Name Changes

BigD

BigD

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Just been reading the thread of how the Rickerscote Arms have gone bust and that it was previously The Alpine Lodge.

What other local pubs or places have changed name in your life time around Stafford apart from the Alpine Lodge?

Back in 1974 when we moved to Stafford the night club on the Newport Road was called Top of the World and know by as Top of the Grot, its now called Couture but I think it's had other names in between?
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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BigD said:
Just been reading the thread of how the Rickerscote Arms have gone bust and that it was previously The Alpine Lodge.

What other local pubs or places have changed name in your life time around Stafford apart from the Alpine Lodge?

Back in 1974 when we moved to Stafford the night club on the Newport Road was called Top of the World and know by as Top of the Grot, its now called Couture but I think it's had other names in between?
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Zanzibar - and something to do with Cinderella, I believe, also.

Cottage by the Brook - Tap and Spile.
Joiners' Arms - Mutant Turtle - and back.
King William - Dirty Duck - Malt and Hops.
Bath Hotel - Pitchers - Tavern.
Noah's Ark - Surgery - Palmer's - Pie and Ale House - Stafford Ale House.
Spittal Brook - Crown - and back.
Trumpet - Radford.
Crossbow - Lynton Tavern.
Sun - O'Neill's - some Mexican thing - and back.
Gate - Metropolitan Bar.
Apres - Butler's Bell.
Sheridan -Pen and Wig - Forester and Firkin.
Chains - Joxer Brady's.
Yeoman - Westway.
Nag's Head - Watermill.
Hogshead - Chambers.
Star and Garter was something else for a while, but that eludes my memory for the moment.


There will be others - Darts 22 will be along in a bit....
 
Jonah

Jonah

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When Couture was called Top of the World the downstairs dance floor was called Cinderella Rockerfellas and the upstairs (as in pre-fire second floor which was not rebuilt) was called the Bali Hi.

"The Grot" was Top of the World' s nickname.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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bigbluewolf said:
When Couture was called Top of the World the downstairs dance floor was called Cinderella Rockerfellas and the upstairs (as in pre-fire second floor which was not rebuilt) was called the Bali Hi.

"The Grot" was Top of the World' s nickname.
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Upstairs with all the mirrors Bali Hi ? I remember it being called The Grasshopper ??? That was 1972 onwards.
 
Lucy

Lucy

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The Tavern was called Seamus O'Donnells for a while. Didn't the left hand side of the Colleseum have an American name around the time of the fire or just after?
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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What's the pub that used to be over the road from The Lamb (by The Windmill junction) ? Can remember going into it and it had a disco at one point and it changing names several times afterwards .(Don't even know if the building is still there as I've not been in that part of town for years)
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Crispin - Panache.
Shrewsbury Arms was something Mexican for a while, wasn't it..?
Castle Tavern - Odyssey - Deshi Khana.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Loads of people will remember going into Props late on a Friday or Saturday night.


Few will remember coming out...
 
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