A pub treasure hunt around Digbeth and Deritend with elements within Bordesley and Highgate.... more info 28-06-2010
A history of Mitchell's and Butler's brewery at Cape Hill with a couple of issues of The Deerstalker magazine which has loads of stories, articles and photographs on the brewery, the pubs and the people who worked for M&B.... more info 19-06-2010
A brief guide to the pubs of Caldecott in Rutland. Read how one pub moved from one side of the street to another and why the pub that was closest to the railway station isn't really in Caldecott at all.... more info 29-03-2010
A look at the pubs of Dudley Road from Spring Hill through Winson Green and up to the boundary line at The Cape. Plenty of old photographs and newspaper articles to accompany the stories behind the pubs.... more info 25-03-2010
A detailed history of the Hawne Tavern at Halesowen which was surprisingly once tied to the Hereford and Tredegar Brewery. The building was originally a grocery shop.... more info 03-03-2010
Details of the pubs of Southgate Street in Leicester, including the popular Shakespeare's Head plus late Victorian advertisements for two brewery operations.... more info 13-11-2009
New improved page for the breweries of Staffordshire with lots of historical information augmented with colourful images of beer labels, advertising and pump clips.... more info 06-11-2009
A brief history of the Plough Inn at Ford, an historic pub fronting the old road connecting Stow-on-the-Wold and Tewkesbury, a highway that has brought many a weary traveller through the hamlet tucked away in the Cotswold Hills. Today, it is a popular restaurant but still retains some traditional pub elements including a lovely bar.... more info 04-11-2009
Float down to the River Avon on Tewkesbury Quayside to unravel the confusing history of the Admiral Benbow Inn, a tavern that was apparently known as the Mermaid in the 17th century and may have been called the Welsh Harp at a later date.... more info  03-11-2009
A kick-start to the Derby page is a short history on the Anchor Inn, a pub Located a few doors away from the Barley Mow and Durham Ox, and once known as the Crown and Anchor. It was trading in the 18th century but was a victim of a road widening scheme of 1878-9. There is also a newspaper article recording the tragedy of another publican from Repton.... more info  01-11-2009
Located on the corner of Clark Street in Ladywood, the Hyde Arms was a fine Mitchell's and Butler's pub throughout the 20th century until its closure in 1968. I have traced this pub back to the late 1860's when a publican called Titus Griffin became the owner. There is more material on this page for the other pub in Clark Street - the old beerhouse known as the Herefordshire House, a boozer also kept by the Griffin family.... more info 30-10-2009