Crosby

I was watching the Great British Pub Crawl on YouTube last week and Dale came to Crosby. I was somewhat miffed to see he ticked three places I've never been in, so it's time to rectify those omissions.I set off on this historic date. Was it really twenty-five years ago? I was only fifty miles away from one of the sites back than, and it was a slightly surreal experience. I struggled to phone the UK to confirm I was OK, presumably because everyone else was trying to do the same. We were all sent home from work and the whole city was quieter than I'd ever seen it. (A few days later they cancelled my pilot's license and never let me fly again.)Today, I started at One Five Six:I must confess I'd spotted this place last time I was around here but looking across the road I had decided it was a restaurant, so I didn't go closer.It is certainly more of a restaurant, but I was welcome for a pint of Paulaner. I couldn't see any taps, which initially put me off, but the beer appeared from the…