Help with photos please

[Al 10000]

I have been trawling through my photo's that are on disc and a few of these i am unable to identify,is it possible to show photo's on the forum.

One of these pubs is definatly in the middle of London and to me looks like it is in the Victoria area but i may be wrong,this pub is four storey high with the third and fourth storey having balconys with wrough iron railings,the pub is on a road junction and faces a set of traffic lights.
There is a picture of a mans head on the pub sign
I have tried looking through pubs in that area on this site but no luck at the moment.

I would appreciate any help with this.

Thanke Alan

[Strongers]

The Albert?

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22854/

[Al 10000]

The Albert?

http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22854/

Thanks Strongers, thats the pub i have been looking for :D

I dont know how you did it that quick :notworthy:

Cheers Alan

[Strongers]

No problem... :ninja:

[Rex_Rattus]

No problem... :ninja:

Yes, that is impressive.

Alan, I'm sure it is possible to show pictures on the forum, if you've got your pictures ona disc. I'm far from being an expert, but when I clicked on the "reply with quote" button I got a row of icons at the top of the message. One of these (fourth from the right) is "insert image". It looks as if you can then browse for the selected photos, much as you do when uploading a picture to a pub's page. Worth trying I reckon.

[Quinno]

Yeah it's dead easy :) though you'll need to press 'select file' at the bottom of the grey box that appears to get it to do point at your desktop/hard drive783

[Al 10000]

Yes, that is impressive.

Alan, I'm sure it is possible to show pictures on the forum, if you've got your pictures ona disc. I'm far from being an expert, but when I clicked on the "reply with quote" button I got a row of icons at the top of the message. One of these (fourth from the right) is "insert image". It looks as if you can then browse for the selected photos, much as you do when uploading a picture to a pub's page. Worth trying I reckon.

784

Thanks for that Rex and Quinno,

This is another pub that is bugging me at the moment,the pub is a Burtonwood house that i think is in Wigan or in the western area of Greater Manchester.

I would appreciate any help in naming this pub and the town it is in.

Cheers Alan

[ROBCamra]

This pub looks familiar. I think I used to pass it when I was on my way to train Wigan Youth Offending Team.

Their base is in Platt Bridge so if I'm right it may be somewhere near there.

[sheffield hatter]

This pub looks familiar. I think I used to pass it when I was on my way to train Wigan Youth Offending Team.

Their base is in Platt Bridge so if I'm right it may be somewhere near there.

Definitely Wigan. If you look at the church in the background, it's identical with the one shown here (http://matthewsramblers.homestead.com/AlbumPage4.html).

[ape_arrody]

784

Thanks for that Rex and Quinno,

This is another pub that is bugging me at the moment,the pub is a Burtonwood house that i think is in Wigan or in the western area of Greater Manchester.

I would appreciate any help in naming this pub and the town it is in.

Cheers Alan

The pub is called Sams Bar on Frog Lane near the centre of Wigan.
It was probably called The Colliers Arms when the photograph was taken.

[sheffield hatter]

The pub is called Sams Bar on Frog Lane near the centre of Wigan.
It was probably called The Colliers Arms when the photograph was taken.


Beat me to it! :moremad:

I tried looking for Miners Arms, didn't think of Colliers. Eventually found it on Google maps street view (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=wigan+parish+church&hl=en&ll=53.54755,-2.639064&spn=0.000195,0.000862&sll=53.541021,-2.633135&sspn=0.00686,0.013797&t=h&hq=wigan+parish+church&z=20&layer=c&cbll=53.54755,-2.639065&panoid=zZ9_1zMaNnArekpnTILCcA&cbp=11,110.58,,0,-9.35) by orienting on the church.

Got any more for us, Alan? I'm quite enjoying this.

[Al 10000]

Got any more for us, Alan? I'm quite enjoying this.

Thanks for all your help ape arrody and Shefield Hatter,that was the pub i was looking for to hyper link to my pub list.

This one will be a lot harder,so i hope this one will keep you going for a while Sheffield Hatter.785

As you can see its a pub called the Rose and Crown which i think may have been done in the mid 90s,not really sure where this one is and i have been unable to find it looking through my photo's.

My gut feeling is that it is somewhere in either the West Midlands or South Midlands.

Cheers Alan

[ape_arrody]

Thanks for all your help ape arrody and Shefield Hatter,that was the pub i was looking for to hyper link to my pub list.

This one will be a lot harder,so i hope this one will keep you going for a while Sheffield Hatter.785

As you can see its a pub called the Rose and Crown which i think may have been done in the mid 90s,not really sure where this one is and i have been unable to find it looking through my photo's.

My gut feeling is that it is somewhere in either the West Midlands or South Midlands.

Cheers Alan

Rose and Crown at the junction of Manchester Old Road and Barker Street - Bury.
Great fun. Any more?.

[ROBCamra]

Rose and Crown at the junction of Manchester Old Road and Barker Street - Bury.
Great fun. Any more?.

Sadly, the landlady of this pub, Valerie (Butterworth) died recently (25th November). She was only 54. :(

It's one of our regular haunts when in Bury.

[Al 10000]

Rose and Crown at the junction of Manchester Old Road and Barker Street - Bury.
Great fun. Any more?.

Once again thanks ape arrody,that pub is the right one it ties in well with other pubs i did in that area of Bury.

786

This one looks like it is called the Crown,i have no idea where it is but it does look more like a seaside pub,i have checked all pubs called the Crown on my list but none of these seem to match this pub.

Cheers Alan

[sheffield hatter]

This one looks like it is called the Crown,i have no idea where it is but it does look more like a seaside pub...


Crown Hotel (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/15164/)


That was a bit too easy. Any more? :D

[Rex_Rattus]

789

How about this one? It's in London for sure.

[rpadam]

I think it is (or rather was) the Pavilion (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24551/).

[sheffield hatter]

789

How about this one? It's in London for sure.

It's just what it says on the tin: Three Bridges. It's at 153 Battersea Park Road SW8 4BX but not in Pubs Galore. See it here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SW8+4BX&hl=en&ll=51.477133,-0.146277&spn=0.007765,0.013797&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=7.713925,14.128418&hnear=London+SW8+4BX,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.477207,-0.146381&panoid=r_yTKiSLuTM2VVL109kwWQ&cbp=12,97.42,,0,-9.66) on street view. According to this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2412141804/) it's now a pizza restaurant. If you've got a photo you should add the (closed) pub.

Next!

[Mobyduck]

I think it is (or rather was) the Pavilion (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24551/).
I don't think it can be ,the upper building is different, number of windows and the corner of the building is different.

[sheffield hatter]

I think it is (or rather was) the Pavilion (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24551/).

Pavillion is on a different street corner (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SW8+4BX&hl=en&ll=51.478042,-0.144925&spn=0.007444,0.013797&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=7.713925,14.128418&hnear=London+SW8+4BX,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.478001,-0.144964&panoid=D59GAxhRPp-mw7G1kMuKYA&cbp=12,89.44,,0,-19.32) near the railway.

[Mobyduck]

It's just what it says on the tin: Three Bridges. It's at 153 Battersea Park Road SW8 4BX but not in Pubs Galore. See it here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SW8+4BX&hl=en&ll=51.477133,-0.146277&spn=0.007765,0.013797&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=7.713925,14.128418&hnear=London+SW8+4BX,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.477207,-0.146381&panoid=r_yTKiSLuTM2VVL109kwWQ&cbp=12,97.42,,0,-9.66) on street view. According to this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2412141804/) it's now a pizza restaurant. If you've got a photo you should add the (closed) pub.

Next!

Ah well done SH.

[rpadam]

Pavillion is on a different street corner (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SW8+4BX&hl=en&ll=51.478042,-0.144925&spn=0.007444,0.013797&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=7.713925,14.128418&hnear=London+SW8+4BX,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.478001,-0.144964&panoid=D59GAxhRPp-mw7G1kMuKYA&cbp=12,89.44,,0,-19.32) near the railway.
Quite right, of course - comes of trying this game on my phone rather than on a proper screen (plus a bit of dyslexia - one is at Number 153, the other at 135).

[Dave M]

It's just what it says on the tin: Three Bridges. It's at 153 Battersea Park Road SW8 4BX but not in Pubs Galore.

*cough*
The Rock Tavern (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/72994/)

[Rex_Rattus]

*cough*
The Rock Tavern (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/72994/)

Well done Dave! Not sure if the definition is good enough on the photo attachment to make out the 'phone number, but I can just about make it out and I found a website for a place called "Metrogusto" at that address. Next time I'm down there I'll have a look and see what it is - my bet is "restaurant" not "pub".

[Rex_Rattus]

790

This one is embarrassingly easy, but here goes anyway.

[sheffield hatter]

*cough*
The Rock Tavern (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/72994/)

Apologies. I did put the postcode in the search function but I didn't get a hit. Must be my browser!

[sheffield hatter]

790

This one is embarrassingly easy, but here goes anyway.

There you go (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=W6+8HR&hl=en&ll=51.48611,-0.213107&spn=0.001941,0.003449&sll=51.478002,-0.144963&sspn=0.001955,0.003449&hnear=London+W6+8HR,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=51.48611,-0.213107&panoid=Nkh7D8PxbsPGGHhe-xpzfg&cbp=12,35.75,,0,-8.68). I must be the only one still awake. Or still with nothing better to do, to while away an Idle Hour (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/63511/).

[Rex_Rattus]

791

OK, how about this one then?

[ape_arrody]

791

OK, how about this one then?

Its the Spread Eagle in Wandsworth.
Pretty hard that one.
Its written on the bottom of the menu if you zoom in you can read it.

[Rex_Rattus]

Its the Spread Eagle in Wandsworth.
Pretty hard that one.
Its written on the bottom of the menu if you zoom in you can read it.

Very well done Mr arrody. I couldn't spot the name on the menu, but I thought that the fact that it's obviously a London Inventory pub and the Young's clips would narrow the field somewhat.

[Al 10000]

Crown Hotel (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/15164/)


That was a bit too easy. Any more? :D

Thanks for that one Sheffield Hatter,793
That as now completed my hyper linked pubs for Ryde.

I think this pub is in Bolton and more than likely not under the name i first did it,if possible i would like the name of this pub in the early 80s,i think this photo was taken in the late 90s.

Cheers Alan

[Wild Rover]

Thanks for that one Sheffield Hatter,793
That as now completed my hyper linked pubs for Ryde.

I think this pub is in Bolton and more than likely not under the name i first did it,if possible i would like the name of this pub in the early 80s,i think this photo was taken in the late 90s.

Cheers Alan
Looks like the Griffin on Great Moor Street Al but could be mistaken

[Mobyduck]

Looks like the Griffin on Great Moor Street Al but could be mistaken
I would say your right,
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubpictures/18547/

[Al 10000]

Looks like the Griffin on Great Moor Street Al but could be mistaken

Spot on Wild Rover,
Once you gave me the name i checked my photos and that was the pub,it was a keg house with John Smiths smooth crap on the bar.

Thanks Alan

[bcfczuluarmy]

Thanks for that one Sheffield Hatter,793
That as now completed my hyper linked pubs for Ryde.

I think this pub is in Bolton and more than likely not under the name i first did it,if possible i would like the name of this pub in the early 80s,i think this photo was taken in the late 90s.

Cheers Alan

With a 51 plate BMW in shot it was taken after September 2001.

[Al 10000]

With a 51 plate BMW in shot it was taken after September 2001.

Yes you are correct the photo was taken on 29 December 2001.

I was just guessing the date the photo was taken but once Wild Rover told me the name of the pub i then knew what date i went in the pub.

[Al 10000]

796 I am back again,
The pub is obviously the Hare and Hounds and it looks like a Bass tied house and i think it is in the pennines Manchester side,i have looked at all Hare and Hounds on PG and on my own list but still no luck.

Cheers Alan

[ape_arrody]

796 I am back again,
The pub is obviously the Hare and Hounds and it looks like a Bass tied house and i think it is in the pennines Manchester side,i have looked at all Hare and Hounds on PG and on my own list but still no luck.

Cheers Alan

I think it may be this one.
Hare and Hounds. 68 High Street, Uppermill, Oldham, Greater Manchester OL3 6AW

[Al 10000]

I think it may be this one.
Hare and Hounds. 68 High Street, Uppermill, Oldham, Greater Manchester OL3 6AW

Once again thanks ape arrody

That was the right pub.

Cheers Alan

[Al 10000]

I have just tried to add a photo of a pub i have been in but do not know the name of,but yet again i have no idea how to do this,i have even read Quinno's and Rex's advise at the start of this thread but with me being so thick i still have no idea how to do it.

I can get my photo file onto the post with the photo i want to add to it but then nothing happens,i click on upload image from computor,then browse but i am completly stuck after that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Alan

[Quinno]

I have just tried to add a photo of a pub i have been in but do not know the name of,but yet again i have no idea how to do this,i have even read Quinno's and Rex's advise at the start of this thread but with me being so thick i still have no idea how to do it.

I can get my photo file onto the post with the photo i want to add to it but then nothing happens,i click on upload image from computor,then browse but i am completly stuck after that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Alan

Sat tight?

Let us begin...

1. When you are in the post or reply to message box, go to the square icon above. Hover over it and it should say 'insert image'. Click on it.
2. A pop-up box appears headed 'insert image'. There are two tabs above, 'from computer' and 'from url' It should usually default to 'from computer' but you can click on that tab to make sure
3. click 'select files' at the bottom. This should then open a new pop-up which looks at your PC's files. Usually it opens to somewhere unhelpful like 'temp' or program files'. What you need to do is look at the left-hand side which has top-level places on your PC. You'll notice 'desktop'. I would store your photo(s) here as it's easier to upload with less steps (create a file on your desktop and put the image in there. Let's assume its called 'AL1000'). Assuming you have done that, click 'desktop' which will then show everything on your desktop. Navigate to the AL1000 folder and double-click on it. This will then display the photo in the file. Click on the image you want.
4. Then select 'open'. This will close the second window and return you to the first. From there. select 'upload file'

Right, I see your problem! I got halfway through doing a step-by-step and then discovered the uploader is seemingly broken. When I upload there appears a red '!' and I can go no further. Usually that would appear because the file is too big but is being a pain for all images. No explanation given. One for Dave I think but he is off hols for a while so you'll have to sit tight and let him take a look I'm afraid.

Anyone else??
DAAAAAAAVE!

[Conrad]

882
Should now be fixed

[Quinno]

882
Should now be fixed

Great! In which case, carry on from step 4. Click upload file. Then it uploads and magically closes the window and takes you back to the forum posting. The coding is now there and the image is in storage. Just hit 'post' (or whatever) and there it is! 883

Oh and good to see you dropping in Conrad. Hope you are keeping well :)

[sheffield hatter]

882


Love the photo. Which pub is it?

[rpadam]

Love the photo. Which pub is it?
Somewhere like Waxy O'Connors in Soho (I know they have got a tree inside, but can't remember whether there is an owl sculpted into it)?

[Al 10000]

Thanks for your help Quinno and Conrad,

This is the pub i can not find the name of,i was doing negatives in the Ashton under Lyne,Oldham and Black country areas so this photo may be in one of these area,i hav'nt got the faintest idea where it is.884

Well it worked any ideas about this one.

Cheers Alan

[Pubsignman]

I think it's this place.

The Old Bill (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/60091/)

[Wild Rover]

I think it's this place.

The Old Bill (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/60091/)
Yes thats the one Pubsignman,i think it used to be called The Town House

[Al 10000]

I think it's this place.

The Old Bill (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/60091/)

Thanks for that Pubsignman,i dont know how you found that out so quickly.

I think i probably did this pub in the early 80s and took the photo at a later date,i dont have a pub called Old Bill or Town House on my pub database,would it have had a different name to either of these in the early 80s.

Once again thanks for taking the time to look into my problems Pubsignman and Wild Rover.

Cheers Alan

[ROBCamra]

It became the Old Bill in 1995, prior to that it was The Townhouse which was also a restaurant but it also had a separate bar called The Coal Hole underneath, so maybe The Coal Hole is on your database Al?

And of course, way back it was a Police Station, hence the name.

The Old Bill itself is actually an Italian restaurant/bistro, but within it there is a jazz bar called Letsby Avenue. :rolleyes:

I'll check it out next time I'm in Oldham to see if it's free to enter and also whether it should really be The Letsby Avenue Jazz Bar @ The Old Bill
or simply Letsby Avenue Jazz Bar. :cheers:

[Al 10000]

It became the Old Bill in 1995, prior to that it was The Townhouse which was also a restaurant but it also had a separate bar called The Coal Hole underneath, so maybe The Coal Hole is on your database Al?

And of course, way back it was a Police Station, hence the name.

The Old Bill itself is actually an Italian restaurant/bistro, but within it there is a jazz bar called Letsby Avenue. :rolleyes:

I'll check it out next time I'm in Oldham to see if it's free to enter and also whether it should really be The Letsby Avenue Jazz Bar @ The Old Bill
or simply Letsby Avenue Jazz Bar. :cheers:

Thanks for your help Rob,

The Coal Hole is not on my database for Oldham.

I probably took a photo of it before it opened and then never got round to doing it later in the day,which surprises me as i did try to do every pub in Oldham and managed 160 pubs there,this did not include towns nearby like Royton or Failsworth.

Cheers Alan

[Al 10000]

941941

I recently took a photo of this pub in Birmingham,the pub is called Catherine O Donovan,this is the name of the landlady who runs it,would any members know the originall name of this pub.

I also went in the Windsor in the middle of Birmingham,when did this pub open,i did a pub called the Windsor back in 1987 and wondered if it was the same pub.

I would appreciate any help with these pubs.

Cheers Alan

[Soup Dragon]

941941

I recently took a photo of this pub in Birmingham,the pub is called Catherine O Donovan,this is the name of the landlady who runs it,would any members know the originall name of this pub.

I also went in the Windsor in the middle of Birmingham,when did this pub open,i did a pub called the Windsor back in 1987 and wondered if it was the same pub.

I would appreciate any help with these pubs.

Cheers Alan

Hi Alan

I will be doing the Highgate pubs soon - I have done most before, but will be doing notes this time! I actually play footy around the corner from it every Thu. Catherine O Donovan's, if you ever find it open, also carries the name of The Blarney Castle on the sign, if that is what you mean.

[Al 10000]

Hi Alan

I will be doing the Highgate pubs soon - I have done most before, but will be doing notes this time! I actually play footy around the corner from it every Thu. Catherine O Donovan's, if you ever find it open, also carries the name of The Blarney Castle on the sign, if that is what you mean.

On my recent trip to Birmingham i tried to photo pubs that i had done there back in 1984 and 1987,i did lots of pubs in the Hihggate area and wondered if this one matched some of the pubs i could not find.

These pubs were the Wrens Nest, Pig and Whistle, White Swan, Oddfellows Arms and Australian Bar.

942

This is another one i took a photo of,this ex pub is just along from the Old Wharf which i went in in 1987 any ideas on this one.

Thanks for replying so quickly

Cheers Alan

[Soup Dragon]

On my recent trip to Birmingham i tried to photo pubs that i had done there back in 1984 and 1987,i did lots of pubs in the Hihggate area and wondered if this one matched some of the pubs i could not find.

These pubs were the Wrens Nest, Pig and Whistle, White Swan, Oddfellows Arms and Australian Bar.

942

This is another one i took a photo of,this ex pub is just along from the Old Wharf which i went in in 1987 any ideas on this one.

Thanks for replying so quickly

Cheers Alan

The White Swan, I think, is the Eden's Bar?

The Windsor was the Windsor in the 80s - I am sure, I used to go to the then trendy Le Pub opposite to it, back then

[Soup Dragon]

Billy's Bar (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55711/)

That place is a hostel or something now - it was Billy's Bar on this site - The Malt Shovel in years gone by.

[Al 10000]

Billy's Bar (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55711/)

That place is a hostel or something now - it was Billy's Bar on this site - The Malt Shovel in years gone by.

Thanks Soup,

I went in a pub called Billys after going in the Old Wharf,i will now add that photo to my database.

I have also done Le pub,there are loads of trendy pubs i did in that area in the 80s not sure what happened to them.

Thanks Alan

[Al 10000]

Back again,two more pubs that i am not sure where they are,both are definatly in the Black Country and one is a Banks's tied house the other an Hansons tied house,i think the photo's were taken in 1988

9991000

Thanks Alan

[oldboots]

I suspect the Victoria is this one The Victoria Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/63940/) , quite a bit of remodelling and an extension but that crooked roof line is the same, as are the chimneys.


No idea about the other is the name visible is the original? The photo numbers suggest it is probably another Dudley pub but Soupy will probably know it.

[Al 10000]

I suspect the Victoria is this one The Victoria Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/63940/) , quite a bit of remodelling and an extension but that crooked roof line is the same, as are the chimneys.


No idea about the other is the name visible is the original? The photo numbers suggest it is probably another Dudley pub but Soupy will probably know it.

Sorry oldboots i forgot to name the pubs,the Victoria Inn was one of them the other is the Rose and Crown,which was an Hansons tied house.

If the Victoria you found is the correct pub it looks a bit different from the one i went all those years ago.

Thanks for your help, Alan

[bcfczuluarmy]

I suspect the Victoria is this one The Victoria Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/63940/) , quite a bit of remodelling and an extension but that crooked roof line is the same, as are the chimneys.

I disagree look at the amount of countryside surrounding it and then look at a map, that's in my view is on the edge of the West Midlands. Could be wrong though.

The second one I thought looked like Brickmakers Arms (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37986/) but on checking it's not.

[sheffield hatter]

I disagree look at the amount of countryside surrounding it and then look at a map, that's in my view is on the edge of the West Midlands. Could be wrong though.

I think OB has got this right. The roof line is distinctive. All the housing around there is new - look at the cars in Al's photo, it was taken 30 years ago by the look of it.

[bcfczuluarmy]

I was looking more at the back ground of hills and nothing else and how that fits in with the location on a map than the newer houses directly around it.

Name and general building do clinch it, the setting made me doubt it.

[bcfczuluarmy]

He's one I took a few years ago from a train before I got OCD. It's not on here but was situated https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Saltley&hl=en&ll=52.481442,-1.867611&spn=0.000724,0.001206&sll=52.484427,-1.831348&sspn=0.008193,0.01929&t=h&z=20 Junction of Garrisson Street and Midland Street just off the Grand Union Canal, In Bordseley, Small Heath or Saltley in Birmingham.

1001

Any ideas? Sure I found out what it was years ago but if I can remember how I navigated the web to it.

Found it now.

[Soup Dragon]

He's one I took a few years ago from a train before I got OCD. It's not on here but was situated https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Saltley&hl=en&ll=52.481442,-1.867611&spn=0.000724,0.001206&sll=52.484427,-1.831348&sspn=0.008193,0.01929&t=h&z=20 Junction of Garrisson Street and Midland Street just off the Grand Union Canal, In Bordseley, Small Heath or Saltley in Birmingham.

1001

Any ideas? Sure I found out what it was years ago but if I can remember how I navigated the web to it.

Found it now.

Queen's Head, I think

[bcfczuluarmy]

Correct thanks for confirming.

[Soup Dragon]

Sorry oldboots i forgot to name the pubs,the Victoria Inn was one of them the other is the Rose and Crown,which was an Hansons tied house.

If the Victoria you found is the correct pub it looks a bit different from the one i went all those years ago.

Thanks for your help, Alan

I would never have thought of THAT Victoria, although I remember the 'quirky' roofline. I don't recognise the other, I have to say - I have done most of the Black Country, so maybe it has now gone?

[Maldenman]

Sorry oldboots i forgot to name the pubs,the Victoria Inn was one of them the other is the Rose and Crown,which was an Hansons tied house.

If the Victoria you found is the correct pub it looks a bit different from the one i went all those years ago.

Thanks for your help, Alan

Sitting at home on a rainy day off this one has grabbed my attention. I have spent far too long than is healthy trying to solve the second picture, there is just a chance, just a chance it could be Rose & Crown Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38022/) which would require a serious makeover, chimney reduction, window alterations, new boundary walls and conservatory but the proportions work as does the power line above. Site next door would have been redeveloped too but looks on Alan's photo to be feasible. Unlikely but could be it.

[Soup Dragon]

Sitting at home on a rainy day off this one has grabbed my attention. I have spent far too long than is healthy trying to solve the second picture, there is just a chance, just a chance it could be Rose & Crown Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38022/) which would require a serious makeover, chimney reduction, window alterations, new boundary walls and conservatory but the proportions work as does the power line above. Site next door would have been redeveloped too but looks on Alan's photo to be feasible. Unlikely but could be it.

Hi Maldenman..... I know this pub very well and did think of it, but the place next door is The Bridge (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37987/) and a 30s rebuild, so it should be on the photo of Al's.

[sheffield hatter]

Sitting at home on a rainy day off this one has grabbed my attention. I have spent far too long than is healthy trying to solve the second picture, there is just a chance, just a chance it could be Rose & Crown Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38022/) which would require a serious makeover, chimney reduction, window alterations, new boundary walls and conservatory but the proportions work as does the power line above. Site next door would have been redeveloped too but looks on Alan's photo to be feasible. Unlikely but could be it.

What a vivid imagination you have!

The building next door looks like another pub (or ex-pub), and it's got to have been built before the second world war, I reckon, therefore should have featured in Al's photo.

[Al 10000]

Sitting at home on a rainy day off this one has grabbed my attention. I have spent far too long than is healthy trying to solve the second picture, there is just a chance, just a chance it could be Rose & Crown Inn (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38022/) which would require a serious makeover, chimney reduction, window alterations, new boundary walls and conservatory but the proportions work as does the power line above. Site next door would have been redeveloped too but looks on Alan's photo to be feasible. Unlikely but could be it.

Thanks for looking into this for me Maldenman,

I think the Rose and Crown you found might be this one,i did the pub on the 2 September 1988,photo taken same day

1004 1005 both pubs were done around 1988/1989 but has you can see they are different and were different brewerys one Hansons the other Holdens.

Cheers Alan

[Delboy20]

I was looking more at the back ground of hills and nothing else and how that fits in with the location on a map than the newer houses directly around it.

Name and general building do clinch it, the setting made me doubt it.

It is the Vic in Dudley Wood. I live about 5 minutes walk from it. There was a bowling green on the left and next to that was Cradley Heath Speedway track. That went some years ago and was replaced by the new housing estate. There is a gulley on the right between the pub and a church. Obviously the extension was added, they started doing meals etc..

It actually closed a couple of weeks ago but only for a few days. There is now a new gaffer in.

If that pic was 1988 that was the year I left school and i was using it now and then ( only for soft drinks of course !) I actually rented a house just up the road for a few years in the nineties.

BTW Alan do you have any other pics taken at the same time / in the same area ?? My proper "local" was the Anchor just up the road and i would like to see some pics of it back then.

Still thinking about the other pic, its not ringing any bells yet !

[Al 10000]

BTW Alan do you have any other pics taken at the same time / in the same area ?? My proper "local" was the Anchor just up the road and i would like to see some pics of it back then.

Still thinking about the other pic, its not ringing any bells yet !

Thanks for that Delboy,

I did hundreds of pubs in the Black Country in the late 80s,i went for the Hansons, Holdens, Bathams and Banks's pubs,i did take photo's of most pubs i did back then.

Regarding your area i did loads of pubs around threre,there are lots of pubs i did that i need to look into because they are not on the site yet.

I did do a pub called the Anchor in Cradley Heath on the 15 October 1988.

This is a photo of the Anchor taken on the same day visited

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The Rose and Crown is still bugging me,it was definatly a Hansons house that i did in 1988.

Cheerrs Alan

[bcfczuluarmy]

I think the R&C is bugging everyone. I've checked the Dudley Metropolitan Council website and no application to demolish a R&C since 1990 and I've even asked my dad and he doesn't recognise it. What order were your photos taken in? E.G Do the negatives help narrow down the possible location of where it could be? Unlikely a pub in that neck of the woods would change it's name but it's certainly proving hard to find.

[Delboy20]

Thanks for looking into this for me Maldenman,

I think the Rose and Crown you found might be this one,i did the pub on the 2 September 1988,photo taken same day

1004 1005 both pubs were done around 1988/1989 but has you can see they are different and were different brewerys one Hansons the other Holdens.

Cheers Alan

That Rose and Crown is definately the Holdens one in Brierley Hill. You can just see the edge of the Bridge Inn in your photo. It closed some years ago and is now a restaurant

I am still drawing a blank trying to identify the pub. Did you keep photos in the order you took them ? If I knew what you took before and after I might be able to work it out !

[Delboy20]

Thanks for that Delboy,

I did hundreds of pubs in the Black Country in the late 80s,i went for the Hansons, Holdens, Bathams and Banks's pubs,i did take photo's of most pubs i did back then.

Regarding your area i did loads of pubs around threre,there are lots of pubs i did that i need to look into because they are not on the site yet.

I did do a pub called the Anchor in Cradley Heath on the 15 October 1988.

This is a photo of the Anchor taken on the same day visited

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The Rose and Crown is still bugging me,it was definatly a Hansons house that i did in 1988.

Cheerrs Alan

That is the Anchor I remember. There are a number of pubs that are long gone from my area that i have thought of putting on the site. Just to record them if nothing else. I would guess you have photos of most of them so it now seems even more worthwhile.

I will have a go at listing a few and you can add the photos to them. If you need any help with anymore from round here I would be glad to take a look.

To be honest I am enjoying looking back !!

Do you have pics of the Castle or the Cooksey in Old Hill. Or the Victoria. Or Sams. Or the Why Not. Or the Vine the list goes on and on .....

[Soup Dragon]

Hi Al,

I think i have got your Rose and Crown!

The pub has gone now, but the building in the background remains.

Now i am back at work, i had a quick look through the old Staffs directories. I looked for a R&C near Dudley way, which had a school nearby. One came up that looked promising - the R&C, at 114 Bromley, Pensnett - junction with Dell Rd (see map and drag the gold bloke to that part of the road). It also appears it became a Hanson's house in 1934. A house is there today, but the church appears in the background still - would value other opinions. .

Soup.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=dell+road+pensnett+bromley&ie=UTF-8&ei=zVDeUtmfOObQ7AaqnoHADw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ

[oldboots]

I'm convinced, gable end of the church is distinctive, nice use of internal evidence BTW.

[sheffield hatter]

I think i have got your Rose and Crown!

Excellent research! :notworthy:

Have you thought of taking it up full time? ;)

[bcfczuluarmy]

That road seems to have lost a lot of pubs in 0.3 of a mile.

Jolly Collier
The Commercial
Rose and Crown
Kings Head
Elephant & Castle

[Al 10000]

Hi Al,

I think i have got your Rose and Crown!

The pub has gone now, but the building in the background remains.

Now i am back at work, i had a quick look through the old Staffs directories. I looked for a R&C near Dudley way, which had a school nearby. One came up that looked promising - the R&C, at 114 Bromley, Pensnett - junction with Dell Rd (see map and drag the gold bloke to that part of the road). It also appears it became a Hanson's house in 1934. A house is there today, but the church appears in the background still - would value other opinions. .

Soup.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=dell+road+pensnett+bromley&ie=UTF-8&ei=zVDeUtmfOObQ7AaqnoHADw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ

Cheers Soup

Thanks for finding the Rose and Crown's location for me,i have now added it to the site,having done this i have now found loads of missing pubs from the site that i did in the late 80s around this area of the Black Country.

Cheers Alan

[Delboy20]

Cheers Soup

Thanks for finding the Rose and Crown's location for me,i have now added it to the site,having done this i have now found loads of missing pubs from the site that i did in the late 80s around this area of the Black Country.

Cheers Alan

Hi there Alan,

I have started adding lost pubs from the Cradley Heath area. Time consuming work !! I have added 3 so far - The Royal Oak, The Vine and the Corngreaves.

With any luck you will have some photos to add to them.

Right back to it !!!

Del.

[Delboy20]

Now added the Vine and Railway and the Swan with 2 Necks.

[Soup Dragon]

No problem, Al - :) All I would ask is that when you and Del put the lost pubs on you add a comment to say that they have now been demolished - or some muppet of a Soup Dragon will go looking for them if they are just marked as closed!

[Al 10000]

Now added the Vine and Railway and the Swan with 2 Necks.

Hi Del,

I am still getting negatives put onto disc,which is a costly and time consuming thing to do once on disc,i have to hyper link them to my pub list.

Ime not sure that i will have photo's of all the pubs you put on the site and some of the pubs that i have got photo's of are not yet on disc,so i will be unable to add the photo's to the site.

Just thought i would let you know.

[Al 10000]

No problem, Al - :) All I would ask is that when you and Del put the lost pubs on you add a comment to say that they have now been demolished - or some muppet of a Soup Dragon will go looking for them if they are just marked as closed!

Hi Soup,

No problem,i will try and say what has happened to the pub,i dont want you trapsing round Bromley and Pensnett looking for loads of pubs that are not there anymore.

[Delboy20]

No problem, Al - :) All I would ask is that when you and Del put the lost pubs on you add a comment to say that they have now been demolished - or some muppet of a Soup Dragon will go looking for them if they are just marked as closed!

As you know I am not a big reviewer but I have been writing a short piece with each one I have added stating whether it is demolished or converted etc....

Although it would be more fun to add a load to an area you have done and make you go again !!

Anyway I shouldn't be speaking to you ...... you went in a Cafe Rouge !!

Shame on you

[Al 10000]

Yet another photo for you experts to find out.

This pub is in either the Partick area of Glasgow or in Edinburgh well away from the tourist areas,more than likley the Leith area,or areas heading back into town like pilrig or meadowbank.

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It would be a big help if you could find this one out for me.

Cheers Alan

[bcfczuluarmy]

I think it's Sandy Bells (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/64716/) in Edinburgh

Google streetview https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=EH1+2QP&hl=en&ll=55.946039,-3.191085&spn=0.000333,0.000603&sll=55.95786,-3.184005&sspn=0.00134,0.002411&t=h&hnear=Edinburgh+EH1+2QP,+United+Kingdom&z=21&layer=c&cbll=55.946039,-3.191085&panoid=4LD9YqxwIjJnMw6VBrKr7w&cbp=12,244.11,,0,0

Seems like they extended the pavement and added some trees.

[Soup Dragon]

Although it would be more fun to add a load to an area you have done and make you go again !!

Anyway I shouldn't be speaking to you ...... you went in a Cafe Rouge !! Shame on you

1. I was going to say, in that case, i will close off all the pubs by the Villa ground as a joke - but i did!

2. Come on Del, i know you like a Stella served at a candle-lit table and your change given on a platter, lost in a wedge of receipts - you were crying out for that review! Alas, i have walked out of 3 of them, but was determined to try the Bull Ring one - things i do in the name of reviewing! So many of these restaurant and cafe bars going on these days, usually as someone takes a photo but never ventures anywhere near the door. They stretch the definition of a 'pub' to extremes - my view is that new places should only go on if they have an accompanying review.

[Al 10000]

I think it's Sandy Bells (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/64716/) in Edinburgh

Google streetview https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=EH1+2QP&hl=en&ll=55.946039,-3.191085&spn=0.000333,0.000603&sll=55.95786,-3.184005&sspn=0.00134,0.002411&t=h&hnear=Edinburgh+EH1+2QP,+United+Kingdom&z=21&layer=c&cbll=55.946039,-3.191085&panoid=4LD9YqxwIjJnMw6VBrKr7w&cbp=12,244.11,,0,0

Seems like they extended the pavement and added some trees.

Thanks for finding that one out for me bcfczuluarmy, it seems that i am missing some photos from all those years ago,got the negs but not the photo.

Cheers Alan

[Al 10000]

Sorry to bother you all again,there are still a few more pubs i am to finding hard it hard to locate.

First up is the Kings Head,this was an Hansons tied house done on the 2 Sept 1988,i am pretty sure this pub was on commonside but it was either on the corner of bryce road or bromley.

The second pub is called the Fox and Goose this was a Banks's tied house,this pub was done on the 30 Sept 1988,i think it was in the Pensnett or Bromley areas,but have no idea where.

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Cheers Alan

[bcfczuluarmy]

Kings was corner of Commonside and Bromley, now shops.

[Dave M]

The Fox & Goose (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38435/) is just in Kingswinford rather than Bromley

[Al 10000]

The Fox & Goose (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38435/) is just in Kingswinford rather than Bromley

Thanks for those two bcfczuluarmy and Dave,

Only one more coming up soon,hav'nt the faintest idea where it is, then my latest batch of negs just under 400 will by ready to add to the site at some point in the future,still loads to do though.

[Al 10000]

Here are a couple more pics that i dont know where they are.

The first one is probably in north Derbyshire,but not sure,
The second one is definatly in Walsall,some where near Bescot train station but a bit of a walk from it,this pub was called the Four Horse Shoes and it was a Banks's tied house.

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Thanks Alan

[Dave M]

The second one is definatly in Walsall,some where near Bescot train station but a bit of a walk from it,this pub was called the Four Horse Shoes and it was a Banks's tied house.


Second one is now Gabba's Bar (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38854/).

The first looks rather more challenging!

[Al 10000]

Second one is now Gabba's Bar (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38854/).

The first looks rather more challenging!

Thanks for that one Dave,

Any experts out there know of the first pub.

Thanks Alan

[Quinno]

A very ex-looking pub on Bullingdon Road/St Mary's Road, Oxford OX4. Anyone know what it was called?

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Better pic via Kake: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6948784555/

[Dave M]

A very ex-looking pub on Bullingdon Road/St Mary's Road, Oxford OX4. Anyone know what it was called?

No luck with the name but judging by this (http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=5806878A_H) it was converted from a pub to an off license in 1958. I'd hoped the name might appear on those documents but no such luck.

[bcfczuluarmy]

A very ex-looking pub on Bullingdon Road/St Mary's Road, Oxford OX4. Anyone know what it was called?

If we are playing that game any idea what this one in Highbridge, adjacent to George Hotel (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55757/) on Church Road at number 111.

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[Pubsignman]

If we are playing that game any idea what this one in Highbridge, adjacent to George Hotel (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/55757/) on Church Road at number 111.

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The fourth post on this thread suggests it was called the Lamb Inn. http://81.21.74.144:81/burnhamonsea/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=18330&sid=6430837644a44bbdfd3a582d491f0808

[bcfczuluarmy]

Cheers PSM. I'd looked briefly after I'd visited the pubs left in Highbridge and took picture but couldn't find anything obvious. on WWW. Obviously didn't type correct words in Google.

[bcfczuluarmy]

OK here's a new one to try and work out. After watching Cider with Rosie tonight I've noticed the The Woolpack (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/60260/) isn't the Woolpack in the 1998 adaptation. Having been to all the Stroud Valley pubs I can't work out where it is, Google seems broke too. Does anybody know what pub it is, if it is a pub? The other ironic thing is the Stroud Valley Pub book I have doesn't actually list the Woolpack in it.

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[Pubsignman]

Pretty certain it's not a pub, but this row of houses in the village of Sapperton.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/sapperton+church/@51.727836,-2.079616,3a,75y,193.3h,96.74t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sN-wO57GoBp0KvdF4sMXjOw!2e0

If you turn round 180 degrees, you can see the low stone wall the shot was taken behind. The wall forms the boundary of the village school playground, hence all the kids running around in the shot. If you forward the movie to 1:33, you can see St Kenelm's church, also in the same village.

[bcfczuluarmy]

I can't fault any of the above and naively given my urban upbringing prior to OCD pub visiting, Sapperton was the first location I encountered a parking zone for horses at a pub.

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Also drove past the pub/house when going between the Bell and Daneway in Sapperton on June 21st 2013 so should've recognised it.

Thanks for giving me a sleep-full night. http://themaresnest.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/worship.gif