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The Ardwick celebrates having Britain's cheapest pint
Blackpool Gazette
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18/03/2024
The Ardwick pub in Blackpool is celebrating keeping its £1.80 a pint price for the next season by having a huge party with cash giveaways in April
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It's an absolutely lovely environment to be in.
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All the locals absolutely love it here.
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We have plenty that come in each and every day.
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Holidaymakers that come back year on year, they absolutely love it.
00:18
They can't wait to get back here.
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You know, I say, "Oh, we'll see you next time."
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Or I say, "Oh, we'll still be here.
00:23
We'll still see you."
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And it's just great, a great place to be in.
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And with it being so cheap as well, everyone loves it.
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And still have people shocked about the price at the moment.
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Every time, it's £1.80, you're sure?
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Yes.
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It's out of season, it's still busy.
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But coming into season now, it's absolutely rammed every day.
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Even during the week, we just don't expect it all the time.
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Talking further deep at the bar, thinking, "Oh, here we go again."
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But it's just great.
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It keeps you busy, keeps you going.
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It's just amazing to be in.
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Never a dull moment.
01:00
Definitely not.
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Never a dull moment at all.
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I'd say the price of beer is a massive thing for this place.
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But also, just the people that come in here, just the locals,
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the holidaymakers, just the people make it as well.
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They're the ones that keep us going as well.
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And we have a good laugh behind the bar.
01:20
We have some good banter with them.
01:22
But definitely the price of beer is a massive thing for that as well.
01:28
Well, I actually just stayed in Blackpool for 18 years.
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And then I think I was in town one day, and it was about six, seven years ago,
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and somebody says, "Oh, do you fancy going into the yard and looking for a pint?"
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Because I'm a bit funny where I go and that, so I went, "Yeah."
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I've been in here five or six days ever since.
01:46
I just like the people, I like the pub, the pool, darts,
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staff are nice, all the football, horse racing.
01:53
You know, it's just a good pub in general.
01:58
Best pub in Blackpool?
01:59
Oh, definitely. Definitely.
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I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I don't go places, I do, but not for long.
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I'm like, "Right, 11 o'clock, we're down to the hard work now."
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But yeah, I would say it's the best pub in Blackpool, definitely.
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It's the volume that we sell, because we sell that much of it,
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and we do very well.
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It's just the volume that we sell that we're able to do it so cheap,
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because it's just constant go-go.
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When I go to other places and I see four pound, five pound a pint,
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I'm not paying that when I can get it for one pound 18.
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I'm not sure why they put their prices up so much.
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And those places are often quiet?
02:35
Yes, very quiet.
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You walk in, there might be two, three people sitting there,
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but as you walk in here, it's always...
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People always say to us, "How can you do it at that price?"
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And we just say, "It's the volume. You have to get the people in
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"and make sure that volume's sold."
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Which we don't have to try very hard, to be honest,
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because of the price of the beer.
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We don't have to try that hard to get them in.
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And because it's such a great place to be in,
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they automatically come here anyway.
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I've been coming here since I moved to Malta.
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I found it about five, six years ago.
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And they're dead friendly, you know.
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The atmosphere's all great.
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And the beer's cheap.
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Everybody talks to everybody, don't they?
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And there's no trouble or anything like that.
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You know, the grand.
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Yeah, we laugh with the bar staff, don't we?
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And that, sometimes.
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And it's been crowned the cheapest pub in Britain, am I right?
03:34
It has, yes.
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It gets rained everywhere.
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We have T-shirts that we sell in here,
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and they just want to wear them and take them back to where they live
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and say, "Oh, I've been to the Hardwick.
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"It's the cheapest pub in Britain."
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It can be manic.
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It can be, "Oh, what's going on?
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"It's absolutely packed.
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"You can't see through the crowds and the people."
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Absolutely manic, but it's brilliant.
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Everyone's just having a good time.
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You can hear laughter.
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We have the sports on, when there's football on.
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We have loads of different people coming for that,
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watching the games, the rugby, the darts.
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We have it all on.
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So we have all different crowds of people come in to watch them.
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We have karaoke on, so we see people letting themselves go a bit,
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having a bit of a laugh, having a dance.
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See some great singers, some not-so-great singers.
04:23
Is this how all pubs should be?
04:24
Yes, I believe so.
04:26
It's like one big family pub.
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Everyone gets on with everyone.
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Everyone just has a good time.
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There's never any trouble, really.
04:36
It's just one big family, really.
04:40
Well, if you even nut it up a bit more, you know what I mean?
04:43
There's no problems with that.
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You know, it's good.
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It's a nice pub.
04:46
I like it.
04:48
Here's where you're staying.
04:49
Yeah, this is where I'm staying.
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I'm not going any further.
04:54
We've got, on the 10th of April, we have a darts competition,
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which is 180.
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That's to celebrate that we are keeping the £1 down to price
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for this season.
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That's including three different games where you can win cash
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prizes, and there is one game where you can win a TV.
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And that will have second prizes and third prizes for the runners-up.
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It should be a great day.
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You'll have your cheap beer there.
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There'll be a raffle.
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And we're just going to make everyone come in and just enjoy
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that it's still £1 out of your pint, and we can celebrate that.
05:33
When is that?
05:34
The 10th of April.
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There is more details on our Facebook page.
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It's what we're known for, the cheapest pint in Britain.
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It's what we are known for.
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So to keep it at £1.80, even in 2024, it's brilliant.
05:50
The first competition is 180.
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So the person who hits the most 180s will win £180, and the
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runner-up will also get a cash prize.
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The second game is ballsy.
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So it's the person to hit the most balls, and there is a cash
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prize for that one as well, for the first place and the second
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place.
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And the third game is half it.
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That is two paying to enter that game, or money will go to
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charity, which is the Lifeboat Charity, the R-N-L-I.
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So all money will go to that charity for the third game.
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But there is a TV to be won for first place on that game, and
06:31
a second and third prize place.
06:34
Great.
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