The George & Dragon, Rough Close, Staffordshire
An attractive bay-windowed pub on the main road heading south from Stoke towards Stone, now in a sorry state of decay.
The George & Dragon
The Wellington Arms
An imposing pub on the southern side of the town, that has been described as a tardis in reverse as it was much smaller inside than it looked.
The Woodshutts
A typical post-war estate pub still bearing the distinctive Bass logo on the gable end. Note the sign over the door saying “Bar & Smoke”.
The Tumbledown Dick
The Tumbledown Dick, Farnborough, Hampshire
A historic red-brick former coaching inn now stranded amongst dual carriageways, multi-storey car parks and retail parks. There is a campaign to save it here.
The Punch Bowl
A substantial inter-wars Brewer’s Tudor pub backing on to the Trent on the other side of the river from Burton.
The Railway
A street-corner pub now converted to flats but with its general appearance still revealing its former use. It is shown here when it was still trading.
The Woolpack
A modern estate pub near Salford Shopping City in the shadow of several tower blocks. In the past much valued by its local community.
The Wren’s Nest
A red colour-washed pub in a surprisingly leafy location just west of the town centre. Since the StreetView car went by an outhouse and a smoking shelter on the end have been demolished. And surely this is one of the best pub names around!
The Plough
A small redbrick pub on a long residential road near Dudley. On StreetView it is “For Sale or To Let”, but on the more recent photo it has been converted to flats and the car park is being used for a hand car wash.
The Valley
The Valley, Everton, Liverpool
An ornate mock-Tudor pub with a corner turret on a prominent site on the North side of the city in an area where much housing has been demolished. Take a step forward and it’s still open.
The Compasses
They just keep coming! Here’s another unassuming mid-terrace pub in the one-time capital of British brewing. It still appears in good decorative order, but look closely at the windows and you can see it’s no longer in business and in fact is in the process of being converted to apartments.
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