pub name

The one that springs to mind as I rush out the door to work is "The Case is Altered"

Regards

Stuart Hudson

How about "The Same Yet"?

Or "The Whynot"?

John B

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Do you mean a genuine one, or one of the stupid one devised a few years ago by such organisations as the Firkin group?

Roy.

Well there is the "Quiet Woman" at Earl Sterndale, or the "Man with a Load of Mischief" which was not far from Earl Sterndale. There is the Round of Gras in Bretforton, Worcestershire - quite unintelligible until you learn that Bretforton is the centre of the local asparagus industry. And what about the Bunch of Carrots in Herefordshire? Sorry no photos.

Outside this country I particularly like L'Eblouissant in Namur, Belgium: this translates to "Brilliant"!

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When I worked near Gt Portland St in London I always liked the "Queens Head and Artichoke" in Albany St...

C.

The Lamorna Wink

One I always liked was "The Office" in Bradford. It had a large tea time trade of people phoning their wives saying they would be late home because tghey were stuck in the office.

It was in the Sunbridge Road/Grattan Road area. Don't think it's still open.

Following on from 's message. . .

The oddest I know of is(was?) the Rortycrankle near Plaxtol in Kent.

The Cats at Woodham Walter in Essex has a couple of cat figures on the roof which advertise what you can find inside ... ...Good liquors

Of course there are many pubs with unofficial local names. There's the Monkey (Terling), Stokehole (Fuller St., Fairstead), and Brougham (Broad green) all in Essex. For my money the 'local names' are the best names.

which advertise what you can find inside ...Good

(Terling), Stokehole (Fuller St., Fairstead), and

best names. PETER FOX

I used to like the pub near Oldham called "The Wastedealers Arms. See

We used to call the Horse and Groom in Brighton 'The Severed Head' after a gangster supposedly presented said head to the landlord.

M.

Round here:

Tipperary, MeerEnd (yes there's a song...)

Case is Altered, Fiveways (ironically nothing alters. The table skittles takes sixpences)

I did like 'The Pig in Hiding' ;-)

John B

The Red Lion - boy was I pleased to see that !

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1. In the best 'Carry On' tradition there is the MOORCOCK INN on the West Penine Moors :-)
2. Perhaps one of the most inappropriate because of its location is 'The Cottage' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Yeh, very funny. It was one of my favourite pubs while it was the Gladstone and the beer was drinkable...

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You would!

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I used to know one in Barrow-in-Furness called "the Periscope" - which actually had a working submarine periscope in the bar, going up through the pub roof. They eventually had to remove it after too many complaints from local residents (especially female and young) about the periscope pointing at their bedroom windows far too often.

In the same town there is a working mens club, locally called "the Kill One" because at one time it was so popular that the only way you could join is if one of the existing members died.

I have also recently read about a series of pubs in Scotland called "Pop Inns" situated along the length of the Union Canal between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Quote from "Nicholsons Guide to the Waterways No 8, Scotland ":- "Once situated along the length of the canal providing refreshment to the weary bargee and so called because they had a door at each end. The boatman had simply to veer away from the horse he was leading, enter through the nearest door, consume a pint while he walked the length of the bar and exit without so much as breaking his stride."

Regards

KGB