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!)

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

#173 The Vaults, Knowle, West Midlands : 1999 to 2014

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This is going to be a short post about a pub that I've only been into once...and I don't remember what it was like inside! We d...
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Monday, 7 September 2015

#172 The Market Hotel, Ellesmere, Shropshire : 1996 to 2014

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A trip along the Llangollen Canal is a rare treat and so we've only visited Ellesmere on a few occasions, the first being on the evenin...
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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

#171 Red Lion Hotel, Atherstone, Warwickshire : 1995 to 2014

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Atherstone sits on the Coventry Canal and boasts a pretty, but maddeningly frustrating, flight of locks (they are very slow to fill, but em...
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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

#170 Prince of Wales, Llangollen, Denbighshire : 2007 to 2014

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Llangollen is a place we don't visit very often and on our first trip there in 1996 we didn't venture much beyond the town centre. ...
Tuesday, 14 July 2015

#169 The Red Lion, Knowle, West Midlands : 1996 to 2014

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Although Knowle is only a few miles from Lapworth where our boat was moored for many years, we very rarely visit the village by boat. This ...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

#168 Ring o' Bells, Marple, Cheshire : 2000 to 2014

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My first ever visit to the Ring o' Bells in Marple was during an epic canal trip from Lapworth (south of Birmingham) to Manchester and ...
Monday, 8 June 2015

#167 The Greyhound, Sutton Stop, Coventry : 1995 to 2014

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My first ever visit to The Greyhound was on my first canal trip back in 1980, long before I started taking photos of every pub we visited. ...
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