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!)

Monday, 7 October 2019

#265 The Wheatsheaf, Banbury, Oxon : 1998 to 2019

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This pub is one to file away under..."What? Really? We've Never Been Here Before!" And I'm going to break with a trad...
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Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Pubmen Assemble in Preston

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Firstly apologies and acknowledgements. I can't believe that it is a whole month since we did the trip to Preston which has been report...
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Thursday, 5 September 2019

#264 The Bell Inn, Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire : 1998 to 2019

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This is another in the new series of pubs that we visited during Emma Jane's sojourn in the South that we've returned to in recent ...
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Thursday, 29 August 2019

#263 The Four Candles, Oxford : 1998 to 2019 (That Déja vu Feeling All Over Again!)

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It is very rare that the same pub crops up in consecutive posts on this blog (under the original premise, it should be impossible) and yet ...
Tuesday, 20 August 2019

"I come to praise Wetherspoon's, not to bury them"

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If you'd told me, many years ago, when I visited my first Wetherspoon's pub that I'd be writing a post in praise of them, I...
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Wednesday, 7 August 2019

#262 Swan Hotel, Brewood, Staffordshire : 1987 to 2018

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Another village that we probably could have visited more is Brewood on the Shropshire Union Canal. There are three pubs (were four, but the...
Friday, 26 July 2019

#261 Royal Oak, Gnosall, Staffordshire : 1996 to 2018

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On our fairly frequent trips along the Shropshire Union Canal we haven't stopped at Gnosall/Gnosall Heath as often as we probably shoul...
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