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I iv . Village inn pair Steve and
' Christine Dilworthfeel on top of the world after pulling the ‘ title of Britain’s be'st pub. .
• The couple, who have; run
■■•' the Swan With Two Necks at ' Pendleton for 27 years, were selected for the'title out of . 57,000 pubs by judges from •
, CAMRAVthe Campaign for "RealAle. - <■ v, , • .*• X-.-Its National Pub of the Year Award was to be presented to the couple yesterday at a cel:
• ebrationdayforstaffandcus- • tomers. • " ,Steve
had.known about
. their victory for more than ■ a weekj but had to keep it to- . himself until the official an-
. noiincement was made on- r Monday. \
' “It’s absolutely brilliant,
■ not just for me and Christine but for our,superb staff and the village community,” said Steve (59).
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have been with us for 18 or 19- years.”
“We have some staff who •
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ner-up in the CAMRA awards two years ago', and once again - wentthroughatoughjudgihg:
. process to get through county and regional finals to the na tional stage. -
. ; CAMRA assessed pubs for the quality of their beer and food, the staff and the atmos phere. / '
. 1 ■ ' _ CAMRA pubs director Ju
lian Hough said: “The Swan with Two Necks really is the; best of the b e s t .> •- -fr ■ “It is a wonderfully wel-
- comingpubthatservesafan- - tasticpint.” " ' CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2014 says: “The home-made -
' food here conies in portions ideal for hungry walker. “There is outdoor seating in the garden and in front <?f; ■ the'pub, looking out onto. a
' small stream running through the beautifully kept village. Cosy open fires blaze in winter- rnonths.”-' •: The main house beer is
: Golden Pippin, from Copper Dragon at Skipton, alongside -
. guest ales'from inicro-brew- 'eries, many of them local. ; Steve added: “Cask beer i s : a living thing,' and it’s only, at
The pub was natiohal run " its best for a short time..: like
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Michael, Christine and Stephen Dilworth at the Swan With Two Necks in Pendleton, which has won the CAMRA National Pubofthe Year Award: ........•
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a butterfly! The brewers p u t . a lot of skill into brewing it, so pubs need to take care over it. • • • • Tm still talking to my b'ar-
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relsandthey’restiUbehaving vrin the House of Commons themselves!” .
Ribble Valley MP Nigel
. - withanEarlyDayMotion. - He said: “It really is a fan-
Evaris, who lives in Pendleton, ■ .- tastic pub and I am incredibly congratulated the Dilworths ; lucky to live right next door.”
T . ; / A A OTvt n c \ ^ f/fem m nn: a i i '------- • ••»* / c > / } U i f f / l i ^ ^ C f / i t jpgs PHOTO: ANDREW SMITH r s ? §§1: R * l
Tributes have been paid to a2g-year-oldLanghowom- ^ anwhowaskiUedwhenshe ' / was hit by a train in the vil lage on Sunday evening. Asthe Clitheroe Adver
tiser and-Times wentto press the woman’s name had not been formally re leased by theauthorities,
' as efforts were ongoing to contact members of her family. - . Emergency services including Lancashire po- lice, paramedics and Brit-: ■ ish Transport Police were’
' called to the train track near Langho Railway Sta tion at 6 pm on Sunday af ter the woman, believed to be from the Rogersfield . area of Langho, was struck
• by the train. A spokesman for Brit
ish Transport Police con
firmed.ithey-were not
. treating the death as sus- ■ picious. - B ' . ,-J." He added: “The inci dent involved the £>'-40
- pm service from Glithe- roe to Manchester Oxford Road. Cancellations were
• made to sendees between' Continued on page 4
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