Great bar staff. Good selection of beers, lagers and cider.
Friendly and welcoming, very good banter between locals and newcomers. Good sport , great beer. Excellent Xmas raffle. Always appears to be something going on. Love it.
Down to earth pub good selection of beers and cider. The people who run the place are great. Would highly recommend as long as you aren't the Proceco set!!
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OUT on my racing bike one evening I spot a group of elderly drinkers playing cribbage outside the Anchor & Hope. Taped to the window is a faded notice boasting "Moles bitter £2.50 a pint."
I'm gagging for one. But as I head for the door, exchanging "good evenings" with the crib-players, I hear a thunderous fart, followed by gales of laughter. Then there's a crash of glass as the landlady topples off her seat, cursing.
And, suddenly, I think: this is my sort of pub. Fine Melksham bitter. No food. Friendly faces. Oodles of laughter. The occasional stray fart. And a weeny white pub dog called Dylan who sits on my table outside and, I swear, almost talks to you as he watches the world go by.
So why have I never used this place before? Why, indeed? For the Moles bitter is sublime. Sitting in the evening sun, I down two pints in about eight minutes. Then another. Then another two. Beautiful, gluggable stuff. And after 90 glorious minutes I begin my five-mile ride home in the dark. Lord knows how I make it down a hugely steep, winding hill near my home.
Two evenings later I'm back there quaffing more of this hearty brew, evoking stark memories of my ale-sodden days as a reporter in the Sixties before a lifetime of tossing pots professionally in some of Fleet Street's most shameless watering holes.
True, the Anchor's not much to look at from outside. But the friendly atmosphere and sporting banter give the place a magical buzz. And if you love good ale, you'll experience a wondrous, beery blast from the past in this white-fronted haven far from those dreary gastro-pubs, with their fearful pong of food that strips the head off your ale!
But hold on a jiffy! My fifth pint of Moles has just arrived.
Ah, many thanks, Dylan.
And cheers!
Good banter, proper drinking pub. You can dine out on a packet of crisps here.
Great place to relax and have a laugh,u don't have to be a local,just sit back and enjoy the banter with the locals,guaranteed to leave with a smile and lasting memories,cheers Mons & Ady.
Local friendly. Not glamorous but cosy lots of sport. A locals hard working pub. Love it
Wonderful friendly place to drink that won't Rob you
People are so helpful.,
Proper old style British pub with nice landlord, landlady and staff with great customers
Always a pleasent friendly welcome ale and larger etc top notch
Locals pub with a good atmosphere. Always someone to talk to.
Very good pub with friendly staff.
Spot on pub good bunch of people
Good old fashioned mans pub
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