Sams Bar, Wigan

Solid, dependable and well-run. Friendly bar staff and regulars, local and national newspapers, rugby league memorabilia, jukebox, pool table, and very fair prices. Has been my local for years, ever since I got tired of the landlord turnover at the Cherries.

There's some right old tosh in some of the earlier comments. I'm 49, have been going three or four nights a week for about five years, generally late evening, and I've never seen the police there, only once seen a fight there, and that was the only time I've ever seen someone thrown out (and he richly deserved it), and I've seen one person asked to leave. When they say they have a strict no-tolerance drug policy, they actually mean it. There are pubs in Wigan which have trouble with their clientele, but this isn't one of them.

I've never seen anyone refused a go at karaoke, including me, and I can't sing, and rarely pick a song anyone likes. So you carry on spouting tripe, and I'll carry on drinking at Sam's Bar Scholes.

26 Sep 2013 04:53