A classic post-war estate pub set back behind an extensive car park on a steeply sloping site on the north side of the town. The site is now going to be redeveloped into “affordable housing”.
The Cow & Calf
A four-square, brick-built pub, formerly a Robinson’s tied house, standing on a busy, elevated crossroads between Romiley and Bredbury. As the image shows, there is no shortage of nearby housing, and surely the site had potential that was never realised.
The Bingley Arms
A substantial early 19th century stone-built pub situated between the River Calder and the Calder & Hebble Navigation canal west of Wakefield. It has recently been acquired by the local Ossett Brewery and is currently undergoing refurbishment, although obviously at present it remains up in the air when this will come to fruition in view of the coronavirus crisis.
The Royal Oak
A large and rather plain inter-wars pub, built in 1937 and known locally as the Middle Oak. It is still bearing Ansells livery. It stands on the main road, and there is clearly no shortage of housing nearby to provide potential customers.
The Sportsman
An impressive, stone-faced pub in a somewhat incongruous location in a shabby industrial estate on the north side of the city, close to the M1. It has “1919” above the door, and the name of former owners Gilmour’s Brewery, later taken over by Tetley’s, is embossed at roof level.
The New Inn
A white-painted former Marston’s pub on the main road between Leek and Stoke-on-Trent, closed since 2006. This article from the local paper tells something of its story.
The Globe
A substantial pub-cum-hotel in this large village close to the Grand Union Canal, once the location of a major ordnance depot. It has since become a Tesco Express.
The British Oak
A substantial stone-built inter-wars pub situated on the north side of Wakefield near to Pinderfields Hospital. It appears to be in the characteristic house style of Bass predecessors Hammond’s. It is close to the much older, but still busy, Graziers Inn.
The Bernard Arms
A roadside pub in a leafy setting in the shadow of the Chilterns on the main road between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough. It appears to be an inter-wars rebuilding of an older pub. One of the closest pubs to Chequers, it has in the past played host to Prime Ministers and Presidents, but that wasn’t enough to save it.
The Charlton Arms
A former coaching inn that once belonged to Greenall’s Wem subsidiary, situated in a Shropshire market town now subsumed within Telford. Later images on StreetView suggest that it has been converted to residential use.
The Crofter’s Arms
An imposing pub in the angle of two roads, remodelled by local brewers Magee Marshall in the 1920s and still bearing their initials on the gable. It later became the Moghul’s Palace restaurant, but has now been derelict for some years.
The Double Gloucester
A massive inter-wars suburban pub on the eastern side of the city, taking its name from the county’s eponymous cheese, and now in the process of residential redevelopment.
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