LATEST NEWS !

 

70s NIGHT: Saturday 7th January 2012

What a great night, we had to open late! See the photographs on our facebook profile. We excelled with music and dodgy fashion statements from the 70s plus glitter balls. Might have to repeat in future!

 

CHRISTMAS 2011: Open Christmas Day

We are open 11am until 2.30pm for your pre-Christmas Dinner drinks and for the first time we're open 8pm until 10pm on Christmas Day evening. If there's demand we'll stay open later.

 

DECEMBER 2011: History page of our website updated regarding Nicholas Knowles (Landlord in 1800s) and Colin Hagger/John Gornall from the 1960s to 1990s.

Thanks to Heather Crook of Penwortham Magazine for information on a past landlord of the Bull in the 1800s - unfortunately he drank too much and died from alcohol abuse!!

Thanks to Stephen Finney for his help regarding the landlords Colin Hagger and John Gornall.

Click here to read our history page

 

DECEMBER 2011: Final touches to the dart's room and new lighting

To match the new carpet we've repainted the dart's room and the old lino area and replaced the old lighting throughout the pub to something a touch more modern. We've also repainted the Ladies loos - we hope you like.

 

DECEMBER 2011: The Black Bull's Facebook pages has reached 600 followers!

We reached over 600 followers this month - we update our Facebook on a regular basis. To visit/join our Facebook page click here.

 

DECEMBER 2011: Christmas Decorations

Well Christmas is coming and we've decorated the pub to encourage celebrations over the festive period.

 

NOVEMBER 2011: Carpet in the Dart's room

Yes, it's nearly 2012 and we think those that frequent the dart's room of a weekend deserve some carpet! We know some people will prefer the old basic tiles and lino but carpet's much warmer and keeps the heat in more. It also allows everyone to spread out a bit when the other rooms are full. Some more furniture will be arriving soon. Hope you like (or don't dislike too much!) It's brighter too!

 

NOVEMBER 2011: Children in Need night

Quite a calm evening... but raised £70 from the regulars on that Friday.

 

NOVEMBER 2011: Satellite football reintroduced at the Bull

Following the recent European Court decision allowing us to utilise any EU satellite supplier, we have purchased Viasat which shows many PL matches every weekend plus many during the week plus CL matches midweek - most matches are shows except for 3pm Saturday matches (which are shown later). The weekly games will be published via our facebook site (we can only show one game at once!)

Sky wanted £16,000, Viasat is a more reasonable £2,200! Sky should be ashamed of itself, seeking to take advantage of the UKs pubs and football supporters!

 

OCTOBER 2011: Halloween party on 29th October

Join us for a memorable evening, in fancy dress if you dare!

 

OCTOBER 2011: Memorial to Corrie's Betty Williams/Turpin! - 22nd October 2011

The bar staff wish to pay their respects to the best barmaid of them all - Betty from Corrie - with the best black wigs and hot pot available to all our customers from 8pm that evening. A prize for the best Corrie dressed customer.

 

OCTOBER 2011: National Cask Ale Week 1st to 9th October 2011

Why not try before you buy!

 

SEPTEMBER 2011: CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2012

The Bull is delighted to announce its inclusion in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide 2012 - it's THE accolade for a real ale pub and we're very proud. Many thanks go to the local CAMRA branch for considering us (without our knowledge or input) but a special thanks to Ray Thompson, Bar Manager, for his beer management and the rest of the team for their support. See our current range of beers on our Beer page.

 

SEPTEMBER 2011: Annual Golf Competition - 2nd September - Penwortham Golf Club

What a great day. Winner was Ian O'Connell and we raised over £350 for charity. Looking forward to next year. See further details on our Golf Society page.

 

AUGUST 2011: Personal Licence Holders

Most pubs have just the one Personal Licence holder - but not at the Black Bull ! After encouragement from management, we now have 8 managers and staff holding the appropriate BII qualification following a further four staff undergoing a full day's training and examination in August 2011 - entitling them to hold their own Personal Licence. Congratulations to everyone involved.

 

JULY 2011: Cask Marque accreditation re-affirmed

Ian Robinson, the licensee, has been awarded Cask Marque accreditation for serving the perfect pint of cask conditioned ale. Said Ian "This award is a great endorsement for us. A lot of our customers visit the pub especially for the cask ale and it's really gratifying to know that we are getting the formula right." Backed by 45 of the UK's leading brewers and pub companies, the accreditation is only given to licensees whose ale passes a series of rigorous independent beer quality standards. Just 6,000 out of the UK's 36,500 pubs hold the award.

 

JULY 2011: Surprise Cask Marque visit following new Licensee

We are delighted to announce we were 'spot checked' and six beers were inspected - We received a resounding 100% on all six beers - can't get much better than that! Well done everyone.

 

MAY 2011: New Licensee / Designated Premises Supervisor

Ian Robinson, who many of you will know and recognise from his time as Assistant Manager in 2008/9, is the new Licensee / Designated Premises Supervisor. Ray Thompson will continue as Assistant/Bar Manager.

 

MAY 2011: Announcement - Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie would like to pass on her thanks for your continued best wishes over the last few weeks during her time off. Regretfully due to illness, Anne-Marie has decided she is no longer able to undertake the role of Licensee and Designated Premises Supervisor and will shortly step-down from the position. She hopes to see you all soon once she is ‘feeling up to it’ and passes on her best wishes to you all. Anne-Marie and Steve thank everyone for their continued support of the Black Bull, which will remain a family owned business.

 

April 2011: Bank Holidays galore - 20p off draught pints on St George's Day on Saturday 23rd April and on the Royal Wedding Day holiday 29th April. Pub opens at 10am on Royal Wedding Day with free fizz and sandwiches at lunchtime. See you there.

 

January 2011: Introducing Chase the Ace draw Sunday evenings at 10pm; and Quiz resumes on Thursdays from 9pm.

 

January 2011: ALL DRAUGHT PINTS - 20p DISCOUNT PER PINT reintroduced from Tuesday 4th Jan - 2pm to 4pm Monday to Friday afternoons and 8pm to 10pm Monday & Tuesday evenings. Excludes Bank Holidays. Thanks to the Brewery. Take advantage whilst it's available.

 

2011 Weekly Events: Quiz back Thursdays 9pm; Chase the Ace draw on Sundays (tickets sold through week) with draw at 10pm

 

October '10: Congratulations to Ray Thompson (Deputy Manager) on achieving his Personal Licence - well done Ray!

 

October '10: Events for next 12 months being finalised - details to follow

 

September '10: Cask Mild has had its day! Cask Mild has been at the Black Bull for as long as anyone can remember but only being available in 9 gallon barrels, it just isn't being drunk fast enough and we are left with half a barrel wasted each week (it only has three days once opened!). It goes against the grain but we're having to swap to keg mild from early September to reduce wastage and keep our loyal drinkers 'mildly' happy. Thanks to all those Cask Mild drinkers of the past, we were one of the last few pubs to have stocked it.

 

August '10: CAMRA West Lancashire Branch relaunch their website - check out our CAMRA page and support your local campaign.

 

August to December '10: 20p-off a-pint draught beer discount - 2pm to 4pm Monday to Fridays (excluding Bank Holidays) AND Monday & Tuesdays 8pm until 10pm - thanks to the brewery for supporting this initiative - available until week before Christmas!

 

July '10: Charities - We've reached nearly £4,000 within two years - help us raise the last few pounds! Well done everyone. See our charities page here.

 

June & July '10: World Cup - The Black Bull goes Football World Cup Crazy! All games shown. Competitions, four pint beer pitchers for the beer garden, Large beer garden TV, Barbecues at selected events. See posters for more details.

 

May '10: Beer Garden TV - Installed ready for the Football World Cup, a large flat screen TV was unveiled in time to watch the Blackpool game at Wembley when they secured promotion to the Premiership.

 

Spring '10: Beautiful Beer Award - The Black Bull Inn has successfully completed the audit gaining 96% (!) and a Gold Standard Award, the pass mark being an already high 85%. Click here to read the Lancashire Evening Post's article following the presentation. The awards were created by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), on behalf of its members in 2006: brewers and pub retailers, but is now operated by Cask Marque. Just 170 pubs UK wide hold the accreditation! We are the only pub in Preston to hold the award (the nearest other pubs being The Old Leyland Gate in Leyland and the Prince of Wales in Chorley). See the Beautiful Beer Awards website.

 

Quiz Nights now weekly on Thursdays from 3rd December - 1st Thursday for Charity and a gallon of beer as prize; other Thursdays cash prizes. See Quiz pages

 

New hand-driers after requests from customers - 'mega blasts'!

 

The Beer Garden is officially now open, the hog roast was enjoyed by a full pub on a thankfully dry day - see the photographs.

 

New local business section of this website - if you want to advertise just send an email.