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Title: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: grahame on August 09, 2017, 20:28:20 My hearing is poor these days. I'm getting used to a bit of lip reading, of second guessing what's said, and to explaining to people that I have a problem and could they repeat what they said. Never the less, my lack of directionality still sometimes leads to confusion. When I walk into a building and shout "hello" to see who's around, people who know me shout the name of the room they're in to help me find them.
It also means I pick things up wording a little bit out ... and it can be amusing. Something just came up and it was - well - such a good name for a pub: "The Wet Armadillo" What good names can you come up for pubs near stations - they could be puns or distortions, or they could be straighter. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: eightf48544 on August 10, 2017, 09:41:10 Slow and Dreadful
Old Worse and Worse Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Bmblbzzz on August 10, 2017, 13:15:20 The Wet Boiler
The Wrecked Engineer The Rail and Sleeper Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: chuffed on August 10, 2017, 14:31:33 With rather more than a nod ( a wink perhaps) to my forum name , what about the
'The Pouf and Billy' ? Yes grahame, I am quite deaf as well !. Must be all that chuffing, teaching Year 6 for 30 years ! Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: JayMac on August 10, 2017, 18:17:56 I've always said that if I ever got to own a pub I'd shy away from common names like The King's Head or The King's Arms.
I'd call mine The Queen's Legs. Folk would then be stood outside at 11am waiting for the Queen's Legs to open. ;D Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Surrey 455 on August 10, 2017, 21:41:53 The Weary Traveller?
The Waiting Room? Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Red Squirrel on August 10, 2017, 22:20:00 For pubs near Temple Meads. I'd go for:
The Drip and Bucket The Walking Distance The Tempry Solution The Electrician's Rest Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: johnneyw on August 10, 2017, 22:29:44 Not forgetting the "pop up" pub, The Bus Replacement.
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: stuving on August 10, 2017, 23:21:52 How about:
The Feeder Station The Headspan and Portal The Sag and Stagger and The Registration Arms Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: grahame on August 10, 2017, 23:38:56 We'll have to arrange a pub crawl. Melksham's new station bar is going to be the "Peter, Paul and Gordon". That's a more serious suggestion to celebrate three people without whom we wouldn't have a service today. Peter, Paul and Gordon's son Mark at the opening.
The Feeder Station Love it. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: didcotdean on August 11, 2017, 08:32:42 The Permanent Red Aspect
The Welcome Relief The I'm Sorry to Announce The Low Bridge and Lorry The Terminal Recline I would have said The Buffet but this former favourite is seen less and less these days. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: martyjon on August 11, 2017, 08:44:18 The Wires Down
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: eightf48544 on August 11, 2017, 08:52:45 The Snooker Junction Yellow after Red
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: stuving on August 11, 2017, 10:06:51 I'm sure we've all been to the Signal Arms, or even the more refined Semaphore Arms
then there the: The Cyclic Top The Propelling Emu The Frog and Fishplate The Slip Dropper The Hot Box and Wet Bed The Newt and Chair The Distant Home The North Pole and Check Rail and of course the Feathers! Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Timmer on August 11, 2017, 10:29:26 The Disruptive Passenger
The Angry Commuter Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Adelante_CCT on August 11, 2017, 13:03:23 The Worcester Passenger
The Red Squirrel The Green Taplow Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: rower40 on August 11, 2017, 13:07:19 With a distinctly S&T Theme:
The Splitting Distant The Swinging Overlap The Trackside Module Any takers? Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: JayMac on August 11, 2017, 16:10:47 The Nose and Cap.
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: SandTEngineer on August 11, 2017, 18:08:11 With a distinctly S&T Theme: .....to which I would add...The Splitting Distant The Swinging Overlap The Trackside Module Any takers? The Lower Quadrant The Home Signal The Signal Box Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: caliwag on August 11, 2017, 19:12:34 haha...my favourite has always been Rat and Trumpet but I had a beer with a couple of freight drivers and one was complaining about a 'Too bright Feather'...good name for a band mind. Only for drivers I guess.
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: grahame on August 11, 2017, 19:40:03 Being slightly (but only slightly) more serious:
The North Star (at Swindon) Platform Zero (at Chippenham) The Passing loop (at Melksham) The Bristol Connection (at Trowbridge) Points of the Compass (at Westbury) The Routemaster (at Warminster) Olde King Wessex (at Wilton) The End of the Race (at Salisbury) Edit ... making that a bit more positive! Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: martyjon on August 11, 2017, 20:13:59 The Permanent Way
The Platelayers Arms I have actually seen a pub next to a former level crossing called; The Silent Whistle which gives me a thought for another; The Chime Whistle Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: JayMac on August 12, 2017, 00:27:16 My pub will have a seperate cocktail & spirits bar, and a back room for card games.
Liquor in the front and poker in the rear. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Adelante_CCT on August 12, 2017, 07:58:07 Let me guess, with a whole side room where you can stick passengers where they can bond together and relieve their frustrations.........because the trains are delayed.
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: TonyK on August 12, 2017, 19:12:36 The Four Pints, Now!
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Western Pathfinder on August 12, 2017, 19:36:28 And a packet of crisps please :D.
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: broadgage on August 12, 2017, 22:10:57 How about "The Falling Leaf" or perhaps "The Dead Emu" (with an inn sign depicting a large flightless bird, let the punters work out the double meaning for themselves)
Or even "The Broadgage" With an inn sign depicting me in my preferred environment of the Pullman car on the Golden Hind. Or thinking of an actual pub, I searched in vain for the "Leopard Arms" in Bishops Lydeard. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: PhilWakely on August 12, 2017, 22:32:35 "The wrong type of <insert subject of your own choice>"
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: bobm on August 12, 2017, 22:37:14 Can't think of a name, but a pub with a gateline and see if bignosemac can get into it. ;D
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: broadgage on August 12, 2017, 22:43:44 "The Exploding Pigeon"
"The Lost Franchise" Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: PhilWakely on August 12, 2017, 22:47:18 "The Off Peak"
Restricted opening hours. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: JayMac on August 13, 2017, 03:20:44 The Gateline:
Ticket only entry. But even a valid ticket may not get you in. The Jobsworth The Disappearing Staff The Blank Screen The Permitted Route The As Advertised The See Restrictions The Advance Purchase: You're only allowed in at a certain time, and you must sit on your reserved barstool. Your pint though will only cost 50p. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: TonyK on August 13, 2017, 10:42:32 You're only allowed in at a certain time, and you must sit on your reserved barstool. Your pint though will only cost 50p. I've booked. I'll bring my Senior Git card, so I should get the pint for 33p. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Bmblbzzz on August 13, 2017, 13:26:30 The North Star (at Swindon) Has a connection with an existing pub name seen in a few places though not as far as I know Swindon: The Seven Stars. Those aren't just random stars, they refer to a railway of a particular sort: the underground railway that took escaped slaves from the southern states of the USA to Canada. The Seven Stars are the Plough (as we call it, perhaps in this context it would be more appropriate to give the American name, Big Dipper) which point the way north. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: grahame on August 13, 2017, 14:00:58 The North Star (at Swindon) Has a connection with an existing pub name seen in a few places though not as far as I know Swindon: The Seven Stars. Those aren't just random stars, they refer to a railway of a particular sort: the underground railway that took escaped slaves from the southern states of the USA to Canada. The Seven Stars are the Plough (as we call it, perhaps in this context it would be more appropriate to give the American name, Big Dipper) which point the way north. http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/innsigns/seven-stars.htm - Midlands Pubs - tells us some more: Quote The Plough is the nickname of Ursa Major but is also known as The Great Bear or Big Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank. Technically however, The Big Dipper is not a constellation but an asterism, a term for a distinctive group of stars. The names of the seven stars which make up The Plough are Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Phad and Merak. If you have been a scout or served in the armed forces you've probably been taught how to locate The Plough because, for those living in the Northern Hemisphere, you can use it to find other important stars. For example, it is a great navigational tool when you draw an imaginary line from Merak [bottom right] through Dubhe [top right] out of the cup of the dipper you will arrive at Polaris, the North Star. My thought for Swindon's pub as "North Star" was however based on the North Star locomotive - see - http://www.broadgauge.org.uk/locos/loco_north_star.html - and on the area os Swindon that's taken its name from that too. Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: TonyK on August 13, 2017, 14:39:26 The Split Ticket
Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: Red Squirrel on August 13, 2017, 17:25:39 The North Star (at Swindon) Has a connection with an existing pub name seen in a few places though not as far as I know Swindon: The Seven Stars. Those aren't just random stars, they refer to a railway of a particular sort: the underground railway that took escaped slaves from the southern states of the USA to Canada. The Seven Stars are the Plough (as we call it, perhaps in this context it would be more appropriate to give the American name, Big Dipper) which point the way north. http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk/innsigns/seven-stars.htm - Midlands Pubs - tells us some more: Quote The Plough is the nickname of Ursa Major but is also known as The Great Bear or Big Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank. Technically however, The Big Dipper is not a constellation but an asterism, a term for a distinctive group of stars. The names of the seven stars which make up The Plough are Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Phad and Merak. If you have been a scout or served in the armed forces you've probably been taught how to locate The Plough because, for those living in the Northern Hemisphere, you can use it to find other important stars. For example, it is a great navigational tool when you draw an imaginary line from Merak [bottom right] through Dubhe [top right] out of the cup of the dipper you will arrive at Polaris, the North Star. My thought for Swindon's pub as "North Star" was however based on the North Star locomotive - see - http://www.broadgauge.org.uk/locos/loco_north_star.html - and on the area os Swindon that's taken its name from that too. 111 The Great Bear was, of course, the GWR's only 4-6-2 loco. Recognising that there was no future or necessity in such a bizarre wheel arrangement, Swindon rebuilt* the loco as a Castle Class, naming it Viscount Churchill as presumably they were running out of crumbling ruins to draw inspiration from. * i.e. threw away pretty much everything except the name plates - easily fooled, those old-time GWR accountants Title: Re: Pub names - names for pubs near stations? Post by: bobm on August 13, 2017, 17:33:38 The Split Ticket And after a few pints, the Spilt Ticket... This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |