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02-06-2007, 09:28 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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If you were given the chance to name a pub with a wildlife name, what would it be?
Eg-The Two Blackbirds
Mine would be 'The Odonate Arms' 
What would yours be?
No rude ones...just for fun! 
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02-06-2007, 09:30 PM
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the rampant moose 
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02-06-2007, 09:31 PM
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Toad Tavern
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02-06-2007, 10:01 PM
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The Golden Oriole
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02-06-2007, 10:10 PM
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The Pheasant Plucker.
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02-06-2007, 10:16 PM
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the tiddly tench
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02-06-2007, 11:15 PM
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The Grey Squirrel
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03-06-2007, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Kymba  The Grey Squirrel | There is a real one called The Black Squirrel in Letchworth. I've always liked The Slug and Lettuce as well - can't remember where that is: Sheffield? |
03-06-2007, 07:45 AM
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I came across the "Sand Martin" yesterday near Grays in Essex.
Resisted the temptation to go inside .... not .
There is also one near Ely called the "Lazy Otter".
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03-06-2007, 08:32 AM
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No Puffin
Soon to come to England already here in Scotland!
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03-06-2007, 09:11 AM
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The Turned Stone
or even... The Stoned Tern
or given the imminent smoking ban...
The Dun Puffin
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03-06-2007, 09:37 AM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sheffield, FPRSY
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Originally Posted by smartie There is a real one called The Black Squirrel in Letchworth. I've always liked The Slug and Lettuce as well - can't remember where that is: Sheffield? | There used to be one in Sheffield but it's closed now (fortunately) although it's actually a chain so you'll find them (or used to find them) all over the place.
I was actually thinking about this last night (until I discovered the football on Eurosport) and wondering why there are so few plant/animal named pubs in Sheffield (we tend to go for industry, aristocracy and architecture). There's the ' Red Deer' although the 'Old Red Deer' is closed, or is it vice versa. There's 'The Grouse' on the way to Baslow. I'm sure there's a 'Red Lion' somewhere.
Hey, good idea for a fact-finding field trip ....  |
03-06-2007, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by smartie There is a real one called The Black Squirrel in Letchworth. I've always liked The Slug and Lettuce as well - can't remember where that is: Sheffield? |
The most unusual real oneI remember is the 'Nine Moorhens' - might be fewer - near Hitchin. |
03-06-2007, 11:59 AM
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We still have quite a few old pub names in Lancashire - White Crow, Swan With Two Necks, Oak Tree, Grey Mare, Dog & Partridge, Hinds Head, White Hart, too many to name but we are losing a few to fun pubs.
My favourite name is the Blue Boar on Deansgate in Bolton been there well over a hundred years. Hope it's not had a name change.
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03-06-2007, 12:43 PM
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Apparently there are:
The Sociable Plover at Portsmouth
The Drunken Duck at Ambleside
The Rat and Parrot at Bath
Within two mile of my home there are:
The Beehive
The Roaring Donkey
The Snooty Fox
OK, the first two are more domesticated animals so perhaps don't count.
My suggestions would be:
The Tipsy Tiddler
The Stooping Hawk
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03-06-2007, 12:57 PM
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there's one called the Otter's pocket that my chap stumbled across once great name I reckon |
03-06-2007, 01:21 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset, UK
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The Flamingo's Knees
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03-06-2007, 01:30 PM
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There's a pub in Reading calld The Spread Eagle which always makes me smile
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03-06-2007, 05:18 PM
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Has to be The Swallows!
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03-06-2007, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dbozkurt No Puffin
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My pub would be The Octopuses Arms |
03-06-2007, 07:25 PM
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The Stiff Stoat
The Rat and Flask
The Badgers Sett
The Bat and Basket (an old folk tale)
The Wit and Weasel
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03-06-2007, 09:31 PM
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The Rampant ...
Rodent |
03-06-2007, 09:34 PM
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the marauding mouse (or moose)
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04-06-2007, 03:57 PM
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05-06-2007, 02:15 PM
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The Firkin Squirrel | | | |
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