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, 22 February 2021

#058 Suki10c, Digbeth, Birmingham : 1998 to 2021

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 Of all the pubs that I've covered so far, this has probably undergone the most radical of external changes throughout the past 23 years...
Thursday, 18 February 2021

#016 The Old Crown, Deritend, Birmingham : 1998 to 2021

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  This is a real oddity - back in 1998 when I first took pictures of these pubs, The Old Crown was the only one that was not open! This is w...
Sunday, 14 February 2021

Light at the End of the Tunnel?

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  My recent posts may have given the impression that all is doom and gloom with regard to the pub/drinking scene in Digbeth . Whilst it is t...
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Friday, 12 February 2021

#066 The Mercat, Digbeth, Birmingham : 1998 to 2021 (RIP)

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 Following on from the architecturally attractive Market Tavern we move on to the somewhat less beautiful, brutalist Mercat Bar & Grill ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2021

#010 Market Tavern, Deritend, Birmingham : 1998 to 2021 (RIP)

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  This will be a very short entry. In 1998 the Market Tavern was a going concern, but by the time I returned in 2011 it had closed. Here...
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Friday, 5 February 2021

#027 The Old Wharf, Digbeth, Birmingham 1998 to 2021 (RIP)

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  Here we go with another eulogy to a closed pub in the Digbeth/Eastside area of Birmingham - another tale of demise, resurrection and final...
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Tuesday, 2 February 2021

#046 Queens Arms, Highgate, Birmingham : 1998 to 2021 (RIP)

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Continuing with my review of pubs in the Eastside of Birmingham and, at the risk of becoming like another blog (the excellent Closed Pubs ),...
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