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, 26 September 2012

#084 The Nag's Head, Henley-in-Arden, Warks : 2001 to 2011

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As previously reported here, on our annual canal trips to Stratford-upon-Avon, we regularly make a drinking detour to the village of Henley...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012

#083 Wharf Tavern, Hockley Heath, Warks : 1986 to 2011

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The Wharf Tavern in Hockley Heath has been a regular watering hole on our canal trips ever since the first time Emma Jane was moored in the...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012

#082 The Queen's Head, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks : 1997 to 2011

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The first time we visited The Queen's Head in Stratford was on Good Friday 28th March 1997 . We only stumbled across the pub late on in...
Thursday, 6 September 2012

#081 Black Swan, Henley-in-Arden, Warks : 2001 to 2011

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The Black Swan in Henley-in-Arden is one of those pubs that I'd visited quite a few times in the 1980's, but not as a part of any o...
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Thursday, 30 August 2012

#080 Red Lion, Hopwas, Staffs : 1986 to 2011

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There are two pubs by the Coventry Canal in Hopwas, the Tame Otter (formerly The Chequers - #037 in this series ) and the Red Lion. We'...
Wednesday, 22 August 2012

#079 Falcon Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon : 1997 to 2011

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An Easter trip to Stratford became a regular part of our boating calendar in 1996. As there are lots of pubs in the town we could always fi...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012

#078 The Boat, Newbold-on-Avon, Warks : 1995 to 2011

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My first ever visit to The Boat was on the evening of 17th April 1980 on my first canal trip on Emma Jane. In those days I hadn't star...
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