sheffield hatter
27-08-2011, 19:12
The Helmsman Bar (http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/48298/) is listed as being at Scapa House, Castlegreen Road, Thurso. I have had a look at this road on Google maps street view. It is a housing estate.
I have found a list (http://www.bdnorthscotland.co.uk/business-list-by-postcode.asp?p=KW14&offset=300) of businesses, all supposedly in Scapa House, including the National Farmers Union, who locate Scapa House at 55 Castlegreen Road. (Their current location is 4 Brabster Street, Thurso, suggesting that Scapa House was an old address.) Here is 55 Castlegreen Road (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=KW14+7LS&hl=en&ll=58.594852,-3.533757&spn=0.002896,0.013797&sll=57.711507,-5.677314&sspn=0.013228,0.027595&vpsrc=0&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=58.594847,-3.533747&panoid=O-JldfwPNBLcgPaOOpTjpQ&cbp=11,106.96,,1,-0.94), quite clearly not a pub and never has been. I don't know how these things start, but this listing seems to be pretty much fictional, or at best relates to a building that was demolished decades ago. Please delete.
I have found a list (http://www.bdnorthscotland.co.uk/business-list-by-postcode.asp?p=KW14&offset=300) of businesses, all supposedly in Scapa House, including the National Farmers Union, who locate Scapa House at 55 Castlegreen Road. (Their current location is 4 Brabster Street, Thurso, suggesting that Scapa House was an old address.) Here is 55 Castlegreen Road (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=KW14+7LS&hl=en&ll=58.594852,-3.533757&spn=0.002896,0.013797&sll=57.711507,-5.677314&sspn=0.013228,0.027595&vpsrc=0&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=58.594847,-3.533747&panoid=O-JldfwPNBLcgPaOOpTjpQ&cbp=11,106.96,,1,-0.94), quite clearly not a pub and never has been. I don't know how these things start, but this listing seems to be pretty much fictional, or at best relates to a building that was demolished decades ago. Please delete.