Author Phil Penfold

The Roebuck has stood for well over a century. It has weathered the Blitz on Sheffield, which flattened much of the core of the city on one fateful night in 1940.

The road that is Hallgate, in Doncaster (once the old A1), still has a number of rather beautiful Georgian and Regency buildings.

It’s a curious little place, half-tucked away with a snicket that heads toward the cathedral on one side, and a shopping precinct on t’other. In a fairly recent refurbishment, the interior has been given...

Once upon a time, it was a shop dedicated to cake decorating. Now, it is the latest addition to the celebration of real ales and ciders in these parts, and it is fair to say that the Arcade Alehouse has been garlanded with praise by those in the know

The setting of the Harvey Arms really couldn’t be more picturesque.

There are probably more trendy places in this little corner of Yorkshire, but the Spread Eagle is an engaging little inn, which has served many a pint to those tackling the Pennine Way.

The Punchbowl, Thorne was once a rather substantial private house when Thorne was still a prosperous market town.

For decades, station buffets were the butt of jokes. Tepid beer, curling sandwiches and stale pork pies, currant buns and surly staff. Not at the Draughtsman on Doncaster Station

It is fair to say the Blue Bell has had its fair share of ups and downs over the years, and that it needed a firm hand to turn it around from a fairly down-at- heel pub.

A place called Heeley Bottom sounds like a tiny hamlet nestled in the Howardian Hills. In fact, it’s a suburb of Sheffield, once home to the workers of nearby factories and steelworks.