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Think it's a greene king pub now.Trying to change it to the willow tree or the black hound. Locals are garn nuts.
Slept on a table there once as an aside
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Think it's a greene king pub now.Trying to change it to the willow tree or the black hound. Locals are garn nuts.
Couple of bars I used to drink in in Newcastle had names that stood out a bit ...
The Egypt Cottage ( now gone)
The Crown Posada
There's
Up till last year there was the Blackie Boy in Newcastle,pub still there ,new nameThere's a pub near here called The Blackboys Inn.
It's survived quite a few attempts to have the name forcibly changed.
The Glue Pot. Always wondered what an odd name it was, I was watching an episode of mud men and they found a glue pot in the Thames. They reckoned popping off to fill up the glue pot was code for nipping off for a sly pint way way back in the old shipyard days.Many of us frequent pubs from time to time but I’m sure we all have some great names above the door of those pubs.
A couple of strange ones as a starter
Bucket of Blood. In Hayle in Cornwall is a bit strange and Pigs Nose in East Portlemouth in south Devon
Any others that you cherubs find quirky?
Wasn't Andy was it?I'm lead to believe (the landlord once told me - may not be true) that a "Crown Posada" is the crown on a pillow immediately before a coronation, when it's not assigned to anyone (previous monarch dead, new monarch not had their coronation).
He reckoned that the pub got its name from the sign which used to show the Crown in that state.
Which is true of a lot of old pubs. In the days when people couldn't read, taverns used pub signs to mark them apart. A pub with a Swan on the sign would become known as "the white swan", a lion painted red "The Red Lion" etc.... so I guess its feasible
Further to that, I read once about a pub called "The Bull in Spectacles".
The owners had commissioned a new pub sign, which had been left out before being hung. Some local wit grafittied it and gave it glasses and it was apparently cheaper to rename the pub than commision a new sign!!!!
Been forced to change its name, hell onThe black bitch in linlithgow
Oh I was under the impression it had already been changedTrying to change it to the willow tree or the black hound. Locals are garn nuts.
Wasn't Andy was it?
The cranemakers in Carlisle is a bit unusual too.
Good day at the marches?Think it's a greene king pub now.
Slept on a table there once as an aside
Seems it has. Maybe the locals should boycoutt it.Wasn't Andy was it?
Been forced to change its name, hell on
Oh I was under the impression it had already been changed
Seems it has. Maybe the locals should boycoutt it.Wasn't Andy was it?
Been forced to change its name, hell on
Oh I was under the impression it had already been changed
Was on the way back from a rugby game. Someone spotted the pub name so the coach stopped and we all piled in. As usual I took it too far and the landlord let me kip in the bar.Good day at the marches?
Seems it has. Maybe the locals should boycoutt it.
Seems it has. Maybe the locals should boycoutt it.
Is the reference a Spaniel ( insert other breed) bitch or something else ?The black bitch in linlithgow
Greyhound I believe but yes it's a dog referenceIs the reference a Spaniel ( insert other breed) bitch or something else ?
Sir Loin of Beef, just around the corner from where I'm working.Been in there. Wouldn't call it a pub like, have to book a slot to get in.
The Jolly Taxpayer in Pompey. One of the very few pubs in the city I've never been in.
Ravenswood road?Never thought it was that rough to be honest.. but I was brought up just down the road so knew most.. some interesting days/nights..
Think the bricks have gone now.
Red hackle is a strange name. Shields/jarrow
Went to one in tayport called the ponderosa
Used to live near a pub called The Divan ,Many of us frequent pubs from time to time but I’m sure we all have some great names above the door of those pubs.
A couple of strange ones as a starter
Bucket of Blood. In Hayle in Cornwall is a bit strange and Pigs Nose in East Portlemouth in south Devon
Any others that you cherubs find quirky?
The Fawcett Street Inn. Not real but it should be.
I was just about to name that one, I'm working in Norman road just off Fawcett road.There's a Fawcett Inn in Southsea. It's on Fawcett Road though, not Street.
I was just about to name that one, I'm working in Norman road just off Fawcett road.