A lovely cosy Sam Smiths pub and the ale remains £2 a pint. Remains along with the Market Tavern and Black Horse as one of the few good traditional pubs in downtown Preston.
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The Olde Blue Bell was my last pub in Preston before taking the train home. It's a Sam Smiths pub with a nice, traditional interior. One main room wraps around the bar, with a real fire at the rear. There is a separate room at the front. Old Brewery Bitter is available on handpull.
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Old style pub Sam Smiths bitter at £2 a pint. found the locals a bit miserable on this visit though.
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Nearly twenty years since I was last in here. Great Sam Smith's pub with a good range of the brewery's beers. The Old Brewery Bitter was in excellent condition. A proper locals pub just at the edge of the city centre. Well worth a visit. 8/10.
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Hope this very pleasant, amiable pub is still doing as well as I recall.
Many an excellent pint of Sam Smith's, many laughs, and excellent conversation enjoyed here, when we should have been working.
Those were the days.
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Good place I remember it well, might even pay a return visit....and go to the BH as well
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Best pub in Preston by some way (imo the only rival for this title is the Black Horse). As it's a Sam Smith's pub the beer is excellent and very very well priced (�1.42 I think). Although this is a 'local' pub it also feels welcoming enough, and isn't full of young squawking yobs like a lot of city centre drinking holes are in Preston.
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A great 'local' on the edge of the city centre
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This is the best pub in Preston TOWN centre imo - good beer, friendly atmosphere, interesting (fairly unchanged) decor. Even the seedy-ish toilets are cool. Cosy seating areas, lots of standing room & very easy going.
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Why has nobody reviewed this excellent pub? The beer is the cheapest, and the best, in the City.It is one of the last town centre 'locals'in Preston-and a'moron free zone'.
anonymous - 28 Jan 2007 15:34 |