With a football-free Saturday and no time for a longer trip, I took the opportunity to re-visit a couple of nearby railway station bars along with a classic town centre pub.... The West Riding Refreshment Rooms at Dewsbury railway station are something of an institution. Since 1994 this Grade II-listed part ivy-clad former railway building has been delighting travellers and locals alike with its real ale, food, and welcoming atmosphere. It was opened by Mike Field, one of the original 'Gang of Four' behind the former West Riding Brewery, and who subsequently set up the Anglo Dutch Brewery based in Dewsbury with Dutchman Paul Klos in 2000. The West Riding aimed to restore the former station buffet bar to its former glory, with some of the inspiration coming from one of the country's few remaining examples based further down the trans-Pennine line at Stalybridge. The building was sympathetically restored, with real ale front and centre in the offering, and the place still re...