Worthington White Shield was a good standby in the day, bottle conditioned. It had a habit of moving Brewery though, it even ended up ( at least for bottling if not brewing) at King and Barnes until that shut.
Beer tastes change but it was almost as bad as Long life. The only saving grace of that was it came in cans. Perfect for taking on the coach for away games.
Always able to find Charringtons IPA back then, Ruddles quite common, The Walmer Castle had good beers if you were prepared to make the trip including Theakstons Old Peculiar from a barrel on the bar.
Ouse muck was common but the better King and Barnes beers also easy to find. The Beer Keller...
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