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, 29 June 2018

#012 Forge Tavern, Digbeth : 1998 to 2018 (Revisited)

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These were my observations in 2011: - Back in 1998, this was a pub I'd driven past on many occasions (to and from work) but had nev...
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Friday, 1 June 2018

#060 The Moseley Arms, Digbeth : 1998 to 2018 (Revisited)

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This is what I wrote in 2011: - The Moseley Arms is a pub I'd never been inside when I took this picture in 1998. In fact, I hadn...
Saturday, 26 May 2018

#245 The Station, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands : 2004 to 2018

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"But the Royal Borough of Sutton Coldfield isn't on the canal!", I hear you say. "And, you'd be right", I reply...
Friday, 18 May 2018

Seeing the Light at Burning Soul

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This is going to be a slightly different entry from usual and the 'blame' lies with squarely Pub Curmudgeon , West Midlands Explora...
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Friday, 11 May 2018

#013 Carpenter's Arms, Digbeth : 1998 to 2018 (Revisited)

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First off, here's what I wrote in 2011: - Back in 1998 I went around the Digbeth/Deritend/Highgate area of Birmingham taking photos...
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Tuesday, 1 May 2018

#244 The Barton Turns, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire : 2009 to 2017

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I start this entry with two expressions of disbelief; firstly I can't believe that I wrote nothing in the whole of April and secondly, ...
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Wednesday, 28 March 2018

#018 Subside (aka The Dubliner), Digbeth : 1998 to 2018 (Revisited)

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I'll begin with what I wrote back in 2011 and then add the latest image. When I first came to Brum as a student in the late 70'...
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