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Phil Wieland

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Born 1 day after Bill Clinton. Cleveland State grad. Lived in NE Ohio until 1984. Now live in NW Ind. Award winning writer seeking a publisher for books.
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(Mostly) Sunny Southport

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By Phil Wieland Verified
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No proper survey this week, for a change I decided to do some favourites in sunny Southport. But perhaps I'll find some new ones as well? I started in the Windmill: I began my afternoon with a fine pint of Okell's Bitter, I don't often drink this classic bitter, usually going for a guest in Rigby's which I think is the only remaining Okell's pub in Liverpool. This fine pub hasn't changed since I was last here, they serve decent ale and the menu of pub grub standards looks to be good value.
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Merseyside Pub Guide

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By Phil Wieland Verified
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No survey today but as I'm in town maybe a tick or two. I started in the Scholar: I assume this one is aimed at students. In any case, it is a pleasant spacious place with a small bar area at the front and a larger space behind with long tables for dining and a stage at the far end. At two on a Friday there were just two of us drinking lager in the bar area, and no one at all in the big room. Mine was the house Scholars Ruin, a bargain at only £2.50.
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Merseyside Pub Guide

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By Phil Wieland Verified
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On a sunny Thursday I took three trains to Upton from where it was an easy walk of a mile and a half to my first target, the Wirral Hundred: I think this pub was built in the 1970s, an unusual decade for pub construction, but I could be completely wrong. Anyway, inside it is very pleasantly decorated, one open room partly split into two halves. If it is older than the 70s it will have been knocked through, it's hard to judge from the interior whether that has happened.
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