Award after reopening for Brighouse boozer

Sep 9 2008 by David Himelfield, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Award after reopening

IT’S the first certified real ale pub in Brighouse town centre.

The Old Ship Inn, Bethel Street, is the first to win a Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) award for its fine beer.

Landlord and landlady Mark and Katie Feasey picked up the Pub of the Season: Summer 2008 from Calderdale and Halifax Camra.

The pub reopened six months ago and has since served 18 guest brews.

Mr Feasey said: “I’m really pleased for ourselves, but also Brighouse.

“We’ve really turned the pub around because it used to be a bad place in the past.

“This is just the start of the journey for us and we will make the pub a really good place to come.”