Pubs and Clubs

The Crow’s Nest [Fine Ales, open all day]. The name of the pub built in 1888, has nothing to do with birds or ship’s lookouts. It is named after the surrounding fields. Crow Nest, Near Crow Nest & Middle Crow Nest.

Although looking at the photo, it doesn’t take a great leap of imagination to see the bulbous bow of the SS FerryRoad heading towards you.

It was described when it was built as being the finest example of this type hotel in the area.

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The Carey Hall a part wooden structure in Ramsden Dock Road transmogrified into the Municipal & Transport Workers Club in the 1960’s, which like a lot of popular pubs & clubs struggled in the 1990’s economic climate & finally closed in the late ‘90’s. It was completely refurbished to rise again phoenix-like with the suitably nautical name of  “Chandler’s” [Fine Ales, open all day].

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The Royal opened in April, 1902. After some legal problems in 1900 with the licence. Finally it was transferred from the Royal in the Strand to the Royal Hotel, Barrow Island. Today it is seeing a revival as a hotel with 22 rooms being available at reasonable rates.

[Fine Ales, open all day].

Devonshire Buildings came with its very own pub imaginatively named “The Devonshire Hotel.” Cases’ Brewery was finally granted a licence for the premises in September 1877 after some legal wrangling the previous year. 'Cases' already had a pub on Barrow Island called the “Old Barrow Arms” granted a licence in 1873 as a stop-gap until the Devonshire was finished. The Old Barrow Arms was situated in St Andrews Street roughly where Gilbert’s Tool Shop [the old Co-op] is now. When The Devonshire Hotel was opened in late 1877 the Old Barrow Arms took the pledge and became a Sunday School.

At least part of Barrow Island Farm survives as St Pat’s Club in Farm Street. I think the concert room shown in the picture on the right is part of a barn, (note the ventilation slot towards the apex of the gable end), which was adjacent to the farmhouse in the left picture.