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, 30 November 2012

#092 Shady Oak, Tarporley, Cheshire : 1996 to 2012

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Our first visit to the Shady Oak was on our way to Chester after our first ever trip to Llangollen. It is situated in the middle of nowhere...
Thursday, 22 November 2012

#091 The Fighting Cocks, Moseley, Birmingham : 1996 to 2012

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Back in the days when I was a student, The Fighting Cocks was a vibrant pub that was always full and it was often difficult to get a seat...
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

#090 The Old Trooper, Christleton, Cheshire : 1996 to 2012

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Our first ever canal trip to Chester was back in 1996 following our first ever visit to Llangollen a few days earlier. We stopped at Christ...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012

#089 Prince of Wales, Birmingham : 1996 to 2012

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For those of you who know the city, this is the Prince of Wales pub in Birmingham city centre on Cambridge Street, behind the Rep and Conve...
Monday, 29 October 2012

#088 The Devonshire Inn, Skipton : ca.1973 to 2012

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When I started this blog last year I expected to have enough pub pictures that I could carry on with it for at least two years. However, th...
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

#087 Beehive, Curdworth, Warks : 2006 to 2011

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I'd been aware of the Beehive in Curdworth for a long while and I'd visited for a business lunch many years earlier, but our first ...
Sunday, 14 October 2012

#086 Craven Arms, Birmingham : 2004 to 2011

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As a long term resident of Birmingham, my regular challenge, whenever we visited the city on our canal trips, was to find pubs that we'...
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