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Prince Arthur, 47 Arthur Street, Gloucester

The Prince Arthur was on the corner of Arthur Street and the present Bruton Way. The present address is 47 Arthur Street, but previous addresses are given as 22A Arthur Street in 1936 and 99 Park Road in 1957. Today the building stands next to the busy A430 Bruton Way inner ring road. The urban […]

Prince Albert, Longsmith Street, Gloucester

18 Longsmith Street Gloucester Citizen, Tuesday 28th August 1888 – To Let: The Prince Albert Inn, Longsmith Street; ingoing low – Apply Hatton & Co, Northgate Brewery, Gloucester. Gloucester Citizen, Monday 11th January 1897 – To Let, immediate possession: The Prince Albert Inn, Longsmith Street, Gloucester – Apply Ind Coope & Co., Northgate Brewery, Gloucester. […]

Poets Wine Bar, Bull Lane – off Westgate Street, Gloucester

Poets Wine Bar opened on Wednesday July 13th 2005. It was the brainchild of Brian Wood and Dave Martin. The wine list had 36 choices and there were also two lagers on tap. Poets Wine Bar also had live music and DJ’s. On Saturday April 22nd 2006 Danny Fockin Mash Up gigged at the wine […]

Plough Inn / Great Western, 91 Alfred Street Gloucester

91 Alfred Street and on the corner of Windmill Parade. The Plough Inn was originally tied to Smith & Sons Brimscombe Brewery and was sold to Wintles Forest Brewery, Mitcheldean in 1915. The Plough Inn once overlooked the Great Western Railway goods yard and trains departing the GWR central station on their way to Bristol […]

Plough Inn, 9 Upton Street, Tredworth, Gloucester

The Plough Inn was once a simple brick built pub. A photograph taken c.1902 (when George Albert Hale was the landlord) appears to show serious cracks in the brickwork between the upper floor windows above the front bay window. The pub was later rendered, perhaps to repair the damaged masonry. The Plough Inn was sold […]

Plasterers Arms, Clare Street, Gloucester

Clare Street is off Archdeacon Street near St Marys church in Westgate. G Cummings provided materials for Home Brewed Beer to the Plasterers Arms Gloucestershire Chronicle, Saturday 29th January 1870. Auction at the Lower George Inn, Westgate Street by Bruton and Knowles on Tuesday 15th February 1870. Lot 6. All that well accustomed inn called […]

Pineapple Inn, Lower Westgate Street, Gloucester

The Pineapple Inn was not far from the Quay. It was once tied to the Ashton Gate Brewery – a rare local outlet for the Bristol based brewery. The ‘Citizen’ reported in March 1906 that it had ‘two public rooms. The sanitary arrangements were all right but there was a door at the back of […]