Pubs: Then & Now

The Pub is one of the few great cultural icons of Britain. We are currently in a phase where the future of the pub is in doubt. This blog shows how pubs have changed (or not) over the past 20 - 30 years. I first started taking pictures of pubs in 1986 and have amassed quite a collection. Most of these pubs are within easy walking distance of the English Canals and most are based in the Midlands. Apart from a (very) few, I have drunk in every pub pictured (and sometimes been drunk in them!)

Friday, 28 October 2011

#028 James Brindley, Birmingham : 1986 to 2011

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This is something of a sad tale. When Birmingham woke up to the potential of the canals in the city in the 1980's Gas Street Basin was ...
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Monday, 24 October 2011

#027 The Old Wharf, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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The Old Wharf in Digbeth is a small back street pub and, to be honest, I wasn't sure it would have survived .  This is the twelfth in m...
Thursday, 20 October 2011

#026 Fleur-de-Lys, Lowsonford, Warks : 1996 to 2011

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The first time I visited the Fleur-de-Lys was sometime in the 1980's and made occasional visits subsequently by car as it was a very goo...
Monday, 17 October 2011

#025 The Anchor, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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The Anchor in Digbeth is a success story in a world where proper pubs are disappearing, this pub is thriving. This is the eleventh in my ...
Tuesday, 11 October 2011

#024 Radford Bank, Weeping Cross, Stafford : 1991 to 2011

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My first experience of this pub was in 1991 on our journey from Wigan to Lapworth. In those days it was called The Trumpet and was a proper ...
Saturday, 8 October 2011

#023 O'Neills, Curzon Street : 1998 to 2011 (RIP)

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When I toured around the Digbeth area of Birmingham, O'Neills was a completely new place to me and, to be honest didn't look too app...
Wednesday, 5 October 2011

#022 Anchor Inn, Hartshill, Warwickshire : 2000 to 2011

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The first time I visited this pub was back in August 1982 on only my third canal trip, but to be honest I can't remember too much about...
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