The Terminus, Doncaster

A new micropub at the bottom of New Hill, it looks very smart both outside and in. It was quite busy at the time of my visit, mid-afternoon on a Sunday. On the back wall is a blown-up photo of a group of young men, all but one wearing flat caps - it can also be seen on the pub's Facebook page. Camra's WhatPub write-up says that they are local men who all volunteered for the first world war on the same day. The bar is to the right with quite a narrow space between it and the front window. A small group was standing there, though not by any means blocking access to the four hand pumps, and they were happy to allow me to join in their chat about local football. The beers are all local too - well, local-ish, if Bishop Aukland is allowed - and a glance at Facebook shows that this must be the regular beer policy. At the time of my visit there were beers from Hops & Dots (the aforementioned County Durham brewery), Imperial (from Meccy), Chantry (from Rovrum) and Aurora (from Ilkeston - this is how the names appeared on the blackboard behind the bar, but I pointed out that if they're going to put Meccy and Rovrum for Mexborough and Rotherham, they should have put Ilson for this one). I went for the Imperial bitter, which was good enough though probably just past its best, and I would have stayed to try another if I hadn't had a schedule to keep to in order to do the other pubs before my train. I'll keep this in mind for a return visit. I forgot to ask if anyone knows what happened to the eight young men in the photo; perhaps there's a clue in the name of this pub?

Facebook page of The Terminus - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of The Terminus - www.facebook.com

New micropub.