A now very forlorn-looking little pub on Salford’s run-down Chapel Street that has been bricked up for years. The next-door building is an interesting piece of architecture.
The Swan
A prominent landmark that used to command the eastern end of the town’s main bridge over the Trent.
The Gate Inn
An attractive little mock half-timbered village pub, now converted into a private residence.
The Red Lion
A street corner pub near the original site of Marston’s brewery, still open on StreetView. It has now been acquired by the neighbouring St John’s church for use as a community centre.
The Snooty Fox
An estate-type pub on the main road heading east out of the town, that gives the impression of once having had ambitions to attract passing trade. Since the photo was taken it has been demolished.
I’ve recently been sent an impressive collection of photos from in and around Burton upon Trent by a local correspondent, so expect a fair few from that area in the coming weeks.
The Piper
A typical modern estate pub in a not especially run-down area, that appears to have been closed for some years.
The Studley Arms
A substantial 1930s cottage-style roadhouse with a pair of black-and-white gables now tucked away behind a high fence. The M40 bypassing this stretch of the A40 was opened in 1967, so can hardly be blamed for the pub’s decline.
The Bellfield
An unassuming-looking pub in an inner-city area that is especially sad to see in such a state as in the past it featured on CAMRA’s National Inventory of historic pub interiors (generally referred to as the “Bellefield”).
The Horse Shoe
A redbrick pub in the unexpected historic urban backwater of Higher Broughton, now converted to a nursery but retaining its pub sign. Opposite is the Star Inn, a former Robinson’s pub now acquired by its regulars.
The Royal Oak
A small mock half-timbered pub in the industrial Black Country.
The Anson
A big, solid 1930s pub in an area of council housing, long since converted to an Asian cash and carry.
The Black Friar
A tall former Boddingtons pub in the Arts and Crafts style, now looking out blankly over a major road junction.
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