Weird Pub Names
Jim McGregor
most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
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Before you buy.
Mark Ward
"Who d' a thought it"
The story was that King Charles came across it whilst out hunting and said
"Who d'a thought it" and the name stuck. Probably nonsense.
M.J.Enderby
the name of a racehorse if you believe the pub sign.
Cheers
Mark
Al Ferrier
A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
Hi folks
There's quite a few when you put your mind to it. Close to where I live,
there's a pub called the Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower, on the Old Kent
Road in se London there's the World Turned Upside Down, there used to
be a pub in Isleworth (Middx) called the Labouring Boys which is now gone
and I can't conclude without mentioning my sister's pub, the Little B in
Brooklands, Gtr Manchester!
Cheers and here's to Ealing fest tonight :)
Al
Stephen
'The Duke without a Head'.
And I like 'The Sociable Plover' -- somewhere in the Portsmouth area. It's
the name of a rare bird that was seen in the area, I believe.
Fat Badger Kilo
the Bulls Head and about 100 ? years ago, a drunken man climbed up the front
of the pub and placed his glasses on the Bulls Head and left them there.
Cheers
Kilo
Pandora
Jim McGregor <j...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
> most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
There is a pub in Sheffield called "The Office".
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Christine Ramsbottom
Chris Lonsbrough
Used to amuse me...
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Peter Edwardson
>Passed one near Chesterfield this week called "Young Vanish". Apparently
>the name of a racehorse if you believe the pub sign.
>
bus timetables.
Another obscure racehorse one is the Spinner & Bergamot at Comberbach near
Northwich in Cheshire.
On a different note, although not an unusually leafy place, Stockport has
pubs called the Nursery, the Florist, the Blossoms and the Strawberry
Gardens (the first three being excellent, the last keg and crap). Plus two
within a mile of each other called the Pineapple (some prominent local
family's coat of arms, I think)
Cheers,
Peter
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Tommy
"Peter Edwardson" <pe...@NOSPAMringtail.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
snip
> On a different note, although not an unusually leafy place, Stockport
has
> pubs called the Nursery, the Florist, the Blossoms and the Strawberry
> Gardens (the first three being excellent, the last keg and crap).
There used to be a Bass Charrington pub in Fleetwood called Strawberry
Gardens and it was a dump.
Ted Boucher
dee...@cix.co.uk (David) wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:10:37 GMT, Jim McGregor <j...@freeuk.com> wrote:
>
> >A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best
and
> >most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> >totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
> >
>
>
The Adam and Eve Inn was at Paradise near Painswick Glos
and then there was The Fish Inn at the top of Fish Hill near Broadway
Worcs. I was told once that it was the only Fish Inn in the UK but am
ready to be corrected on that.
--
Ted Boucher
Mike Jones
"Ted Boucher" <zzar...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> In article <3a02c341...@news.intra.bt.com>,
> dee...@cix.co.uk (David) wrote:
> > On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:10:37 GMT, Jim McGregor <j...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> >
> and
> > >most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> > >totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
> > >
> >
> >
>
> The Adam and Eve Inn was at Paradise near Painswick Glos
also one in Bristol.
> and then there was The Fish Inn at the top of Fish Hill near Broadway
> Worcs. I was told once that it was the only Fish Inn in the UK but am
> ready to be corrected on that.
> --
> Ted Boucher
>
I'm not sure if the originator requires obscurity, or uniqueness:
For uniqueness try (in Bristol) Hort's, the Rose of Denmark ,
the (original afaik) Princess of Wales and v. ships names:
Llandoger Trow, Cornubia, Cutter (dec'd)
IKB, Reckless Engineer, George Railway(dec'd) (railway connection)
I'm sure there's a stack of f&firkin, goat& rhubarb, etc new names to choose
from.
may be Elephant's Nest?
John Brennand
> A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
> most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
In Manchester...
I like the literary connection ones...
Lass o' Gowrie
The Peveril of The Peak
The Jabez Clegg
Hardy's Well
Also good if a bit contrived are..
The Friendship
The Rain Bar
The Sand bar
--
JB
Pandora
Ted Boucher <zzar...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <3a02c341...@news.intra.bt.com>,
> dee...@cix.co.uk (David) wrote:
> > On Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:10:37 GMT, Jim McGregor <j...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> >
> and
> > >most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> > >totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
> > >
> >
> >
> The Adam and Eve Inn was at Paradise near Painswick Glos
> and then there was The Fish Inn at the top of Fish Hill near Broadway
> Worcs. I was told once that it was the only Fish Inn in the UK but am
> ready to be corrected on that.
There was a Fish Inn at Amblecote near Stourbridge until about 15 years
ago, when it became delicensed (I think)
--
Christine Ramsbottom
David
>A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
>most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
>totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
>
The Red Lion and Pineapple, a Wetherspoons in Acton.
David
Jamie McDonell
But my favourite is not the name of a pub but its address.
There's a pub just west of Ottawa called the Swan at Carp.
Its address is 108 Falldown Lane.
Alex
neilw...@my-deja.com
There's a "Cow & Snuffers" in Cardiff.
In Pontypool there is (currently closed though) the "Labour in Vain"
which used to feature the rather politically incorrect image on its
sign of a woman trying to scrub clean a black child!
Neil Warnock
Gwent CAMRA
http://www.gwentcamra.org.uk
Mike Cheater
<rogue...@nojunk.ntlworld.com> writes
I don't know the Sociable Plover but Pompey does have "The Jolly
Taxpayer". Plus in Ramsgate there is the "Donkey on Fire".
--
Mike Cheater
Mike Jones
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>
> In Pontypool there is (currently closed though) the "Labour in Vain"
> which used to feature the rather politically incorrect image on its
> sign of a woman trying to scrub clean a black child!
>
> Neil Warnock
> Gwent CAMRA
> http://www.gwentcamra.org.uk
>
Mike Jones
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> <neilw...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8u0pgl$41u$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <8tq4cn$mr8$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > Jim McGregor <j...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> >
> > In Pontypool there is (currently closed though) the "Labour in Vain"
> > which used to feature the rather politically incorrect image on its
> > sign of a woman trying to scrub clean a black child!
> >
> > Neil Warnock
> > Gwent CAMRA
> > http://www.gwentcamra.org.uk
> >
> the quite hilarious Nobody's Inn in Exmoor (how's the hangover Neil?)
Apologies, Dartmoor.
>
>
Andrew Clark
politically incorrect sign now hangs indoors.
Huyton, Harold Wilsons old constiuency has the "Pipe and Gannex"
Andrew
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> > > Jim McGregor <j...@freeuk.com> wrote:
Dr Drew
> I'm not sure if the originator requires obscurity, or uniqueness:
>
> For uniqueness try (in Bristol) Hort's, the Rose of Denmark ,
> the (original afaik) Princess of Wales and v. ships names:
> Llandoger Trow, Cornubia, Cutter (dec'd)
> IKB, Reckless Engineer, George Railway(dec'd) (railway connection)
>
> I'm sure there's a stack of f&firkin, goat& rhubarb, etc new names to choose
> from.
Add the Chemic Tavern, my local (Woodhouse, Leeds).
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John Abramson
.
>I like the literary connection ones...
>
>Lass o' Gowrie
>The Peveril of The Peak
>The Jabez Clegg
>Hardy's Well
>
In the '70s there was a typical Glasgow drinking shop on Byres Road
called the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam (anyone know if it's still there?)
--
Cheers, John A.
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Frank Erskine
>A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
>most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
>totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
>
two particular politicians of a few years ago.
--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland
The Sec-RAT-ary
but I was told that a pub exists somewhere in West Wales (?)
named 'Tafarn Zinc' - (Zinc Tavern), as it is constructed / covered in
zinc sheeting !
Will report back when I can confirm details.
Cheers ...
--
Dave
The Sec-RAT-ary
Real Ale Tasting Society
Mike Roebuck
wrote:
>"John Brennand" <brennand...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>.
>>I like the literary connection ones...
>>
>>Lass o' Gowrie
>>The Peveril of The Peak
>>The Jabez Clegg
>>Hardy's Well
>>
>In the '70s there was a typical Glasgow drinking shop on Byres Road
>called the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam (anyone know if it's still there?)
and,of course, there is (or was), also in Glasgow, the "Muscular Arms"
cheers
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Jim McGregor
at Uni there. I signed a petition against it, as did many others - my
grandpa used to drink in it, and they changed it into a
horrendous "chain" pub called Finlays or something equally banal.
Hopefully what goes around will come around.
Andreas Bürgel
Custard Pot (don't know where the name comes from; it used to be The Cat
& Mustard Pot - don't know where that comes from, either).
Andreas
Jim McGregor schrieb:
>
> A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
> most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
>
Mike Jones
"The Sec-RAT-ary" <Da...@the-rats.co.uk> wrote in message
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Tafarn Sinc (no Z in Welsh!)
Rosebush, Nth Pembs.
It's in your "Quest for the Perfect Pub" book, Dave.
"The highest pub in Pembrokeshire"
V interesting history:
some madcap Victorian was going to develop an old quarry into a holiday
resort, but only got as far a the tin-shed before running out of dosh;
somehow not many people wanted to go to an old quarry, (remember transport
was much more difficult then), when the seaside was much more pleasant
(Tenby).
Ah, rather than my rusty brain-cells, FFI go to
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/rosebush.htm
pic of station just outside http://maenclochog.preseli.com/stesion.jpg
The beer range wasn't all that when I went there.
>
Mike Jones
> most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
>
http://www.drunkenduckinn.co.uk/
for a silly tale (pun intended)
Paul Whittle
I saw an establishment near the Welsh border of Herefordshire the other
day called the Cupid's Hill Inn.
--
Paul Whittle
Mike Jones
"Paul Whittle" <pa...@whittle-p.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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So? It's on Cupid's Hill!
(& you didn't go in?- what a missed opportunity!)
Kurious Oranj
Donkey'. It's at the top of a hill, near the local newspaper offices, and I
understand that the donkeys that used to come up the hill after the
deliveries were absolutely worn out and hence the name.
Tim
Andy Barber
A> Q in Stalybridge must count, with it being the shortest pub
A> name in Britain.
Does it have a Star Trek connection?
--
Regards
Andy Barber
Sun 5 Nov 2000 11:41
Pandora
> I saw an establishment near the Welsh border of Herefordshire the other
> day called the Cupid's Hill Inn.
On the road between the A465 and Grosmont,IIRC. Have you ever been in? A
true time warp.
--
Christine Ramsbottom
Phil Clark
wrote:
>Add the Chemic Tavern, my local (Woodhouse, Leeds).
On the same lines there's the Alum House (now the Alum Ale House) in
South Shields. And not along the same lines, the Crown Posada in
Newcastle.
Alex
"Andy Barber" <SPAM.B.GO...@softhome.net> wrote in message
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> A> Q in Stalybridge must count, with it being the shortest pub
> A> name in Britain.
>
> Does it have a Star Trek connection?
>
> --
> Regards
>
Stephen
Sociable Plover in various reference books without success. Did I dream it?
I think not. Has it been renamed, perhaps some time ago?
If any reader from the Pompey area can enlighten us, I'd be grateful.
Stephen
Mike Cheater wrote in message ...
John Buckley
>
> You've got me worried, Mike, because I had already tried to find the
> Sociable Plover in various reference books without success. Did I dream it?
> I think not. Has it been renamed, perhaps some time ago?
>
> If any reader from the Pompey area can enlighten us, I'd be grateful.
I'm not from Portsmouth but am presently involved in putting together a
pub guide.
The info I have is that the Sociable Plover is indeed still there, in
the non-too salubrious Paulsgrove area. It apparently sells Gales
Butser. The description I have for the pub is "in keeping with its
surroundings".
I remember venturing there about fifteen years ago whilst on a Gales Ale
Trail and felt distinctly threatened, although the pub itself was fine
once inside. I'd hate to go there now!
John Buckley
Peter Alexander
<Andrew...@BTInternet.com> wrote:
>Huyton, Harold Wilsons old constiuency has the "Pipe and Gannex"
Indeed I used to play darts there
Peter Alexander Chairman CAMRA Rochdale Oldham and Bury Branch,
Unless otherwise stated,the opinions stated here are personal. My CAMRA connections are given for information only.
Peter Alexander
wrote:
>Q in Stalybridge must count, with it being the shortest pub name in Britain.
>
Plus the "Who'd a Thowt It" here in Middleton.
John Devine
There are pubs called The Crown and Cushion (which means the same thing, I
think) all over the place.
In Bolton, there's Sally Up Steps, originally called The Stanley Arms but
renamed to its vernacular name when Walker's did it up some years ago.
Further up Chorley Old Road, there's Bob's Smithy, named after the
blacksmith who spent more time in the pub than he did at work.
On Chorley New Road, there's The Lion of Vienna, which is the nickname of
Nat Lofthouse of Bolton Wanderers and England.
A few miles to the north at Entwistle there's The Strawbury Duck, so called
because the family who once owned it are called Duxbury.
On Liverpool Road, Manchester there's the Oxnoble, named after a potato
variety. (It's close to the old potato wharf on the Bridgewater Canal where
the spuds used to arrive from Cheshire) On Chepstow Street, there's The
Peveril of the Peak, named after a stagecoach which used to make the run
from Manchester to London in only two days! (No change there, then!)
Across the road from The Peveril, there's The Rain Bar, built in an old
umbrella factory.
Also in Manchester, there's The Square Albert on the corner of ...er...
Albert Square. Incidentally, if you go there, have a look down the side
street and you'll see the front entrance to Bootle Street police station,
used as the exterior of Christmas Street station in City Central.
JD
--
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e-mail: j.de...@ukgateway.net
Alex
mentioned the other pub of note in Stalybridge-The Old Thirteenth Cheshire
Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn. It actually booked its place in the
Guiness Book of Records before Q and together they formed a unique claim to
fame for the town.
richp...@earthling.net
neilw...@my-deja.com wrote:
> In Pontypool there is (currently closed though) the "Labour in Vain"
> which used to feature the rather politically incorrect image on its
> sign of a woman trying to scrub clean a black child!
The Masons Arms in York used to be The Quiet Woman, the sign being a
woman carrying her own severed head. T. P. Cooper in his Old Inns and
Inn Signs off York (1881) claims that it was to remind the women that 'a
well placed silence hath more power than words'.
Rich (off to put in the gum shield before he points that out to a few
Blue Bell regulars)
Pandora
John Devine <dev...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> > On the same lines there's the Alum House (now the Alum Ale House) in
> > South Shields. And not along the same lines, the Crown Posada in
> > Newcastle.
> There are pubs called The Crown and Cushion (which means the same thing,
> I think) all over the place.
The word "posada" is Spanish for "resting place". There is another "Posada"
in Wolverhampton, which was also a very good building and pub selling good
beer.
Crown and Cushion has royal significance - crowns often being presented on
cushions.
There is also the "Round of Gras" which used to be the next pub down from
the Fleece in Bretforton. Gras is, of course, asparagus which is the main
cash crop in that area. Not too far away in Herefordshire is the "Round of
Carrots".
The definitive authority on pub names is someone called Jimmy Young (really
- not that one!) who has written extensively on pub names. IIRC he died a
couple of years ago.
--
Christine Ramsbottom
Phil Clark
<dev...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <4t2e0tcompv4nd23c...@4ax.com>,
> Phil Clark <ph...@saxmund.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 20:31:03 GMT, dr...@comp.leeds.ac.uk (Dr Drew)
>> wrote:
>
>> >Add the Chemic Tavern, my local (Woodhouse, Leeds).
>
>> On the same lines there's the Alum House (now the Alum Ale House) in
>> South Shields. And not along the same lines, the Crown Posada in
>> Newcastle.
>
>There are pubs called The Crown and Cushion (which means the same thing, I
>think) all over the place.
According to the recent What's Brewing article on Fitzgerald's, who
run the Crown Posada, "posada" is a Spanish word for pub. But of
course they could be wrong.
The Sec-RAT-ary
one of our members just e-mailed me the actual address and confirms
that the pub *is* covered in zinc sheeting ! He and his parents have
visited there several times.
Here's the info I received ...
*****
Re: The Pub Made of Zinc
Tafarn Sinc
Rosebush
Maenclochog
North Pembrokeshire
Tel.01437 532214
*****
Cheers ...
--
Dave
The Sec-RAT-ary
Real Ale Tasting Society
Mike Cheater
<jbuc...@pitkin.u-net.com> writes
Being in Paulsgrove explains why it has entirely escaped my notice.
--
Mike Cheater
The Submarine Captain
Switzerland, there's a long-established café called le Lapin Vert, which
translates as "The Green Rabbit". [Do I hear "had too much grass" ???]
:o)
Cheers !
Laurent
The Sec-RAT-ary wrote:
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restart body.
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Laurent Mousson
Berne, Switzerland
Ken Battersby
In Barrow-in-Furness there is a pub called "the Periscope" - and not
forgetting "the Drunken Duck" near Ambleside of course.
Regards
Ken Battersby
John Devine
> In Barrow-in-Furness there is a pub called "the Periscope"
<snip>
Is there a sign behind the bar which says;
"If you want a sub, go to Vickers"
Stephen
otherwise) so that one could simply take flight and go elsewhere...
Thanks, John.
John Buckley wrote in message <3A083A...@pitkin.u-net.com>...
Stephen
Hill on the outskirts of Winchester, Hants.
It had been called the New Inn until 1982. Then, after a refurbishment,
Whitbread renamed it 'The Percy Hobbs' in honour of a local man who had been
drinking there since 1920 (sixty-two years!). Uncharacteristically decent of
Whitbread, what?
Roy Bailey
Apparently there is only one other pub of this name somewhere in
Scotland.
--
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.
(replace 'news' with 'rbailey' to e-mail)
Mark Dickerson
>In the village of Chaddleworth in West Berkshire there is The Ibex.
>
>Apparently there is only one other pub of this name somewhere in
>Scotland.
I believe Bedfordshire has a "The Inn Next Door Burnt Down". I miss the Mad
Dog at Odell. Nice American Werewolf sign, that had.
Mark.
Andy Barber
On Tue 7 Nov 2000 @ 15:17 John Devine, wrote about "Re: Weird Pub
Names"
JD> From: dev...@argonet.co.uk
#*#snip*#*
JD> A few miles to the north at Entwistle there's The Strawbury
JD> Duck, so called because the family who once owned it are
JD> called Duxbury.
A very strange use of the word "because"! What has Duxbury got to do
with Duck's &/or Strawbury's?
Regards
Andy Barber
Thu 9 Nov 2000 11:03
Dave Clarke
>A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
>most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
>totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
The Bucket of Blood, somewhere in Cornwall, IIRC.
--
Dave Clarke
jkirkl...@hotmail.com
Many Modern Pub names seem to have no signifacance or connection to
the place , area or history of the pub. However some of the strangest
pub names have some historic connections and their own story to tell.
My favorite names are "The Hole in the Wall" Dumfries and THe Poosy
Nancies" Mauchline Ayrshire. I have no idea how the Dumfries pub got
its name. However Poosy Nancy was named after a female aquaintance of
Robert Burns.
On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 19:34:52 +0000 (GMT), Pandora
<Pando...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <4a19c4c9...@argonet.co.uk>,
> John Devine <dev...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>> > On the same lines there's the Alum House (now the Alum Ale House) in
>> > South Shields. And not along the same lines, the Crown Posada in
>> > Newcastle.
>
>> There are pubs called The Crown and Cushion (which means the same thing,
>> I think) all over the place.
>
John Devine
By "Duck's" I presume you mean Tommy Duck's. That was pulled down years
ago.
What's "Strawbury's?" Is it something like Sainsbury's?
8-)
Nicholas Mills
than the name suggests, in that there is not one wall that is parallell to
another.
If you are ever in Queensland Australia it is worth a visit.
Nick.
"Phil Clark" <ph...@saxmund.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 15:17:49 +0000 (GMT), John Devine
> <dev...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >In article <4t2e0tcompv4nd23c...@4ax.com>,
> > Phil Clark <ph...@saxmund.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 20:31:03 GMT, dr...@comp.leeds.ac.uk (Dr Drew)
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> >Add the Chemic Tavern, my local (Woodhouse, Leeds).
> >
> >> On the same lines there's the Alum House (now the Alum Ale House) in
> >> South Shields. And not along the same lines, the Crown Posada in
> >> Newcastle.
> >
> >There are pubs called The Crown and Cushion (which means the same thing,
I
> >think) all over the place.
>
Andy Barber
On Thu 9 Nov 2000 @ 22:51 John Devine (2:255/90.500), wrote to Andy
Barber about "Re: Weird Pub Names"
JD> From: dev...@argonet.co.uk
JD> In article <28213...@p39.f90.n255.z2.fidonet.org>,
JD> Andy Barber <SPAM.B.GO...@softhome.net> wrote:
>> Hi John
>> On Tue 7 Nov 2000 @ 15:17 John Devine, wrote about "Re: Weird Pub
>> Names"
>> JD> From: dev...@argonet.co.uk
>> #*#snip*#*
>> JD> A few miles to the north at Entwistle there's The Strawbury
>> JD> Duck, so called because the family who once owned it are
>> JD> called Duxbury.
>> A very strange use of the word "because"! What has Duxbury got
>> to do with Duck's &/or Strawbury's?
>> Regards
>> Andy Barber
>> Thu 9 Nov 2000 11:03
JD> By "Duck's" I presume you mean Tommy Duck's. That was pulled
JD> down years ago.
JD> What's "Strawbury's?" Is it something like Sainsbury's?
I dunno! I didn't start the thread!
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Dr Drew
>
> Many Modern Pub names seem to have no signifacance or connection to
> the place , area or history of the pub. However some of the strangest
> pub names have some historic connections and their own story to tell.
> My favorite names are "The Hole in the Wall" Dumfries and THe Poosy
> Nancies" Mauchline Ayrshire. I have no idea how the Dumfries pub got
> its name. However Poosy Nancy was named after a female aquaintance of
> Robert Burns.
I think there are several pubs called the "Hole in the Wall", I've drunk
in one I'm sure and I've never been to Dumfries. Maybe it's something to
do with hiding from religious persecution?
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> jkirkl...@hotmail.com <jkirkl...@hotmail.com> said:
>
> >
> > Many Modern Pub names seem to have no signifacance or connection to
> > the place , area or history of the pub. However some of the strangest
> > pub names have some historic connections and their own story to tell.
> > My favorite names are "The Hole in the Wall" Dumfries and THe Poosy
> > Nancies" Mauchline Ayrshire. I have no idea how the Dumfries pub got
> > its name. However Poosy Nancy was named after a female aquaintance of
> > Robert Burns.
>
> I think there are several pubs called the "Hole in the Wall", I've drunk
> in one I'm sure and I've never been to Dumfries. Maybe it's something to
> do with hiding from religious persecution?
>
Er... the religious persecution bit is about the pub name, and nothing
to do with why I haven't been to Dumfries. In case you were wondering.
Still any place that calls itself and its footie team "Queen of the
South" must have summat to hide :-)
cs1...@wlv.ac.uk
jkirkl...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Many Modern Pub names seem to have no signifacance or connection to
> the place , area or history of the pub. However some of the strangest
> pub names have some historic connections and their own story to tell.
> My favorite names are "The Hole in the Wall" Dumfries and THe Poosy
> Nancies" Mauchline Ayrshire. I have no idea how the Dumfries pub got
> its name. However Poosy Nancy was named after a female aquaintance of
> Robert Burns.
>
> On Tue, 07 Nov 2000 19:34:52 +0000 (GMT), Pandora
> <Pando...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >In article <4a19c4c9...@argonet.co.uk>,
> > John Devine <dev...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > On the same lines there's the Alum House (now the Alum Ale House) in
> >> > South Shields. And not along the same lines, the Crown Posada in
> >> > Newcastle.
> >
> >> There are pubs called The Crown and Cushion (which means the same thing,
> >> I think) all over the place.
> >
> >The word "posada" is Spanish for "resting place". There is another "Posada"
> >in Wolverhampton, which was also a very good building and pub selling good
> >beer.
Another unusual pub name in Wolverhampton is 'The Chindit', named after the
guerilla troops operating in Burma in WWII. I'm told this is the only pub of
this name in the UK.
Pete
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Tony Green
>
>
> Another unusual pub name in Wolverhampton is 'The Chindit', named after the
> guerilla troops operating in Burma in WWII. I'm told this is the only pub of
> this name in the UK.
>
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>
> A Canadian visitor to my website contacted me asking what the best and
> most original pub names I'd heard were. Immeadiately my mind went
> totally blank. Anyone got any favourites?
In Kirkham, Lancs is a pub called The Post Office. Most confusing.
Phil Culbert
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Mark Ward <mw...@indyshouse.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> There used to be a pub in Crowthorne, Berkshire called the
>
> "Who d' a thought it"
>
> The story was that King Charles came across it whilst out hunting and said
> "Who d'a thought it" and the name stuck. Probably nonsense.
>
There used to be a pub in Glastonbury called "The Lamb", which was full
every night with hard drinking locals, many of whom worked in the sheepskin
factories. It had a reputation for loud laughter and drunken brawling. In
1990 it had a complete and utter refit and is now a twee tourist pub, full
of ornaments and a few well behaved visitors. It's new name is the "Who d' a
thought it."