NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HOUSE – NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE – LOUGHBOROUGH HOUSE – PEGGOTTY’S ROSIE O’ BRIENS – ROSIES – SUN VERTIGO, 29 CHURCH GATE

c1960.

Directories show list of licensees from the 1820s when Issac Gray was there until 1831:  That year Thomas Pressor was indicted for allowing dancing in his house,fined 50/- for suffering disorderly conduct.

John Cooper, 1846, John Henshaw and in the 1850s, John Moore.

Listed as Northamptonshire House 1830 and 1844.

Listed as Northumberland House in 1846.

Purchased by Langmore & Bankhart later to become All Saints Brewery.

Barry Lount recalls: 

I frequented this pub regularly in the early 1960s:  a small front roomed bar with a stove in the middle.  There were regulars such as ‘Nogger’, ‘Tes the paint’ and ‘London Johnny’ – who liked to pin his summonses on the wall, so proud he was of them. It was extended mid-1960s.  Now married, I took Liz on a memory lane trip. The pub was now trendy, it had lost its earthiness, but ‘Nogger’ was still there.

Below Ad and description from c1974

Changed it’s name to Peggotty’s c1980
March 1994: The sign comes down and the name changes to Rosie O’ Brien’s
As Rosie O’ Briens Pump Room.

As in most cities, the flirting with ‘Irish’ names and themes was wearing thin.   Every town or city in England had its share of mock Irish bars, which in reality bore little resemblance to the real thing.

By 2005, the name had been shortened to Rosies.

In 2006, came another change of name, now called the Sun. Church Gate had by then become a late night youngsters’ venue, as the main night clubs are situated at the bottom of the street.

After a brief closure, it reopened as Vertigo, this picture taken circa April 2017. After another closure attempts were made to re open under another name, turned down under police objections, remains closed May 2021
owned by Langmore & Bankart which became All Saints Brewery c1895, acquired by Ind Coope 1929
1960,s view of Church Gate Loughborough House seen by the hanging Ind Coope sign, top of the pic is the Cricketers (Bass)

4 Comments

  1. Thanks so much for this, my mums partner at the time, Clint Daniel ran this pub from 1992 till 1994 and we lived there so it was great to see the old pictures.

    1. I remember when Clint and Elaine used have it,and me and my friends used to live downstairs,there were so many great times,like when Leicester were in the playoffs and one bottle was a pound,then when that ran out another,until most of them had gone.when we beat Derby, everyone three there drinks in the air causing a power cut.So they had to shut for a few days,but they weren’t bothered. Great memories xxmy names Shalako

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