A tall former Boddingtons pub in the Arts and Crafts style, now looking out blankly over a major road junction.
The Crown
A once attractive roadside pub between Cheadle and Upper Tean. StreetView shows it as having just closed and had the signage painted over, whereas on the recent photo it looks very down-at-heel.
(My own photo)
The Three Crowns
A small Banks’s pub in the main street of this Black Country town.
The Dun Cow
An impressive inter-wars roadhouse, now in a sadly derelict state. It went through a spell as Crazy Daisy’s nightclub before ending up as the Goji Chinese restaurant.
The Carlton
A street corner pub in the backwoods of Lower Broughton, still open on StreetView but now in a very sorry state.
The British Queen
A rather forlorn-looking former Thwaites pub just down the road from the Swan. Move forward a little and the signboards reappear. Sunday Dinners £4.50 – sounds classy!
The number of Radcliffe pubs that have appeared here, it’s surprising that any are still open in the town!
The Lord Lyon
A distinctive semi-circular street corner pub, now reflecting the changing population mix of the area by having become the “Manchester Multi-Cultural Centre”.
The Old New Inn
A small bay-windowed pub next to what looks like a closed supermarket in the centre of this small Black Country town.
The Spotted Dog
A street-corner pub on the east side of the city, which before its closure was renamed “TJ’s”.
The Pilot
Yet another magnificent inter-wars Midlands roadhouse-cum-estate pub on the north side of Coventry.
The George & Dragon
An imposing former coaching inn, once tied to Greenalls. Refurbishment and reopening has been promised for some time but has so far failed to materialise.
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