Hi all,
I often read these forums but seldom post, old BITErs may remember me as 'Carlurmston'.
Now I'm sure we all have a few pub-based regrets. But I was thinking about the pubs I never visited, either because I never got round to it before they closed, or because they were before my time but their legend lives on. The reopening by Sam Smiths of The Racecourse in Salford prompted this, as I thought I'd missed my chance when it closed. Still not been there yet but it's great that such a historic pub has reopened.
So with apologies for the North West bias, I'd say, in no particular order;
Tommy Ducks, Manchester (Long before my time, but a Manchester institution and replaced by a dreary hotel bar)
Ye Olde Nelson, Salford (Burned down in 2004 just as I was starting my pub collecting)
Ship Victory, Chester (Always meant to pop in and never go round to it. One of the few remaining locals' pubs in the city centre)
Various NI pubs in and around Birmingham including the Market Tavern, Digbeth, Red Lion, Handsworth and Waterloo, Smethwick.
Chain Locker, North Shields. (Directly opposite the ferry landing, must have been packed with those crossing the river in days gone by)
Anyone ever visit these? Are there any that gnaw away at you?