The Spread Eagle
The 'Spread' is one of a trio of popular pubs in the town centre. It had a refurbishment
in 2000. It is usually quite busy on Sunday afternoons, with snacks
on the bar (Someone said there are 17 flavours in the peanuts). Top bitter is John Smith's Magnet..
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They have a dark but spacious main room, furnished with settees and a small pool room at the back. The very small 'snug' to the right of the main door (not shown here) is used mostly by the older customers. A sign by the bar says that the 'Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffalos' a.k.a. 'The Buffs' (509) meet here, 8pm Tuesdays. There is a function room upstairs for that sort of thing.
Outside benches at the front are popular in summer and give a good view of the boy racers emerging from the top of Shrewsbury Road, who usually skid a tyre or two for reaction. Behind the pub is a small car park with access near to the market. The Spread has a long history and can be seen on the oldest photographs of Penistone. Previous landlady Theresa says that there is a ghost.
John Fieldsend from Australia says that the back yard (car park) is still called 'Fieldsend's Yard' from a previous landlord, his great grandfather. Ryan Nolan has told me that his mother, Lauraine Nolan, is the the current landlady.
