Squirrel Inn, 150 Southgate Street, Gloucester
79 Southgate Street in the 1906 Kellys directory. An earlier reference to the Squirrel Inn gives the address as Littleworth. The Squirrel Inn was located between the British Flag (now Tall Ships) and the Nelson Inn. It was a tied house of Arnold Perrett & Co. Ltd., Wickwar Brewery. The modern day address equates to […]
Square & Compass, 169-170 Westgate Street, Gloucester
170 Westgate Street in 1936 Kellys Directory reference and 169/170 Westgate Street in 1965. The Square and Compass Inn stood at the junction with Westgate Street and the southern end of Priory Road. This area of Gloucester has changed beyond recognition. The Square and Compass stood somewhere on or near the present day one-way road […]
Spread Eagle Hotel, Market Parade, Gloucester
The Spread Eagle was a prestigious Gloucester Hotel. It closed in 1972 following a purchase by Tesco with the intention of building a supermarket on the site. This never materialised and the building was left to slowly decay, falling victim to a suspected arson attack in December 1980. Tesco then sold the site and after […]
Spoofers Bar, 61-63 Eastgate Street, Gloucester
See also Water Poet Spoofers Bar opened in the premises that was previously the Old Bank on Thursday 1st October 1998. Former Gloucester Rugby Club first team captain Pete Glanville officially opened the bar. It cost the owners, Regent Inns, £1 million to refurbish. The bar had another change of identity in June 2005 as […]
Southgate Vaults, Ladybellegate Street, Gloucester
Southgate Vaults, Ladybellgate Street See the Sailors Home. Ladybellegate Street runs from Commercial Road to Longsmith Street. The only other licensed premises in the street was the Mariners Arms.
Soldiers Return, Worcester Street, Gloucester
There is a reference to the Soldiers Return in 1850. The address is given as Worcester Street. This is almost certainly the same premises that later became the Fortune of War in Kingsholm Road.
Sloanes, 3 Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1HG
Whitbread spent £953,000 on the conversion of the old Jennings print works in Brunswick Road, which opened on January 3rd 1999 as the Hogshead. It had become Sloanes by 2003. Sloanes was re-launched on Friday 7th December 2007. The revamp included a new menu, wine and cocktail list and four wall murals designed by graphic […]
Sir Colin Campbell, 26 Llanthony Road, Gloucester GL2 5HQ
Colin Campbell was the Scottish Field Marshall who led the Highland Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War and later became commander-in-chief during the Indian Mutiny of 1857/1858. What relevance it has to Gloucester is not clear. The original pub was a substantial building just a few yards to the east of […]
Shipwrights Arms, Bearland, Gloucester
Gloucester Journal, January 18th 1873: Mr Thomas Harris, of the Shipwrights Arms, Bearland, was granted an extension until 3am to provide accommodation for the cabmen engaged on the Military Ball at the Shire Hall. Gloucester Citizen: April 5th, 1879 – City Police: Thomas Harris, landlord of the Shipwright’s Arms, was charged with being drunk and creating […]
Ship Inn, The Quay, Gloucester
Gloucester Journal: February 1887: To Let, Ship Inn, On the Quay. Incoming Low. Apply Thomas Allen, Quay, Gloucester, or Arnold & Co. 17th January 1809, entries from the journal of local farmer William Morris: Delivered to the Ship at the Quay for Mr Pearce of Berkeley 28 bags of wheat at – 8 from Sheephouse & […]
