The last dregs of the pre-lockdown explores… Following on from Decembers’ Volume 1, I thought I’d follow it up with four more stinkers from the month of March.
The White Hart, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
A recently closed quaint little pub on the edge of Ilkeston, soon to be demolished and replaced with ‘7 spacious and distinctive 4 and 5 bedroom homes’. The new development will be called ‘White Hart’ in honour of the former pub which has existed since at least the late 19th century. Nice to see all the beer pumps present and correct! I think this place has now been burned by the local idiots.
The Blacksmiths Arms, Marchington, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Last closed its doors in 2012 and has had some planning applications to convert it into two homes. The electric is still on, so being able to coax the bar lights into life was a nice surprise! The residential part of the building is well blocked off from the derp bar, so dunno whether someone’s living in that bit?
I think this place is locally famous for having been almost completely destroyed by being crashed into by two cars in the space of two months back in 2009 during a brief closure.
Hand painted water colour picture of the pub from 2009
The incident involving the car!
The Miners Rest, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Originally called ‘The Pig & Whistle’ in an 1871 census, this long-standing public house has been empty since 2012. Several failed planning applications have been lodged, all of them rejected on the grounds that the applicant ‘had failed to demonstrate that there was insufficient demand for the pub as a community facility’.
The Travellers Inn, Attercliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Can’t really dig anything up about this one. Been closed about ten years – total wreck inside. This one was spied by a fellow explorer from the roof of the nearby Adelphi theatre, so after failing there we nipped over the road for a look.
MUCH ERIEE!
Cheers for looking.
The White Hart, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
A recently closed quaint little pub on the edge of Ilkeston, soon to be demolished and replaced with ‘7 spacious and distinctive 4 and 5 bedroom homes’. The new development will be called ‘White Hart’ in honour of the former pub which has existed since at least the late 19th century. Nice to see all the beer pumps present and correct! I think this place has now been burned by the local idiots.
The Blacksmiths Arms, Marchington, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Last closed its doors in 2012 and has had some planning applications to convert it into two homes. The electric is still on, so being able to coax the bar lights into life was a nice surprise! The residential part of the building is well blocked off from the derp bar, so dunno whether someone’s living in that bit?
I think this place is locally famous for having been almost completely destroyed by being crashed into by two cars in the space of two months back in 2009 during a brief closure.
Hand painted water colour picture of the pub from 2009
The incident involving the car!
The Miners Rest, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Originally called ‘The Pig & Whistle’ in an 1871 census, this long-standing public house has been empty since 2012. Several failed planning applications have been lodged, all of them rejected on the grounds that the applicant ‘had failed to demonstrate that there was insufficient demand for the pub as a community facility’.
The Travellers Inn, Attercliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Can’t really dig anything up about this one. Been closed about ten years – total wreck inside. This one was spied by a fellow explorer from the roof of the nearby Adelphi theatre, so after failing there we nipped over the road for a look.
MUCH ERIEE!
Cheers for looking.
