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From the actual Bull & Bush
On hampstead heath London
Where the song “Down at the Old Bull & Bush” Originated. Taken down c1983
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Fanny on the Hill pub is in Wickham St Welling near Bexley, situated next to a heath known locally as Fanny on the Hill. The notorious highwayman Dick Turpin was reported to have hidden in the woods to escape the Kings troops, a local barmaid named Fanny shone a torch to warn Turpin when the coast was clear. Hence the pub and heath named after her.
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The Robert Catesby was a 16th cent property in Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk situated on the quayside named after one of the main protagonists in the “Gunpowder Plot”. The pub was owned by the Steamin’ Billy Brewing Co until 1999 when it was sold. Unfortunately no longer a pub, now a private house.
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From the King Edward VII pub in Worksop, unusual shield shape with bust profile within an elaborate wrought iron frame by Walker & Co, the sign has a large and ornate wrought iron hanging bracket, which is on display in one of the other pub rooms.
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Rare oil on board sign painted for Tennants brewery, bought from the Whitbread archives, only a couple of pubs have been named the Monkey House, one in Lymington, Hants, officially the Crown but known locally as the monkey house as a landlord in the 1870’s kept monkeys that rifled customers pockets. Whitbread officially named the pub the Monkey House in the 1960’s. It has since been renamed the Tollhouse.
Some pubs have taken the nick-name monkey house as they were of ill repute, another Monkey House was in Portsmouth and closed c1970
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The Ordsall a Wilsons of Manchester pub, I was so attracted to the subject expertly painted, pub signage at its best.
Possibly represents the Tudor building in Salford of the same name.
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British Volenteers, Weybridge Surry, the pub depicts General Kitcheners recruitment campaign for the first World War, there is also a British Volenteers in Ashford in Kent a Whitbread house where this possibly came from.
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This sign was bought from Wales where the cross foxes is taken from the Williams Wynns family armorial bearings who were owners of much land in North Wales. The sign usually depicts two fox’s crossing. This is a quite unusual interpretation.
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This is the only sign I have ever seen depicting Edward VIII.
There is a Royal Duke pub in Oakham.
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The John Selden at Durrington named after the scholar and M P, a learned man who once was imprisoned for his beliefs, a collector of manuscripts some 8,000 are now in Oxford Library.
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This large ex Wards house is currently derelict, awaiting demolition, one of many Victorian pubs that stood on Scotland St, now few survive.
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Strangely the only pub with this king’s name, it stood in Monnow St, the main St in King Henry’s birthplace Monmouth. The old pub has been turned into a Chinese restaurant The town’s market place is called Agincourt square in honour of his victory over the French.
Immortalised by Shakespeare.
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Seems to be a northern pub name as there are three in Manchester alone. This one is from Ashton Under Lyne
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A rare example of a Victorian Bass metal advertising sign.
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This sign was found in an upstairs room at Wards Brewery prior to the closer of this famous Sheffield brewery. A very distinctive sign.
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Britannia was the Roman name for Briton, the first female as a symbolic figure was not until 1665 when Samuel Pepys referred to a medal struck called Britannia, the model being a mistress of Charles 11, this pub sign also shows the White cliffs of Dover and the red white & blue on her shield just to make sure that you get the message of its patriotism. Many pubs have this name, being popular in Victorian times.
Leicester had two Britannia pubs, one on Belgrave Rd and one in Castle St.
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This stunning hand painted pub sign of a winged and crowned angel was bought from a lady in Tadcaster who intended to use as a garden show piece, but an extension on the house put paid to that, no other provenance other than she thought it was from one of the breweries local to her.
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| From the Black Boy in Leicester to the
Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham to the Newt and Chambers in Sheffield. |
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| From the Monkey House in Portsmouth to
the Lamprey in Gloucester. |
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| More Breweriana, memorabilia
and collectables. |
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| More signs
including the John Selden from Durrington, King Charles ( ex Wheatsheaf)
Daventry, and British Volunteers. |
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