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The Green Dragon 17 Feb 2011 | 12:17 am
Dragons abound in legend and, in religious terms represented sin and paganism. As with St George and the dragon, another popular pub sign, they were an evil to be vanquished by the forces of good. Me...
A Book About Pub Names on TV 7 Jan 2011 | 10:12 pm
Yesterday I spent a great day in London presenting a segment on pub history for a Canadian TV channel. Filming took us around Bishopsgate in the City of London, visting pubs like Dirty Dicks and the ...
Great pub sign photos 24 Sep 2009 | 03:52 am
Colourlovers has just posted a great collection of pub sign photos picked up from Flickr. The derivations of most are pretty obvious although there are a couple of interesting variations on a theme. ...
The Snowdrop Inn 21 Sep 2009 | 09:40 pm
This week I came across the sad story of The Snowdrop Inn in Lewes. Whilst you might assume that the inn takes its name from the local snowdrop growing industry, nothing is further from the truth and ...
Labour In Vain 15 Sep 2009 | 07:43 pm
Pub signs are not always PC. The Nag's Head sometimes displays a picture of a horse but often shows a woman scolding her husband, and this is not the only example. The sign for a Staffordshire pub ca...
Time for a hero 4 Sep 2009 | 11:10 pm
After last week's villain, it's appropriate that we talk about a well-loved hero in this post. John Manners, the 18th Century Marquis of Granby, pursued a military career, eventually becoming the com...
Villains on pub signs 21 Aug 2009 | 12:01 am
The British seem to love their vilains and many of them have been commemorated in pub signs. One of these is the Wicked Lady of Markyate, shown on the pub sign to the left. In the 17th Century, Lady K...
Elephant & Castle 8 Jul 2009 | 09:44 pm
If you enjoy history, I've just discovered a very interesting blog called Jane's London which contains lots of great photos and comment on old London. Amongst the discussion is one on the derivation ...
The Worshipful Company of Brewers 30 Jun 2009 | 08:05 pm
The Worshipful Company of Brewers was granted its royal charter in 1437 although the society had formed 150 years earlier. They were constantly at odds with the Lord Mayor, Richard “Dick” Whittington ...
Quaichs or Quaighs 15 Jun 2009 | 08:45 pm
The quaigh or quaich (pronounced quake) is a shallow cup, usually carved from wood and with two handles. Some had a silver coin set in the base. It was used amongst Celtic peoples from earlies times t...
