on 01733 340560.
Peterborough Science Fiction
Club meets for discussion nights at
The Bluebell Inn in Dogsthorpe,
near the Fire station, on the first
Wednesday of the month (2 Febru-
ary is How can we improve our
Facebook page?). They also have
a social night on the third Wednes-
day of the month at Goodbarn’s
Yard on St. John’s Street, behind
the Cathedral.
Amongst the various tours that Pe-
terborough Museum/Vivacity or-
ganise there is an Inns and Taverns
of Peterborough Walk. So if you
fancy finding out about a bit of the
history of our drinking places and
you’re available on the first Thurs-
day of the month, why not book
yourself a place? The tickets are
£5.00 for adults and to book, ring
(01733) 864663.Pint of Poetry, Dash of Dramacontinues its’ monthly open nightsat Charters Bar, opposite River-gate, on the second Wednesday ofthe month. So pop along if you wantto hear a mix of the city’s poets andperformers. If you fancy getting upyourself, be there from 8.00pm on-
wards to put your name down asspaces are sometimes limited.
Peterborough Central Library is
hosting another author event on
Tuesday 25 January with retired
Yorkshire Head teacher Jack
Sheffield. So if you enjoy Gervaise
Phinn, this could be just what you’ll
like. The Evening starts at 7pm and
tickets cost £3 (£2 concessions and
reading group members). To book
a ticket, and these events often sell
out, either pop into Central Library
or ring 01733 864287.
I bumped into the good folks from
Sawtry based publishers Dedalus
a couple of months back and knew
I should be mentioning them. Still
available through all good book-
sellers (as they used to say) is Phil
Baker’s The Dedalus Book of Ab-
sinthe. Due later this year are com-
panion volumes on Gin and Vodka.
New evening at the Brewery Tap is
Drama on Tap. Spun off from Pint
of Poetry, this is more about acting
and performing. So if you’ve a
favourite monologue or comedy
routine, come along.
I asked last issue if any pubs have
book or reading groups. Well at the
Coalheavers Arms a book group
meet on the last Wednesday of the
month. In the past they have read
Mill on the Floss. I’ve also heard (in
passing) that a book group meet at
The Wortley Almshouses but let
me know when you meet and what
you’re reading and I’ll try and men-
tion you in a future column.
If you’ve wandered past The Old
Still in Cumbergate/Westgate Ar-
cade you may have noticed the ad-
dition of a sign saying PATH
Peterborough Arts Theatre and
Heritage. Now, at the time of writ-
ing, I have heard some rumours but
nothing definite, when I do, I’ll let
you all know.
After mentioning Toby Wood in the
first of these columns some folks
asked about other people who were
active in poetry before the current
scene developed. Back in the early-
90s, Bretton’s own (and before that
Liverpool’s) Ron Lucas ran a po-
etry group at the Boathouse with
local poet and publisher Ian Wal-
ton. Ron was also behind some an-
thologies that raised money for
charity and printed the work of both
locals and writers from further
afield. Ron was also an active run-
ner and in his youth been a drum-
mer in a band that played the
famous Cavern Club.
Cardinal Cox is an enthusiastic am-
ateur drinker. Over the past few
months he has performed in Help-
ston, Northampton, Peterborough,
Reading and Stamford.
by Cardinal Cox
Retired Head Teacher Jack Sheffiield, appearing at the Central Library
With too many Peterborough-based magazines operating a per-sonality cult, the last thing Iwanted was to open this launchissue of Rhythm and Booze with arant.That was until the issues I experi-enced at The Tom Lock, LincolnRoad.From the moment some brightspark suggested that managersreplace Landlords it was inevitablethat many pub operations weregoing to lack even the most basicof common sense.What I hadn’t realised was placeslike The Tom Lock were followingcompany policy so thoroughly thatme, as a 32 year old, would be re-fused service as I didn’t have anyID on me.Now I know that many teenagersof 16-17 can quite easily pass forearly 20s, so to protect them-selves venues will operate eitherChallenge 21 or Challenge 25.But to refuse me service, despitethe fact I’ve been drinking there,off and on, for almost 14 yearsand am covered in tattoos, just be-
cause “everyone needs ID” is tak-ing the whole jobsworth thing toofar.The reason behind my visit was toreview its Early Bird menu for thenext issue.
Sadly I was never able to do that,and while I’m sure that the foodwould score very highly their com-mon sense, not to mention cus-tomer service skills, aren’t evenworthy of nil points.
Summer’s here and for fans ofReal Ale, Peterborough’s BeerFestivals are just the ticket.While CAMRA’s annual event onthe Embankment isn’t until the endof August, many pubs and venuesare already offering drinkers thechance to taste quality locally
brewed beer in the open air.More information on events at TheHand & Heart, Ploughman andThe Ostrich Inn, amongst others,can be found on page 7 – howeverone festival offering that little bitextra is Nene Valley Railway’sBeer Festival & Family Day.
Held at Wansford Station on June12, the event offers a wide varietyof ales, a chance to ride onThomas the Tank Engine, stiltwalkers, wandering minstrels anda traditional roundabout.Holders of an adult rover ticket,which offers unlimited travel on theNene Valley Railway, will be givena voucher for a free pint, while acomplimentary bus service - whichoperates along Oundle Road - isavailable at the times below:-
Beer Festival Bus Timetable
OutwardBrewery Tap 12:00 14:00 16:00Cherry Tree 12:10 14:10 16:10Ramblewood 12:15 14:15 16:15Wansford 12:30 14:30 16:30
ReturnWansford 13:30 15:30 17:30Ramblewood 13:45 15:45 17:45Cherry Tree 13:50 15:50 17:50Brewery Tap 14:00 16:00 18:00
Further information is available byvisiting www.nvr.org.uk or calling01780 784444.
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The future of a city pub hasbeen assured, following its liberation from the hands ofpubco Admiral Taverns.Baxter & King, the constructionfirm behind The Ostrich Inn,have bought the lease for theCrown, Lincoln Road and are planning a sympatheticrefurbishment.Landlord Brian Gascoynepromises a friendly andtolerant venue, which benefitsthe entire community.“The right hand bar is beingturned into a function room forlive music and parties. It canbe blocked off from the rest ofthe pub when required and I
will be offering it out free ofcharge for bona fidecommunity events.”Reopening on September 1,Brian intends to create agrown-up and secure environ-ment, stamping out bingedrinking and promoting qualityreal ale.“I have a zero tolerance atti-tude on drugs, excessive drink-ing and bad behaviour. I won’tlet people ruin it for others, nomatter how much money theyput across the bar.“I have a passion for real aleand when I was at The CrispinArms, near Wellingborough, Imanaged to introduce
customers to the taste, makingit the most popular drink there.“I intend to do the same at TheCrown, starting off with twoales before increasing choiceto match demand.”
nThe Crown to Town Reborn(see page 3)
Brian Gascoyne - Landlord ofThe Crown, New England.
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