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 May 2012

#070 The Rainbow, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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How fitting that The Rainbow is the thirty-third and FINAL installment in my ' Birmingham Eastside ' series. Back in 1998 when I s...
Friday, 25 May 2012

#069 Clifford Arms, Great Haywood, Staffs : 1991 to 2011

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Our first visit to the Clifford Arms in Great Haywood was on our 1991 canal trip taking our boat Emma Jane 'down south' after she...
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Sunday, 20 May 2012

#068 Horan's Tavern/Floodgate Tavern, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011 (RIP)

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Horan's Tavern, as it was called in 1998, was a new discovery for me as I was touring around Digbeth. A typical street corner, back...
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

#067 Fosters Yard Hotel, Polesworth, Warks : 1998 to 2011

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Polesworth is a large village on the Coventry Canal in North Warwickshire. Until 1998 it was a place we'd rarely stopped at on our cana...
Thursday, 10 May 2012

#066 The Mercat, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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I'm pretty sure I've never been in The Mercat or The Mercat Cross as it was known when I was a student in the late 70's. It has...
Saturday, 5 May 2012

#065 The Plum Pudding, Armitage, Staffs : 2000 to 2011

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Considering how many times we've travelled along this stretch of the Trent & Mersey Canal it is quite surprising how few times we...
Monday, 30 April 2012

#064 The White Swan, Digbeth : 1998 to 2011

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The White Swan in Digbeth is another example of the fine pubs designed by James & Lister Lea . This is what it looked like in the mid ...
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