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!)

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

#037 Tame Otter, Hopwas, Staffs : 1986 to 2011

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The first time I visited The Chequers (as it was known in those days) was by car in the early 1980's. Our first canal stop was on Thursd...
Sunday, 27 November 2011

#036 Brewer's Arms/Cleary's, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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Back in 1998 this pub was called the Brewer's Arms. It's not a place I'd ever visited, but looked typical of the many back stree...
Thursday, 24 November 2011

#035 Rose & Castle, Ansty, Warks : 2000 to 2011

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When I reviewed our canal trips and my photos I was amazed to find that the first time we ever stopped at Ansty was in 2000, on a week long...
Sunday, 20 November 2011

#034 Billy's Bar, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011 (RIP)

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This bar was a new discovery for me in 1998 when I photographed it. I never set foot in the place and probably never will now! This was the ...
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Thursday, 17 November 2011

#033 Dirty Duck/Black Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon : 1996 to 2011

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Here's a pub that has not changed in all the years I've been visiting it! I first encountered the Dirty Duck in Stratford in the e...
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Sunday, 13 November 2011

#032 Eagle & Tun, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011 (RIP??)

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When I first took a picture of this pub in 1998 it was called the Cauliflower Ear and I'd never seen nor heard of it before. Then, in 2...
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Thursday, 10 November 2011

#031 The Harvester, Long Itchington, Warks : 1997 to 2011

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We visit Long Itchington many times on our canal trips, but usually we stop at the Two Boats which is on the bank of the Grand Union Canal a...
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