The Old Tup

The Old Tup, Gamesley, Derbyshire

A modern estate-type pub alongside the A626 between Marple and Glossop. I have a personal memory of this pub, as my father and I stopped there for a sandwich on the way to my university interview at Sheffield in 1976. They took an age to make it too! I believe this one may have since reopened, but I wouldn’t lay money on its long-term survival. Spot the ginger lad in a blue footie shirt on the StreetView image.

Memory Lane

Memory Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire

Extending this pub and giving it a kind of “theme” clearly wasn’t enough to save it. Apparently it was full of household items from the 40s, 50s and 60s. There is a photo of it when open here.

The Spinners Tavern

The Spinners Tavern, Oldham, Lancs

A solid, brick-built pub with mullioned windows just to the east of the town centre. One of a number acquired by Banks’s in their ill-fated move into the area in the late 1980s.

The Greyhound

The Greyhound, Adswood, Cheshire

A big 1930s pub, typical of so many that have closed, standing on a substantial site at a busy road junction. Still shows as trading on Street View. I have posted on my main blog about it here. Apparently this week it is in the process of being demolished.

The Blue Bell

The Blue Bell, Wrinehill, Staffs

A small ex-Greenalls roadside pub close to the Cheshire border, which has since been demolished.

The Midland

The Midland, Peak Dale, Derbyshire

A former Robinson’s pub in an isolated location surrounded by quarries, now converted to a pair of private houses.

The Horse & Jockey

The Horse & Jockey, Saddleworth, West Riding of Yorkshire

A purpose-built pub opened in 1937 alongside the main A62 road from Oldham to Huddersfield – from the look of the signage by one of Bass’ predecessor companies. Now derelict and at the mercy of the elements, it appeared in the 1984 Good Pub Guide and was still trading in the early 1990s. There is an epitaph for it here. Only a mile or so from the Floating Light – most of the roadside pubs on this route have now gone.

The Pomona

The Pomona, Reddish, Lancashire

Still decked out in Wilsons livery, this pub just over the Manchester boundary at the North end of Reddish has been closed and derelict for a number of years.

The Old Colonial

The Old Colonial, Birkenhead, Cheshire

The decaying Birkenhead docklands are not the most promising location for a pub, but, judging by the signage and banner, an effort does seem to have been made with this one in recent years.

The Gladstone

The Gladstone, South Norwood, Surrey

On a rundown suburban shopping street, very “London” with its cramped corner site and characteristic yellow-grey stock bricks.

The Bow Garrett

The Bow Garrett, Stockport, Cheshire

Originally called the Bulkeley Arms, a distinctive four-square brick building on the main road towards Cheadle, less than half a mile from Ye Olde Woolpack. I have no idea where the name comes from.

The Bird in Hand

The Bird In Hand, Sharpley Heath, Staffordshire

This free house at an isolated crossroads in rural Staffordshire now looks very forlorn, but by the look of the windows and signage money has been spent on it in past years.