tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post709700417570890402..comments2023-09-20T12:50:40.208+01:00Comments on Pete Brown: The Red Hand Part IIAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011702209832734676noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-61942574455894477682009-11-23T11:13:31.149+00:002009-11-23T11:13:31.149+00:00I stayed there once when attending a boring trade ...I stayed there once when attending a boring trade fair at the NEC. The hotel complemented it perfectly...Andrewhttp://www.lager-frenzy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-65577083214506208892009-11-18T18:36:56.335+00:002009-11-18T18:36:56.335+00:00hotel in Sheffield, Grovnor?hotel in Sheffield, Grovnor?Crown Breweryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209404597552162037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-31676090355366288462009-11-18T14:24:53.701+00:002009-11-18T14:24:53.701+00:00It would be an interesting search to find the last...It would be an interesting search to find the last pub built in the uk. That's pub as opposed to bar it will probably one of the estate pubs on some late sixities developement. Not sure anything built since could be described as a pub.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-1507488784674747922009-11-18T12:58:25.237+00:002009-11-18T12:58:25.237+00:00I love the way that in the bottom photo, the air d...I love the way that in the bottom photo, the air duct is a feature and not an eyesore. I suppose when you are living with damp on the walls and chip butties for fine dining, this hotel was pretty damn radical.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670495301758701170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-79211446343389568172009-11-18T12:45:53.111+00:002009-11-18T12:45:53.111+00:00i don't have a sneaking appreciation, i'll...i don't have a sneaking appreciation, i'll happily admit to loving modernist buildings and i think that hotel looks pretty good - the exterior anyway, interior looks a bit cheap and dingymichael-jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955427799334749181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-21929158736465780692009-11-18T12:06:36.845+00:002009-11-18T12:06:36.845+00:00I must say I have a sneaking appreciation for mode...I must say I have a sneaking appreciation for modernist architecture (case in point the isokon building in hampstead). Britain's problems were more with a lack of money and adherence to brutalism. <br /><br />Saying that I wonder if anyone ever built a modernist pub? What is the new style of pub? Should we move away from Cod Victoriana and tudor buildings?DunnAlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928924541015186533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-5949801792424144792009-11-18T10:54:56.548+00:002009-11-18T10:54:56.548+00:00That hotel looks... hmm... yes...
If anyone wonde...That hotel looks... hmm... yes...<br /><br />If anyone wonders what happened to it, it remained in four star luxury until 2008 when it closed down last year to become a Travelodge...<br />http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2008/06/02/sadness-as-coventry-s-leofric-hotel-closes-92746-21008623/<br /><br />Still at least Travelodge sell bottle-conditioned ale.Bodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223483269793919785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30743480.post-91632814819207214302009-11-18T10:20:06.612+00:002009-11-18T10:20:06.612+00:00A really well designed pub is almost timeless.A really well designed pub is almost timeless.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.com