Never mind, eh, skip - You'll have to come and live somewhere where pubs don't rely on drug addition to keep them going. Oh, hang on, what is alcohol? Where's the best place to score some e's in Salford? Errrmmmm. Maybe I had better rephrase the statement. You'll have to come and live somewhere where the pubs realy DO know how to run a business:-) Still none closed here in Salford or over in Whitley Bay, well, not due to the 'stinking the place out' ban anyway! Three that I go in regularly are reporting record profits on food and extras - And they go to the landlord, not the brewery so they are more than happy. Sorry to hear you didn't suceed at giving up btw - Keep trying anyway.

Anyway, nothing to do with the price of a pint! Only four pubs left on th' heights now, PMB. Fortunatley 3 of them are Holts places but the only traditional one of those is the Red Lion. The Wellington have started selling Pizzas of all things (one of the ones making more money for the landlord btw) Holts is no longer the cheapest pint though:-( The Windmill in Pendlebury (Sam Smiths) now has that honour. Couple of clubs have opened (or maybe re-opened) since your time here - St Lukes now has a thriving club and there is a bowling club just on the corner of Langworthy and Eccles (New?) Road that was done up a year or so back.

Cheers

Dave