Yet another unassuming street-corner local in an area of terraced housing across the railway from the town centre. Currently in the process of being turned into retail units.
The Miners Arms
Situated on the main road between Fenton and Longton, this pub is still very much open on StreetView, although up for sale, but since then has obviously experienced a rapid decline.
The Park Farm Hotel
A surprising find in a leafy suburb, a 1960s brutalist concrete bunker that has now been closed for the best part of a decade.
The Wheatsheaf
A long-closed pub in the city’s southern suburb of St Cross, retaining a distinctive legend along the side of “Ale and Stout Drawn from the
Wood” which it is believed originated from the Eldridge Pope brewery.
The Sportsman
A small mid-terrace local just outside the town centre. Still looks reasonably smart on StreetView, but now converted to a private residence.
The Strutt Arms
An impressive stone-built pub-cum-hotel situated near where the main A6 road road crosses the River Derwent north of Derby. It closed earlier this year, and is currently up for sale at £375,000 freehold.
The Foresters Arms
A relatively modest inter-wars pub in the domestic architectural style of the period, situated to the south of the city centre in an area of retail and business premises.
The Boathouse Inn
A modern pub in a secluded spot on the banks of the River Trent known as The Dingle. It closed as a pub in 2007 and a subsequent attempt to revive it as an Indian restaurant did not prove successful. The StreetView car could only get close enough for a glimpse.
The New Queen’s Head
A modern estate pub, possibly 1950s, that is still going on StreetView but has now been bricked up behind its windows.
The Masons Arms
A substantial redbrick pub commanding a busy junction on the former A50, with prominent BASS lettering on the corner. Plans have been submitted to turn the site into yet another convenience store.
The Copper Hearth
Another modern suburban pub that has fallen victim to Tesco Express. On StreetView it appears to be thriving, with a recently smartened-up exterior, but this did not stop it closing in March of this year.
Ye Olde Nelson
An ornate late Victorian or Edwardian pub on Salford’s run-down Chapel Street. Note the variation in spelling – is it “Old” or “Olde?”
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