The Spread Eagle
The 'Spread' is one of the trio of popular pubs in the town centre. It is on the oldest photographs
of Penistone but has a long history before that. Former landlady Theresa (Cliffe, at the time) says that there is a ghost. As with the other town centre pubs, it is always throng on Friday and Saturday evenings. It is also popular on Saturday afternoons with punters who shuttle between here and Chuck McBurney's bookies next door and it is often busy on Sunday afternoons, with snacks
on the bar (someone said there are 17 flavours in the peanuts).
Front benches are popular in summer and give a great view of the passing public and the boy racers at Shrewsbury Road junction who skid a tyre or two for public acclaim. The back yard is a beer garden and small car park, with access from Back Lane. John Fieldsend from Australia says that it is still called 'Fieldsend's Yard' from his great-grandfather, who was a previous landlord.
On the way in, a 'snug' room with a TV lies beyond the door to the right of the main door (not shown here). It is popular with the older customers. The main bar room is spacious if a little dark and has a comfortable seating and a flat TV on the wall which is good for watching the racing and footie. An adjoining pool room is at the back. 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.
Another guestbook commentator, Ryan Nolan, says that Lauraine Nolan (his mother) is the the current landlady. Telephone: 01226 762025
