Just seen a news report on the opening of the Star on "North West Tonight" Hopefully the pub will do well in these times where pubs seem to be closing left right and centre - in many cases I suspect due to the landlords of Pubco owned ones not being able to meet ever-rising rents and having to buy beer at twice the price of what they could get it for on the "open market".
Talking of beer I didn't see any evidence of hand pumps from the pictures on the TV - just one of those chrome things with 5 taps for lager, Guinness and nitro-fizz crap. Can anybody tell me if it's worth going by confirming that proper beer will be available?

There's a few of us hoping to get down there in the near future to mull over the past glories of the Star Inn folk club - I used to go for a few years in the 80s when I lived in the area. Despite being a student at the time I had this non-student air about me and when I asked for a half of Robinson's Old Tom when it was on, I was told in a hushed whisper "You can have a pint if you want". They usually only sold it in halves (from the barrel on the bar no less) because of the strength - 8%!.

Good luck to the new owners anyway - has it still got those half doors that you had a job getting through with a guitar? Might have a job without a guitar these days!

Cheers
Mark