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, 21 September 2017

#231 Fox & Hounds, Great Haywood, Staffordshire : 1991 to 2016 (RIP)

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Great Haywood is a very good place for a canal stopover (both lunchtimes and evenings). The village is a short walk from the canal and the ...
Monday, 11 September 2017

UPDATE : #028 The Canal House (formerly James Brindley), Birmingham : 1986 to 2017

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This is a post that I doubted would ever see the light of day - the James Brindley pub, in Gas Street Basin, that had been boarded up for a...
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Friday, 1 September 2017

UPDATE 4 : #008 The Navigation, Lapworth, Warwickshire : 1986 to 2017

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Since our last visit in 2012 we've only had limited opportunities to return to The Navigation as we no longer have our moorings nearby....
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Monday, 21 August 2017

#230 Three Horseshoes, Fazeley, Staffordshire : 2006 to 2017

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We first visited Fazeley from the canal in 1987, but it wasn't until 2006 that we discovered the Three Horseshoes - a whole 19 years wh...
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Monday, 14 August 2017

#229 The Vaults, Rugeley, Staffs : 1987 to 2016

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This will be a short entry for a pub we've only ever been in once, on the rainy evening of Tuesday 14th July 1987 ...we haven't bee...
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Friday, 4 August 2017

#228 The Broughton Arms, Rode Heath, Cheshire : 1999 to 2016

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Rode Heath is a small village by the section of the Trent & Mersey Canal colloquially known as 'Heartbreak Hill'. This is the l...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017

#227 The Talbot, Market Drayton, Shropshire : 2002 to 2016 (RIP?)

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Market Drayton, on the Shropshire Union Canal, is a fantastic stop for pub lovers with many in the town itself. The Talbot stands close to ...
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