Opened with a licence removed from the Greyhound in Thames Street in 1890, Alfred Bickley being first landlord Thomas Fidler…
COOPERS ARMS, 2 LARCH STREET/ASH STREET
A beerhouse that stood on a corner of Larch Street/Ash Street and recorded at different times as either place. Ash…
MANCHESTER HOTEL, KNIGHTON FIELDS ROAD (EAST)
Photo above: Circa 1950s. At the Brewster Sessions in August 1895, an application was made for a licence, as there…
KNIGHTON ARMS, 39 KNIGHTON LANE/VERNON ROAD
Photo above taken in 1995. Was then trading as an off license, before shortly closing. Ran by Welch Brothers Brewery…
PHOENIX, KING STREET
In April 1833, Moses Pegg laid information against Rhoda Warden of the Phoenix, King Street, in breach of the Beer…
WEAVERS, 54 KING STREET
Cramant Yard Cottages, behind King Street before the conversion to a pub. After conversion. Opened in April 1995, a most…
NEW WALKERS Wine Bar. TIPPLERS Wine Bar. – VIN IV – OUT OF THE VAULTS – SLOANES – BROOD-GRAND UNION, 24 KING STREET
March 1982 New Walkers Wine Bar opened. Vin 1V opened circa 1989. Originally classed as a wine bar, it soon…
KINGS HEAD, 28 KING STREET
A real classic local, until its refurbishment, in the 1990s. Many characters, male and female (ladies taking snuff) ,could be…
FLORES – BARRINGTONS – WHITE PEACOCK, 16 KING STREET/NEW WALK
Walshies: a Chinese Restaurant whose address was 16 King Street, but really just inside New Walk. It became Flores circa…
LIZARD LOUNGE – ORIGINAL FOUR – SUPER FLY – XY – BUDDHA BAY, THAT’S AMORE. 2 KING STREET/WELLINGTON STREET
This iconic building was only built circa 1930. Originally insurance offices, later retail use, including a book shop. In December…