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!)

Monday, 27 February 2012

#052 The Kerryman, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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When I first took this photo this was The Roscommon Bar , a small unprepossessing Irish pub along the main road in Digbeth . At the time I ...
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Saturday, 18 February 2012

#051 White Horse, Curdworth, Warks : 1987 to 2011

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In the early 1980's I lived in nearby Minworth and drove by the White Horse on many occasions. In those days it was a fairly ordinary l...
Sunday, 12 February 2012

#050 Fox & Grapes, Digbeth 1998 to 2011 (RIP?)

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The Fox & Grapes is a pub that I'd visited a few times before I took this picture in 1998. As I recall it was a fairly 'bog sta...
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

#049 The Quiet Woman, Leek, Staffs : 1999 to 2011

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On our first canal trip visit to Leek in 1999 The Quiet Woman was one of the many pubs we visited. I don't really remember too much abo...
Monday, 30 January 2012

#048 Adam & Eve, Digbeth : 1930 to 1998 to 2011

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This is another of the Digbeth pubs that I've never been in! In 1998 when I first took this photo of the Adam & Eve I was aware of...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

#047 The Duck on the Pond, Long Itchington, Warks : 1997 to 2011

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This is a follow-on from #031 from our most recent visit to Long Itchington in November. Back in 1997 the pub was called the Jolly Fis...
Saturday, 21 January 2012

#046 Queens Arms, Highgate : 1998 to 2011 (RIP?)

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In 1998 the Queen's Arms on Barford Street was a pub I'd never been in, but had passed many times to and from work. A few yea...
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