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Quirky pub names?

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LRavenscroft Sun 18-Jun-23 13:49:58

In conversation we were talking about quirky pub names. My favourites were The Slug & Lettuce in Worcester & the Sir Walter Raleigh in East Budleigh. Have you ever come across some quirky pub names and what would you call yours if you were the proprietor?

Nannytopsy Mon 26-Jun-23 08:23:32

My uncle owned The Hand and Cleaver in Staffordshire. Sadly closed now.

Gala Mon 26-Jun-23 09:01:43

The Kicking Donkey Ormskirk

Witzend Mon 26-Jun-23 11:06:18

There used to be one near here called The Bishop Out Of Residence - but it’s now just The Bishop, which IMO is a shame.

I wish there’d be a revival in ‘proper’ pictorial pub signs, too - the modern ones are so boring!

Littleannie Mon 26-Jun-23 11:28:03

The Bee's Knees in Winsford. May be closed now.
There used to be one called The Headless Woman in Cheshire. They had a life-size wooden statue outside of a woman with no head. The neck was painted red to resemble blood. Her clothes were like Snow White. I remember when we were kids and dad used to drive us past it, we were terrified. Sadly now long gone.

Kate1949 Mon 26-Jun-23 11:38:21

The Actress and Bishop in Birmingham.

Kate1949 Mon 26-Jun-23 11:40:32

Just remembered we visited The Bucket of Blood in Hayle, Cornwall.

MiniMoon Mon 26-Jun-23 11:59:33

I live next door to The Spotted Cow, it's now been converted into two flats.
DH and I had a lovely meal at The Clickham Inn in Cumbria.
Where I grew up there were The Bush, The Shoulder of Mutton and The White Lion.

Witzend Mon 26-Jun-23 20:09:30

The Trip to Jerusalem, in Nottingham. Supposed to
be very ancient.

GrandmaKT Mon 26-Jun-23 20:40:14

A local company, AtWill Pubs already had two pubs in their chain - The Cock and Pullet and the Cock and Donkey. When they took over an old pub in Seaforth down by the Liverpool Docks, they renamed it the Cock and Seaman!

prestbury Mon 26-Jun-23 20:57:33

Not many floating pubs on canals but in Staffordshire there is one call Barge-Inn Booze that is a regular in the Stoke on Trent area.

Foxygloves Mon 26-Jun-23 22:19:50

Vintagenonna

I remember a bar from my long ago youth (no idea where either my youth went or the bar was) known as the 'Brahms and Liszt'.

Which is of course Cockney rhyming slang for “p*ssed”

(Apologies if that has been pointed out already)