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Chequers, Stanton - pub details

Address: Dale Road, Stanton, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4QF [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 37303) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train stations Long Eaton (4.1 miles), Attenborough (4.3 miles), Spondon (4.6 miles)

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user reviews of Chequers, Stanton

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I was a fairly regular customer here in the 1970s and 1980s. I remember Bass being a fixture, sold on stillage. The pub memorably featured paintings of the local cricket team (unless I dreamt that.)

Today, all the plaster has been stripped off the walls down as far as the wainscot, but there is still a stuffed owl, and, touchingly, some hats, of those whom I assume to have been erstwhile, and now sadly-missed, but fondly-remembered regulars.

The pub is soft-upholstered throughout, giving a cosy and comfortable feel. There was HPA, JHB, Bass and 6X, along with a cider. Since I had just scored my two-millionth red arrow (not green, goodness me no, ladies and gentlemen) on the Daily Mail's what-passes-for-comment threads, I was in the mood for a modest celebration. I had a JHB.

The pub advertised "real food", and so we went for the battered fish, chips, and peas. The lady behind the bar appeared with a bowl of flour, and cracked an egg into it, later adding a dash of lager, and then some soda water, interestingly. You can't say much fairer than that, really can you?

Yes, this is a little gem.

Going back to the memorial headwear, and to the former regulars here, I'd be very grateful, if anyone who knew him at the Chequers could raise a glass to the recently-late Alan Winfield of these parts, being the much-missed, and arguably the most prolific visitor of pubs in these fair isles.

"To Alan".
Hulots_hat - 17 Aug 2018 20:17
I always used to find this a great village pub: a long thinnish single gallery, but partitioned between a bar at the front and carpeted area at the rear. It sold still, headless Bass, from a tressle, and it was always in fine form.

Still looks the same from the outside, must look in again.
eddybeer - 10 Mar 2013 18:38

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