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Offline celia

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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 24 November 07 19:39 GMT (UK) »
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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 25 November 07 21:23 GMT (UK) »
I think that's the same picture I posted up above, Celia, and it's not the right place :P

Still says Volunteer, tho' ;D ;D ;D

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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #11 on: Monday 26 January 09 13:59 GMT (UK) »
There's a pub called the Rifleman in Stafford, on Common Road near Marston Road. 
I last went past it about 5 weeks ago and the lease is up for grabs. 

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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #12 on: Monday 26 January 09 15:04 GMT (UK) »
Google Books search 'pub names +rifle volunteer' (page 325) gives an explanation for the name.



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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #13 on: Monday 26 January 09 18:01 GMT (UK) »
I googled "rifle volunteer" Stafford and got the link to the defunct pubs.   It is the one I thought and it is the "right" one referrd to in this thread:  the "Rifleman" used to be the "Rifle Volunteer:"

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 Parker's Burslem Brewery Co Ltd - Stoke on-Trent
Stafford, 20 Common Road Rifleman (formerly Rifle Volunteer Arms) Lovely leaded front windows, including one with 'PARKER'S ... ALES'.

 

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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #14 on: Monday 02 February 09 17:53 GMT (UK) »
I drove past it yesterday, it is still there, looks a bid sad though!  Best Wishes from linell in Stafford.
Black Country Stringer, Sidaway, Mansell, Haynes, Westwood, Yardley, Reading, Worton, Willetts.

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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 03 February 09 21:54 GMT (UK) »
I would also agree it was 'Rifle Volunteer Arms' .. now called The Rifleman .I used to live at No 10 Common Rd many years ago..Not been past for many years but I believe it still there..

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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 04 February 09 19:13 GMT (UK) »
I'll look out for No 10 Dave next time I drive up Common Road and let you know how the old place is doing :)  Best Wishes linell.
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Re: The Rifle_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arms?
« Reply #17 on: Friday 11 March 16 21:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
The pub has since been turned into a private residence.
Passed that way in August 2014 looking for boundary road.
Found by googling...
"The pub closed in 2008 and was purhased by A P Webb Contractors Ltd whose premises backed onto the pub car park. Planning permission was granted for conversion to a dwelling and an extension to time of permission granted in November 2012. The property was eventually converted to resdential use in late 2013."
Absolutely 'Nothing' left to identify as a former Public House!!
Mel C
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