Pub/Cafe Gallery and the odd hotel!

[NewcastleFalcon]

A name from Mick's pub list (here ) stood out for me, as a well known landmark pub/hotel on the outskirts of Durham City, now replaced with housing.

As such I am allocating "The Cock of the North" as Pub of the Day.

Little snippet from the Northern Echo about it as one of Durham's lost pubs, and something I didn't know about how the place got its name..

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/ ... .headline/

Next out of the packet was the Cock o'the North, a 1930s landmark hotel on the A167, which was demolished 15 years ago and was replaced by housing. It was named after the most powerful steam engine built in the UK to work a passenger line – a LNER Class P2, designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, to work the steep gradients and tight curves of the line between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. The Cock o'the North engine came into service in 1934, which must have been the time the hotel was nearing completion.

Need to see if there is a decent image of it. Brick built thing you couldn't miss it, maybe it had a clock...we'll see.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

BFTW

[NewcastleFalcon]

Looks like this is the only one...

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/ ... /#gallery2

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19283376.headline/#gallery2

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Know your Fords...



Nearly but not quite could have been one of the members of the family fleet...

photo of a photo

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

The pub that started yesterday's pub of the day:

Own work

Own work

[CitroJim]

I could have been tempted to pop in for a pint during my run this morning

Can you be 'done' for drinking and driving in a narrowboat?

[mickthemaverick]

I could have been tempted to pop in for a pint during my run this morning



Can you be 'done' for drinking and driving in a narrowboat?

In a word No, but you can be done for irresponsible piloting in the event of an accident!!

[CitroJim]

In a word No, but you can be done for irresponsible piloting in the event of an accident!!

That makes good sense Mick

[NewcastleFalcon]

Watched one of the Hairy Biker's Pub's that Built Britain programmes on the Lakes, there are probably more than a dozen on different areas of the Country. They came across this in their tour.

I like a Pub with an odd name so today's Pub of the Day is...

The Mortal Man in Troutbeck

"Mortal" is a common word used round these parts to mean "drunk". eg getting Mortal, I was Mortal etc....

Not sure if its a national thing.

Neil

[myglaren]

Was common in Whitby in the fifties and sixties.

[mickthemaverick]

I like a Pub with an odd name so today's Pub of the Day is...

The Mortal Man in Troutbeck



"Mortal" is a common word used round these parts to mean "drunk". eg getting Mortal, I was Mortal etc....

Not sure if its a national thing.

Neil

It hasn't spread to Hertfordshire, so on that basis I can confirm it's not a national thing!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Julius Caesar Ibbetson Not many babies called "Julius Caesar" these days

The inn sign was painted by a famous painter of the day called Julius Caesar Ibbetson: He completed the work by way of payment to the proprietor for the “wonderful hospitality” he had enjoyed during a fishing trip. The original sign depicted two local Dalesmen; Nat and Ned, (I imagine that) the exchange between them took place within these very walls, many years ago. The recently-commissioned version of sign, which hangs outside, is based upon Ibbetson’s original work.

Dont miss the Weather Vane if you happen to visit The Mortal Man

Neil

[CitroJim]

^^ Love it!

There's an interesting aerial on the roof too..

[NewcastleFalcon]

The Hairy Bikers did Edinburgh yesterday, concentrated on telling the Burke and Hare story and pubs round the Grassmarket they frequented. Hands up if you thought Burke and Hare were just bodysnatchers and grave robbers.
Bit of Jekyll and Hyde too, and a pub with a skittle alley at the Sheep Heid in Duddleston.

A couple of Edinburgh gems they missed including, if you like a pub with an interesting interior are on the same street, namely West Register Street just across the road from Waverley Station behind Princes Street at the East end.

No 1 is The Guildford and at Number 17 we have the Cafe Royal

The Guidford and the Cafe Royal
West Register Street
Edinburgh

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

With the only bit of inspiration so far posted today being Jim's POTD submission of the "thatched kangaroo" of the 149 images which featured "Public House" and "Thatched" the random hand selected Image number 121 on that list and look what it produced....

A pub I am very familiar with have my own original images, and a free charger at the village hall just next to the pub, in Etal Northumberland the Black Bull.

and look at the two cars which just happen to be parked up on the image selected.

Name those cars..

Geograph Stamoed image