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!)

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Birmingham City Skyline : 1980's to 2014

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This post is going to break all of the rules I imposed on myself at the start of this project...but I don't care! Firstly it isn...
Wednesday, 14 May 2014

#146 The Swan with Two Nicks, Worcester : 1987 to 2013

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My first experience of The Swan with Two Nicks was a lunchtime visit on Monday 6th July 1987 near the beginning of a two week trip on boar...
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Monday, 28 April 2014

#145 The Swan, Kidderminster, Worcestershire : 2008 to 2013

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Kidderminster isn't a place we often stop at on our canal trips being too close to Stourport. However, on both occasions that we did st...
Tuesday, 15 April 2014

#144 The Bell, Stourbridge, Worcestershire : 1996 to 2013

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This is going to be a relatively short entry as I've only ever been in this pub once and that was back in 1996!  This was on the ev...
Tuesday, 1 April 2014

#143 Samson & Lion, Wordsley, West Midlands : 1997 to 2013

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The Samson & Lion in Wordsley near Stourbridge is a pub with plenty of history, going back to at least 1840. I'm not sure when this...
Monday, 17 March 2014

#142 Speed the Plough, Tibberton, Worcestershire : 2008 to 2013

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Tibberton is a small village just north-east of Worcester on the banks of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. I've visited Tibberton ...
Thursday, 6 March 2014

Digbeth Update

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It is almost three years since I went around the Digbeth area taking pictures of the surviving pubs. I was in the area this week taking pic...
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