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, 31 July 2020

Canal Cruising in a COVID World (Part 1)

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Recently we undertook our first canal pub crawl cruise in the 'new normal', post pandemic era. The good news is that we never faile...
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Thursday, 16 July 2020

Back in the Saddle in Selly Oak

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Eleven days after the much vaunted re-opening of pubs in England and I finally had my first pint in a  pub last night. I'm probably the...
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Thursday, 9 July 2020

#277 The Three Horseshoes, Winkwell, Hemel Hempstead : 1992 to 2019

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Having no new pubs to report on in 2020 and having exhausted the interesting local watering holes, I thought I'd take a while away from...
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Sunday, 31 May 2020

The Harborne Run

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As we're still living in the time of coronavirus I thought that I'd combine my (semi) regular exercise with more photography/artist...
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

#098 New Inn, Harborne, Birmingham : 1998 to 2020 (Revisited)

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The New Inn is still a pub that I visit infrequently and, before I chronicle the last eight years, here's what I put in 2012: - Harbo...
Tuesday, 5 May 2020

#101 The Patrick Kavanagh, Moseley : 1996 to 2020 (Revisited)

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As our restrictions continue, I thought that I'd visit Moseley to catch up on some more relatively local boozers to see how they'd ...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Sunny Selly Oak under Shutdown

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Since the 'lockdown' started, I've grasped the opportunity to take pictures during my permitted daily exercise.  Selly Oak ...
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