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Former Pubs Galore Coder
Pub Signs
A new challenge. Does anyone have any good pub signs they would like to report?
We have a number of pictures of some amazing signs, for particular attention it is worth looking at Anthony Collis's contributions. Who is I believe associated with the rather excellent Inn Sign Society. I also believe one of the contributers on the forum works with pub signs, although it is up to them to out themselves.
I think they are an excellent promotion for pubs and it is always sad for me to see these disappearing when pubs close down or change hands. If anyone has any old pictures of signs we would love to have them on the site.
As an aside I took a couple of pictures of The Golden Lion on the way into work today to try and show off the murals graphitied round the building. It was a fantastic piece of work done by some locally recognised urban artists. Not sure if it should have qualified for The Worst Piece of Art Memorabelia thread, but I think it adds real personality to the place. I only used my camera phone, but hopefully someone who likes photography will get a decent set of images to preserve the work.
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Real Ale Drinker
The Slaughtered Lamb
Hi Conrad,
My Favourite Pub sign hangs outside one of the two pubs in Egton at Whitby's Goth Weekends. I'm not sure which one, either the Wheatsheaf Inn or Ye Horseshoe Inn.
I've got a picture of it somewhere, I'll dig it out when I get home. Its a picture of a werewolf and a slaughtered lamb oddly enough. The pubs name changes to The Slaughtered Lamb.
Filo
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I have a few pub signs that stick out in my mind, but will keep an eye open and let you know on this thread if i see anymore
The Kings Head - Shrewsbury, as the king is Henry VII, first Tudor king, and best of the Tudors in my opinion. He stopped at Shrewsbury on his way to Bosworth in 1485.
The Black Boy in Bridgnorth - the name would now be considered old fashioned and raise a few eyebrows for obvious reasons - the pub sign has a little chirpy Dickensian chimney-sweep lad, after a hard day's work!
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We do have a picture of the Black Boy in Bridgnorth, I have to say that the 'Dickensian chimney-sweep lads' in Suffolk seem to be a little chirpier. Take a look at the ones in Sudbury and Bury St. Edmunds.
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Former Pubs Galore Coder
Well if we are going to refer all the Blackboys surely we need to mention the Blackboy Inn in our own fair town, although the pub sign seems to steer clear of anything too controversial despite being sited on Whiteladies Road about halfway up Blackboy Hill.
We don't like to hide from our slave links here in Bristol
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Real Ale Drinker
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Originally Posted by
Dave M
Hello Everyone, just joined and so I thought I would start on safe ground. There is a Black Boy pub in Bewdley, Worcs. and a very good photo of the sign has been provided by Mr Colliss. A haughty member of the House of Stuarts glares down at passersbye. He was given that nickname because of his swarthy complexion and head of copious black hair. So the story goes. One wonders if the sweeps are a recent invention so as not to upset people. Then again pubs have been known to be renamed.
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Hi arkwrite,
Welcome to the site!
I think you are right about the chimney sweep thing being a modern invention. Most of the Black Boy signs I've noticed being submitted here seem to feature Charles II.
There are also some out there that simply feature a black boy, such as this one in Retford.
Do feel free to post in the 'Your favourites' thread too, particularly if you at least have an opinion on any milds - unlike me and Conrad!
Dave
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Spritzer Swallower
Originally Posted by
Conrad
I also believe one of the contributers on the forum works with pub signs, although it is up to them to out themselves.
(Cough!).... Do you mean me Sir!
Ok, confession time. I paint Pictorial Pub signs for a living. Mainly for my local Brewery: Wadworth & Co (although any other commissions gratefully accepted of course.. plug plug).
It would be rather conceited of me to start posting images of my own signs and flagging them as: "Wow! just spotted this cracker of 'The Cat and Custard Pot' in Shipton Moyne!" But suffice to say I have literally hundreds of snaps of the (mostly Wadworth) signs I've painted and will upload a few if anyone's interested.
I also possess a fair few books on the subject so if there are any requests or queries about strange names etc I may be able to help.
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Former Pubs Galore Coder
Hi Youngie,
I was indeed thinking of you, we noticed the signature on this rather marvelous example.
Plug away, do you have a website for your work? Anything that gets pubs doing proper pictorial signs gets my vote.
Speaking personally I would love to see as many of the snaps up on PG as possible, I think they really add to the personality of a pub and are part of the pub that can all to easily be lost during changes or closures. If we have a pictorial record on PG at least something of it is retained. Certainly no issue with conceit or promotion as it makes PG so much more pleasant when there are nice pictures of the pub on display.
Thanks
Conrad
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