A mock half-timbered roadhouse alongside the main A41 dual carriageway south of Whitchurch. Closed for some years, it is now in a very sorry state. It was previously called the “Witch Ball”, but was renamed in more anodyne fashion.
The Cherry Tree
A mock half-timbered roadhouse alongside the main A41 dual carriageway south of Whitchurch. Closed for some years, it is now in a very sorry state. It was previously called the “Witch Ball”, but was renamed in more anodyne fashion.
The Bleeding Wolf
A handsome Edwardian building that, in this prosperous stockbroker belt town, was felt to be worth more as flats than as a pub. In the past was famed for its bowling green, which was often used to stage tournaments, although in the pub’s last years it was turned into a children’s play area.
The Lord Raglan
An estate pub – by the look of it possibly 1950s additions to an older building – with a massive car park, in the town that was the birthplace of D. H. Lawrence.
The Royal
An imposing Victorian corner pub in North Liverpool sporting a prominent turret.
The Aston Arms
The “poster pub” for this blog – an old-fashioned, multi-roomed former Greenalls pub close by the River Weaver, from the look of it dating back to around 1800. It had its own bowling green between the pub and the main road from which the picture was taken.
The Sun
A former Boddingtons pub just off the town centre that for a while traded as a multi-beer freehouse.
The Two Brewers
This impressive 1930s estate pub is now apparently a housing development
The Horseshoe
A compact Brewer’s Tudor style pub on the main road between Oldham and Ashton-under-Lyne.
The Woodman
This pub by the main road between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden has been closed for a number of years and is now in a sorry state.
Ye Olde Woolpack
A former local CAMRA Pub of the Year, the final death-knell was sounded for this pub when the COOP Bank, located in the distinctive blue pyramid just across the road (visible behind the pub on the StreetView image), told their employees that, not only could they not drink alcohol at lunchtimes, but they couldn’t visit the pub at all. It still shows as trading on StreetView.
This pub is within a mile of my house and one where I have enjoyed many good pints over the years.
The Black Lion
A rural pub in a rather bleak and isolated location in the north-western corner of the island.
The Black Bear
An attractive, rambling old pub by the side of one of the main radial routes into the town. As a small child I was often driven past this pub and I remember being taken with the idea that a pub could be named after a bear.
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