The Princess Royal, Sandon Road.

[proactive]

Its the closest pub to my house but never been in there.

Even if it's still open I really wouldn't bother.

Especially not as the King's Arms is only a stone's throw away.

 

[PeterD]

Even if it's still open I really wouldn't bother.

Especially not as the King's Arms is only a stone's throw away.

I only go to the kings arms, without hesitation.

 

[proactive]

I only go to the kings arms, without hesitation.

I like you

 

[tek-monkey]

Was told it is still open by one of their regulars, not been in myself though.

 

[industryarch]

Definitely an urban myth,,no ones actually been in!

 

[PeterD]

Planning application in to demolish and build six 3 storey houses, unsure if its flats or houses. As I live by I was notified by post. Little information on the planning website.

https://www12.staffordbc.gov.uk/onl...ils.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P19G7SPSM7700

 

[proactive]

Planning application in to demolish and build 6 3 storey houses, unsure if its flats or houses. As I live by I was notified by post. Little information on the planning website.

https://www12.staffordbc.gov.uk/onl...ils.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P19G7SPSM7700

I originally read that as 63!!

Which even by modern standards would have been on the small side in the space available.

Building an open sewer would probably be the favoured option of the former pub regulars, to give the place continuity.

 

[PeterD]

I originally read that as 63!!

Which even by modern standards would have been on the small side in the space available.

Building an open sewer would probably be the favoured option of the former pub regulars, to give the place continuity.

Good point does look like 63, will edit it.

 

[whitelion]

As far as I know this pub and the cottages to the right were owned by Marsdons. The lot were bought by a builder a few years ago with the long term intention to keep the cottages but demolish the pub and redevelop.

 

[Noah]

Good point does look like 63, will edit it.

I think it means 6 houses each 3 stories high.

There were two previous applications which were very similar in 2014 and 2015

 

[industryarch]

 

[industryarch]

 

[Tilly]

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Stone window and door frames. So quaint

 

[Withnail]

I went into this pub once.

It was once.

It was around Yuletide sometime in the Noughties, and part of a pub crawl that seemed even at the time to be without any kind of rhyme or reason. There were only four of us, and i'm not sure any of us actually wanted to be there, i know i didn't. The whole situation, i mean, not particularly the Princess Royal.

Though the Princess Royal was something of the 'straw that broke ...etc'

We went in through the 'back', into that strange 'lounge' area affair that was incomprehensibly absolutely rammed - so much so that there was no place for us to sit.

An 'An American Werewolf in London' style hush was almost physically apparent as we did so - i can only think of one other instance of being so instantly unwelcome, and that was in England as well - so we made our excuses, and our way, to the bar.

Which was illuminated by MASSIVELY BRIGHT strip lights. Like being in your kitchen BRIGHT lights.

In a Pub.

It was enough to put you off Yule entirely.

I'd be massively surprised if it had changed in any way since, though i'm not exactly anyone's target market.

 

[Trumpet]

We used to have a bike club that met there in the late seventies. Wasn't so bad then.

 

[industryarch]

 

[Noah]

We went in through the 'back', into that strange 'lounge' area affair that was incomprehensibly absolutely rammed - so much so that there was no place for us to sit.

The lounge was built on the site of the brewery.

 

[BobClay]

I have drunk in there also on a pub crawl around the Marston Road area. There were quite a few pubs back then which were nicely arranged in a sort of triangle for such. Peel Terrace, down the Marston Road, back up to the Hop Pole. If you tried hard you could do in 10 million brain cells on that run.

 

[proactive]

run.

Stagger, surely!

 

[basil]

I have drunk in there also on a pub crawl around the Marston Road area. There were quite a few pubs back then which were nicely arranged in a sort of triangle for such. Peel Terrace, down the Marston Road, back up to the Hop Pole. If you tried hard you could do in 10 million brain cells on that run.

Prince Albert, New Victoria, 4X's, Hop Pole, Princess Royal, Lotus Club, Rangers Club, Rifleman, Albion, Kings Arms, Shepherds Bushes, Joiners Arms,

this trek can be performed counter-clockwise.....