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, 29 January 2019

#252 The Narrow Boat, Whittington, Shropshire : 1996 to 2018

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Back to the usual theme of this blog and this time it is a pub we've only visited twice. Our first encounter was on our very first ...
Monday, 21 January 2019

From Attic to Infimary (via Alicia's and the Oak)

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I'd thought about doing blog posts away from the usual theme and detail some of my other 'adventures' in pub land like proper p...
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Tuesday, 8 January 2019

#251 King's Head, Napton-on-the-Hill, Warwickshire : 1994 to 2018

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If you're a canal enthusiast, you will have heard of Napton, but if not you almost certainly won't...until someone mentions that it...
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Tuesday, 11 December 2018

#250 Market Tavern, Atherstone, Warwickshire : 1995 to 2018 (RIP??)

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Atherstone is a place we visit fairly frequently on our boating trips and, for a small town, it still has a lot of pubs. One of our favouri...
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Tuesday, 20 November 2018

#249 Sandbrook Vaults, Market Drayton, Shropshire : 1987 to 2018

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I was all ready to produce a tale of our visits to the Sandbrook Vaults starting in 1999 when, in a pique of thoroughness, I rechecked our ...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Jolly Boys Outing to St Albans

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This was to be a first for me in more ways than one - first ever visit to St Albans; first Proper Pubs Day Out away from Birmingham; first ...
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Friday, 19 October 2018

#248 Wynnstay Arms, Llangollen, Denbighshire : 2007 to 2018 (RIP?) And A Flock of Seagulls Member!

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Our boating trips to Llangollen are quite infrequent, but is is a great section of canal to travel along. The town of Llangollen has some i...
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