Quirky pub names?

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)

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.

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!

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

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.

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

The Actress and Bishop in Birmingham.

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.

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!

The Kicking Donkey Ormskirk

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

Scribbles I grew up in Barking,think that used to be called the Spotted Dog.
Also in Barking was The Barge Aground ,Brewery Tap,and The Captain Cook,Captain Cook is buried in St Margarets,now cathedral,opposite where the pub was.
I worked in the Cook and met my husband there in 1976.

When I was working I used to go to a pub after work near London Bridge called The Elusive Camel...

There's one near us named The Worlds End.

The Barking Dog - (in Barking, Essex)

Britons Protection
Lass o' Gowrie
Peveril o' the Peak

All in Manchester.

Yes. We stayed at The Hark to Bounty. It was a delight. The name comes from an old farmer who used to leave his dog Bounty outside. The dog used to howl and he'd say 'Hark to Bounty' to the other patrons.

Hark to Bounty

Good lunches there 😊

Hark to Bounty in the Forest of Bowland. Upstairs is the old Lancashire law court with all the wooden benches. I believe that criminals were taken from there to Hull and Halifax to be hanged.
The saying “ may the lord preserve us from hell Hull and Halifax “ comes from this.

Lathyrus 😅
Some great names with lovely pubs by the sounds of it.
OT but you've sent me down memory lane.

On holiday in Wales in the 1970s we would frequent the village pub each night in Llanrhaeadr ym mochnant.
Nearly all were Welsh speaking men who played dominoes and occasionally burst into song. It was a slate mining area.
Every time a pint was ordered, from behind a screen, the younger one of the 2 ancient barmaids would descend to the cellar and bring up a freshly drawn cold brew in a jug.
they were mother and daughter

The pub itself was the George. I think but probably once had a proper Welsh name. When I last saw it, it was closed and the building crumbling.

In Wareham 'The Silent Woman'. There was one of the same or similar name in Widford in Essex.

The Spotted Cow

In a town near me a redundant bank building was converted into a pub and named the Real Ale Tavern. Locals have now shortened it to the Rat.

The Eels Foot
Poachers Pocket
The Unruly Pig

The Cock and Bottle, locally.