This pub on one of Bolton’s main radial routes has now been converted to a Spar convenience store, but retains its distinctive frontage lettering and a sign on the end wall advertising the former facilities – which manages to spell its name incorrectly!
A large redbrick street corner pub with a pair of distinctive gables, still open (although up for lease) on the 2010 StreetView image.
This pub was closed following a fire in 2007, and later bought by the Co-op, who flattened the site with the intention of building a shop on it. However, they subsequently bought the Lord Nelson opposite, which is on a bigger site and which they were able to convert to a shop using the existing building without needing planning permission.
A prominent corner pub just north-east of Stoke-on-Trent city centre that was once popular with Stoke City fans on matchdays. Clearly the introduction of cask ale – as advertised on a banner – failed to save it.
A large pub with an attractive cobbled forecourt in a well-populated area of terraced housing. Recently closed by Robinson’s Brewery as part of their cull of under-performing pubs and apparently destined for redevelopment as yet more housing. Still open – and looking quite appealing – on StreetView.
(My own picture)
A large inter-wars pub in the Art Deco style on the main A444 road south out of the town heading to Nuneaton. Still open on StreetView in 2009, although looking rather tatty, but as the picture shows it deteriorated rapidly and the site has now been redeveloped for housing.
In the shadow of the railway viaduct, this pub now stands rotting and forlorn in an area of car dealerships to the east of the city centre.
A large pub with an extensive car park on the northern edge of the town that had a spell as an Indian restaurant but is now closed and boarded.
Formerly the Rose Hill, a redbrick pub set back from Manchester Road in an area of retail and industrial units south of the town centre. Note the Boddingtons “bee and barrel” sign.
A back-street pub in a densely-packed area of terraced housing just north of the city centre.
A large white-painted pub with a conservatory extension in a rural location just outside Wednesfield and Bloxwich close to the M6 motorway. Still open on StreetView.
A small mid-terraced pub with a distinctive archway leading through to the rear, situated to the south of the town on the main road towards Oldham.
