In 2014 we had an alternative ‘Mobberley 8’ where bikes were substituted with horses!

This group were most certainly the winners of the ‘Bulls Head Best Mobberley 8 2014!’

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I am very sorry to announce that our famous ‘Smoooth’ (with 3 ‘o’s) guitarist Laurie has died aged 95.

Laurie was the guitar half of our Jazz duo with Stewart (on saxophone) here at the Bulls Head. They joined us shortly after we opened four and a half years ago. They had played at a wedding and one of our neighbours recommended the duo to us and the rest is history they have been playing here every other Sunday since.

Laurie was simply remarkable, he would drive from Northwich to the Bulls Head on a Sunday and unload all his own kit himself when doing a gig. He had a firm handshake and was a great character who loved playing his music. He will be sadly missed by everyone associated with the Bulls Head for sure.

On behalf of all the Bulls Head team both past and present and of course all our customers, we send all good wishes to Laurie’s family.

Laurie was forced to retire from the music scene due to illness a couple of months ago and he was kind enough to recommend good friends of his to carry on in his place so the ‘Smoooth’ legend could continue with Stewart on Sax.

We all raise a glass to you Laurie! God bless you we are all better for knowing you.

HIGHLY COMMENDED

The results came in and to our great delight ‘Patricia the Gardener’ gained a highly commended in the annual Mobberley Scarecrow competition!!

Amie our Asst. Manager with the help of Barry our landlord did a great job putting Patricia together!! They even used Barry’s old lawn mower.

Our real gardener Peter was not amused as he felt Patricia wasn’t pulling her weight on the gardening front as he had to mow round her for four weeks!!

Patricia finally collapsed in the wind and was carried off in celebration!! This was a big award in our eyes of Amie and Barry and they both agreed that it felt as good as getting in the Good Beer Guide for the fifth year running!!

Our certificate and our rosette will be framed in honour of Patricia…well done Amie!! Tim was on hand to congratulate her. (she hates the photo of herself!!)

Our sister pub the Church Inn didn’t quite come anywhere near the Bully with their attempt at the Ghost Of Hannah (who is rumoured to haunt the Church Inn!!) So bad luck to them and try a bit harder next time said Barry!!

PATRICIA THE GARDENER AT THE BULLS HEAD

TIM CONGRATULATES AMIE WHO WITH THE HELP OF LANDLORD BARRY PUT THE PROUD SCARECROW TOGETHER

CHURCH-INN-GHOST-OF-HANNAH!!

Steve and the team at The Bulls Head are delighted to be launching the new Summer menu on Thursday the 12th of June, the menu will feature a number of tasty new dishes such as

• Pan Roasted Lamb Cutlets with button onions, bay carrots, redcurrent gravy and kale and smoked bacon hash
• Cromer Crab salad with fennel, radish , orange and a citrus dressing
• Pan fried Hake, champ potatoes, braised spinach and peas, caper butter sauce
• Chickpea, broad bean and preserved lemon salad

To view our full menu click here.

We also have a great selection of new light lunches added to our repertoire.

Shane and Luke with new recruit Ed have worked hard over the last few days on Summer drinks training and you can see from the photo of our Summer drinks board all great drinks on offer.

The in vogue ‘Spritz’ drinks such as Aperol Spritz and the Hugo Spritz are huge across Europe at present and gaining in popularity here at the Bulls Head. The Hugo features a shot of St Germaine Elderflower liqueur, a shot of Prosecco and then topped up with soda, garnished with sprigs of mint…very refreshing…

We also feature two English variants firstly the Queens Spritz featuring her favourite aperitif Dubonnet with a shot of Prosecco and top up with lemonade and  garnished with a slice of fresh orange or the Sloe Spritz made with Sloe Gin with Prosecco and soda.

The new Bull Special is a jug of Cheshire farmed Apple juice with Bison Grass Vodka with ice….apple pie flavour comes through and so refreshing!! There are a few more such as our Elderflower lager or indeed the classic Pimms No.1 which we are famous for along with our Elderflower Lager.

So even if there is a little cloud about pop in and cheer yourself up with a special summer drink and test the team!

It would seem one of our mugs from here at the Bulls Head has travelled abroad!! This is the start of one of the biggest worldwide bits of fun we can have at the Bulls Head!! Mobberley ‘Mug Shots’!! Simply come to the Bulls Head buy one of our “I’d Rather Be at The Bulls Head” mugs (£2.95)…..travel with the mug to a great tourist location whether it be in the UK or abroad and photograph your mug in the said tourist location and for every picture we receive, £1 will be donated to charity!! It would seem our first ‘mug shotster’ has travelled to Seattle in the USA and then on to a rather snowy Montreal. So already the famous Bully Mug has travelled to a different continent.

We are asking you to lug your mug!! The best picture every three months wins Bully vouchers to spend on fresh food and wonderful wines and ales.

A little Mobberley Wallaby down under!!

Every year Bulls Head friends from Brisbane come and join two of our very regular locals for a few weeks in the late summer. Last year they were (very generously, we think) gifted a highly sought after “Bull’s Head” mug (since they adore “that smashing, little village pub” just up the road) . . . and look who’s since stolen them! This has to be the furthest one of our mugs has travelled??

Courtesy of Pete , Leander, their resident lady ‘roos . . . and of course, the one and only Skippy! Bad luck on the Ashes but thank you for such a great photo!!

See you next summer where there will be some Bully vouchers waiting for you….

Congratulations Neil!!

Please email your ‘Mug Shot’ to info@thebullsheadpub.co.uk

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3 Mugs in Mallorca

woody

From the Concorde Lounge

Paul & Ali Greece 2015

Skippy!

Cocktails in St Vincent

Greetings from Tobago

Sunbathing in Sunny Granada

Wish we were at Bull's Head instead of in Grenada!

THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ LIKES THE BULLY

SAN FRAN MUG

GOLDEN GATE MUG

BAY BRIDGE MUGGING

ALCATRAZ PRIZON TEA BREAK

HIGH SPEED IN SHANGHAI

MUGGED IN THE UNDERGROUND

QUICKEST BREW IN THE WORLD

TEA TIME IN TORONTO

BIGGER MUG THAN ME

MORE TEA AT THE TEMPLE

PILOT MUG

RESTING WITH MUG LAG

CAFÉ OLE MEXICO

FEMALE MUG IN NIPPON

MUGGED IN MEXICO CITY

RISING SUN MUG

TEA AT TEMPLE

TEA IN TOKYO

TRAVEL MUG

TRUMPED AT THE TOWER

CENTRAL PERK OOOPS CENTRAL PARK

PANDA CHINA MUG

CHURCH INN GETS A CHINA MUG TOO

MUGGING A YELLOW CAB

POSH ROOM MUG

WHATS THE STORY HERE!

SHOPPING FOR A MUG

DESIGNER MUG

NYPD BLUES MUG

US OF A MUG

TIME SQUARE MUG

MUG AT MACYS

EMPIRE STATE MUG

SUNSET MUG IN JEDDAH

MUG OF TEA BY THE RED SEA!

CRYING IN ARGENTINA

MUG IN MENDOZA

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM MUG

LIBERTY BELL MUG

PUNCH IN THE MUG.. ROCKY, ROCKY, ROCKY

Bullish in Boston

BACK TO THE MUGHALS

GRAND CENTRAL MUG

HOTEL IN HYDERABAD

Beer in Bangkok

Pool in Phuket

Sunbathing in Siam

'Mugged' In Montreal

Chilling in Montreal

Sleepless in Seattle

Football Mug

Cool In Calgary

The weekends Six Nations Rugby climaxed with an Irish win on Saturday evening and boy was it tense. Barry our landlord who hails from Dublin had a rather large grin on his face and his son Louis came down to the Bulls Head in his kit to help Barry rub it in!!! Of course the Monday after the rugby weekend was St Patricks day and Barry dug out his Mammy’s recipe for the Irish Stew and the colcannon Hash cakes with soda bread and stout.

The silly hat was donated by Tim as was the music and for a Monday we had a good turnout to raise a glass of the black stuff to Barry and St. Pat!!

St Georges Day next!!

Mothering Sunday is a special day but then every Sunday is special at the Bulls Head.

We have ordered all our cup-cakes from the ‘Dish ran away with the spoon’ café and bakery in West Didsbury for mums and children alike to enjoy. We will have our normal Sunday menu with one or two specials on the board. As you know we don’t take reservations for tables and Mothering Sunday works the same as all the other Sundays in the year simply come down and enjoy yourselves. We will be opening at 11.30am to allow people to get the first tables. With Mother’s day being later this year let’s hope the spring weather has kicked in and there is an opportunity to be in the garden. Looking forward to seeing you…