On our fairly frequent trips along the Shropshire Union Canal we haven't stopped at Gnosall/Gnosall Heath as often as we probably should given the number of pubs within walking distance of the cut!
The Boat Inn (#241) is canalside, so often we don't venture any further and, the first time we did was on the evening of Tuesday 3rd September 1996.
I remember little about it; we probably had a pint and moved on!
It was a while before we returned, although we'd stopped at Gnosall on other occasions.
This was on the evening of Tuesday 30th August 2005 on our way back from Chester. In the intervening nine years it had undergone considerable changes and, seemingly, a change of ownership from Ansell's to (I assume) a pubco.
It took us another thirteen years before we returned, this time on the evening of Sunday 26th August 2018.
Unsurprisingly, it had changed again, both externally and inside. The interior is now somewhat soulless and modern. Although we got there just in time, we decided not to eat as it still wasn't yet 7pm - that turned out to be a miscalculation on our part (as detailed in the entry for the Boat Inn)! Again, we had one pint and moved on.
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ReplyDeleteAesthetically, the first picture looks like the best pub front to me.. how is it pronounced? Silent G like Gnasher?
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It's pronounced 'Knowsall'....for many years we called it 'Nozzle'!
DeleteYes it was a proper pub back in the day, now it doesn't seem to know what it is.
A common problem these days trying to be all things to all men ..
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