The Harbord Harbord (JD Wetherspoon), Manchester

Harbord Harbord is an L-shaped Wetherspoons with an L-shaped serving counter up the left wall that supports two banks of six hand pumps that were drawing the usual three plus Bank Top Brewery’s Pavillion Pale Ale, and Port O’Call alongside Peerless Brewing’s Full Whack and Jaipur. In the left front corner before the counter is, unusually for a Spoons, a television that was airing muted Racing TV. High tables run up the centre and tables and chairs run up the right with the rear section being raised. A high street Spoons, every town should have one.

Official site of The Harbord Harbord (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Official site of The Harbord Harbord (JD Wetherspoon) - www.jdwetherspoon.com

Typical older-style 'spoons, with a relatively narrow frontage and an elongated dark, split-level interior. On the plus side, not a bad selection from the two banks of six handpumps, with J W Lees Gold, Maverick IPA and MMM Dark Mild (£2.49) from Brightside, Mad Squirrel's Pacific, Nottingham Supreme and Old Peculier being served in addition to the obligatory Ruddles, Doom Bar and Abbot.

This is what looks like a shop conversion and inside is an L shaped room wrapped around the bar with raised areas to the rear and right. It was busy on my Friday midday visit. The bar has two sets of six hand pumps which had three available soon, three festival ciders, the recently watered down Robinsons Trooper, the two GK beers, Acorn British Oak, an International beer from Caledonian and one I couldn't decipher. I went for the Pear Mania festival Perry (£2.99). This is clearly a popular Spoons and I thought it was OK.

A compact Wethers with the usual array of handpumps on the bar. Sadly 5 of them today were "available soon". A raised area is opposite the bar. Busy on this Thursday afternoon visit. Its a nice enough place which seemed to be popular with Man City fans today.