Northern? Work somewhere that does not let you drink real ale all day? Then you've two choices. Either a mug of tea, or a glass of Vimto (until sasparilla becomes widely available again).

Both full fat and sugar-free available.

My local Tesco in Irlam (down the road from Eccles!) had several of these in, reduced from £999.99 to £699.97. Presumably, they will replace them with the PZ model (which someone will no doubt post the benefits of that being full HD, where as this one is not).

Still, if you want a large, quality, p more...

High-quality northern supermarket Booths has lots of good deals on 500ml bottled bitters including:

Black Sheep £1
St Peters Best £1
St Peters Porter £1
Moorhouses Black Cat (mild) £1
Moorhouses Blonde Witch £1
Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew £1.17
Jennings Snecklifter £1
Baltic Gold £1
Saltaire 2 f more...

Granted, it's not as good as HP, but a hulking big 2.5 kg bottle of branded brown sauce for 69 p was to be had in my local Home Bargains (Stretford).

It does have a date on it of October 08, but since these things are made of vinegar, it'll be years before it goes off. Either that, or take advantag more...

Argos in Stretford have the Wii console on manager's special for £159.99. Loads of stock, as they had at least 20 on display.

Manager's special at the Stretford store.

8 bottles of Spitfire ale for £8 in my local Morrisons (Eccles). Not my favourite bottled ale, but pretty cheap.

I know there was a thread about this t'other day, but as these only last a day, I thought it best to start a new one.

The site of the new Krispy Kreme shop near the Trafford Centre (behind Asda's petrol station) is handing out free boxes of doughnuts.

I went for a tank of petrol and came back with more...