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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 2d

This October the pub's showcasing local mixed media abstract painter and poet, Florence Hutchinson.

Florence works instinctually and spontaneously, drawn by emotion or a fragment of a memory. She also writes visceral poetry about folklore, strange local history, motherhood, botany and horror.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 4d

Looking forward to the arrival of this Green Hop Bitter from @runawaybrewery.bsky.social and @trackbrewingco.bsky.social featuring Fuggles, Prima Donna and Hersbrucker hops grown and harvested in Manchester of all places!

A bumper harvest this year, by all accounts.

Large trugs full of bright green hops lined up on a white tiled brewery floor, stainless steel equipment can be seen

Pump badge, cream coloured, light blue and green lines, Runaway and Track logos, and that of the Manchester hopped project. Green hopped bitter, 3.8%

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 7d

Can't think of a better place to spend a wet weekend than the pub. And to mark the end of #Oktoberfest we have a range of German style beers making their way to the pumps. Come down and try something different.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 8d

Understandable how quickly things like this could escalate.

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 8d

#OtD 2 Oct 1766 the Nottingham Great Cheese Riot began. Angry at the excessive price of cheese, a mob formed who seized it and began wheeling or carrying the cheeses away, bowling over the mayor with a cheese. The army put down rioting 2 days later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9225...

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 8d

The Good Beer Guide 2026 has landed! Love that our entry foregrounds our "warm welcome to locals and visitors alike", thank you @camraofficial.bsky.social.

It's lovely recognition for all of our team, especially our cellarman Andrew for sourcing, handling, and serving great real ale. Cheers! 🍻

2026's Good Beer Guide on a brown wooden table. This cover features a stylised country pub among green fields and under a blue sky. Looks pretty idyllic.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 9d

Capital! You'll love it, can't even enjoy the view without some history getting in the way. 😄

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 9d

Much to appreciate here. Firstly that cask ale has made it into @slowfoodhq.bsky.social's Ark of Taste, secondly that there is such a thing as the Ark of Taste.

We very much agree that cask ale is special stuff. beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/30/c...

Cask beer is embraced by Slow Food Movement - Beer Today

The Slow Food Movement has recognised the significance of Cask Beer, through the work of members of the Mid-Chilterns branch of CAMRA

beertoday.co.uk

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 9d

#HebdenBridge: come for the history. Stay for a pint.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 9d

With its steep hills, fast-flowing streams and access to major textile markets, Hebden Bridge was an ideal site for the development of water-powered weaving mills and the town rapidly grew during the 19th and 20th centuries. Once served by a pack horse route over the hills

An autumnal Hebden Bridge courtesy of Tim Green

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 15d

What are you up to this weekend? The weather doesn't look too shabby if you fancy a stroll.

Among many beers, this weekend we have these two beauties from Anthology over in Leeds.

On cask, Canapé a west coast table beer, on keg, Canopy, a west coast pale.

We assume both refer to Fleetwood.

Light green pump badge, bottom half is a pattern of intersecting triangles, the top half reads Anthology Canape west coast table beer.

Green pump badge, bottom half is a pattern of intersecting triangles, the top half reads Anthology Canopy west coast pale.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 16d

Ah, like the classic "community leaders"; notable for their ability to quell riots and perform other minor miracles.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 16d

New government announcement today would see more powers for communities to take over high street assets like pubs. Very curious to see the small print and what is expected to change www.gov.uk/government/n...

Communities to seize control over high streets and restore pride

Local communities will be handed new powers to revitalise their high streets and restore pride in their towns.

www.gov.uk

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 18d

This week in music at the Fox and Goose #HebdenBridge.

Tuesday: Hebden Bridge Ukuleles, 7-9pm
Thursday: Irish session, 8-11pm
Sunday: Blues jam, 3-8pm

Come get some.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 21d

If you don't have the time, skills nor inclination to grow your own hops and make your own beer we can provide you with a constantly changing range of delicious beers.

If you are growing and brewing your own, why not pop in first for some inspiration.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Create your own beer garden – hops are easy to grow and will keep you in tasty ale

To make home-brewed beer, why not grow your own hops? They’re easy to propagate from a rhizome or stem cutting, though they need plenty of room

www.theguardian.com

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 24d

Great news! Congratulations to @cvclt1.bsky.social on this; excited to see how your plans unfold! Another asset for the community in #HebdenBridge. ❤️

Anyone fancy a night in a Grade II listed signal box? www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/news/2025/13...

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 27d

Just had Gary from Marketing on to say we need to push more dark beer because it matches the glasses.

Told him we always have a dark pump on and they're always delicious.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 29d

Not quite 3 quid a pint but we make a point of keeping our "house" beer Brewer's Gold by Pictish at £3.80.

It proves a popular drop.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 29d

Still craving dark beer. 🖤

We have this classic Irish stout from Leeds' Anthology Brewing Company waiting to be tapped, looks delicious so now trying to figure out when to pop in to get my chops round it.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 10

Love this, we're doing lots of thinking at the moment about how best to understand our community, and how we can best serve them as a coop pub, it's a lovely inspiration.

*process will obviously require big paper and fat pens

Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · Sep 10

What we did in school today. Here’s an amazing graphic summary, drawn by Rebecca Osborne as we talked, of today’s Pubs in the Community meeting @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social organised by @culturalclare.bsky.social

Live art depicting course of discussion. Can’t describe it all - too much!

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 10

Community pubs are so important right now. We're always excited to hear of communities coming together to save their treasured buildings.

Ex-valley resident Jon Richardson is joining Fadmoor Community to restore The Plough. Wishing them all the best! theploughfadmoor.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/c...

Comedian Jon Richardson to restore The Plough, Fadmoor

Jon Richardson loves pubs. He also loves Yorkshire, not to mention an underdog story. So, when Jon heard last orders had been called on The Plough at Fadmoor, North Yorkshire, he was compelled to j…

theploughfadmoor.wordpress.com

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 10

If you go down to the woods round here our industrial heritage is hard to miss, at the same time nature's reclamation of our valleys can be both inspiring and humbling.

Enjoy your walk and pop in for a pint afterwards.

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Upper Calder Valley stretches through Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, Sowerby Bridge, and their surrounding villages. From the late eighteenth century, the valley became a centre of industrial innovation as water-powered cotton, worsted, and woollen mills multiplied, fed

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Hazel Draper @hazelwildcard.bsky.social · Sep 7

Amazing news for wildlife! After raising funds within the community, Bridestones Rewilding Project have exchanged contracts allowing them to restore this peatland for nature and people. Check out their stunning video …

www.instagram.com/reel/DOTo3ci...

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 7

55? Wild! Happy birthday 8th Day!

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 6

Is this clickbait for Lancastrians?

The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 6

(unsolicited)

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Sep 6

Ah. A cautionary tale. Life moves pretty quick. You dream about a stout all week. Finally make it to the pub on the Saturday.

Several delicious pints of Abyss in and it's gone. Next thing you know it's YET ANOTHER delicious dark brew. But this time involving a wizard.

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