Beerhouses, Hotels and Public Houses
Picture Gallery
Beerhouses
Northampton Brewery supplied this beerhouse.
Lilian Tye is pictured outside in 1933. It was on the corner of Beech Road and Higham Road.
Later it was Freeston's grocery
shop, but today it has reverted
to living accomodation.
Phipps' beerhouse in
Higham Road
- demolished in 1962
74 Higham Road
beerhouse
Another Phipps' beerhouse
was kept by
Frank Wills
in
Alfred Street.
J T Reid
established his beerhouse in Wellingborough Road, this was later
Lankesters
, and today (2009) it is Threshers.
82 Higham Road (Sussex Place corner) &
Trade Club
c1940
Frank Will's - Alfred Street
Reid's beerhouse in Wellingborough Road c1915
A Robinson's beerhouse in High Street was thatched
Lankesters in the 1960s - they were in the old Reid's shop (above)
Outside Robinson's on parade day
Hotels & Inns
Swan & Dolphin - later the Coach & Horses
The Wheatsheaf Hotel was rebuilt in the early 1900s
The Railway Inn (centre) c1900
The
Queen Victoria Hotel
c1900
Westward Hotel - North Street (
Courtesy of Clive Wood
)
The Feathers - High Street
Waggon & Horses in High Street South in 1905
when electricty was being laid and
(right) in the 1930s.
Frank Wilkins was the landlord from
about 1912 until the late 1930s
Public Houses in 2008
Needle & Awl - Northampton Road
Rose & Crown - High Street
Lounge One - formerly the Railway Inn (see above)
King Edward VII - Queen Street
Compasses - High Street South
Unicorn - Grove Road closed about 2006 - proudly shows its origins
Oakley Arms - Wellingborough Road c1960
Oakley Arms - 2008 (closed January 2009)
The old Waggon & Horses is now a restaurant (2008)
The old pub sign
The Viking - Grangeway in 2008
Welcome Inn - Irchester Road in 2008
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