Golden Lion - Cannock Road
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Golden Lion - Cannock Road
Image: © John M Taken: 23 Oct 2010
Sizzling Pub Co's contractors have given the exterior of the pub a complete makeover this week painting the brickwork white and installing new signage. The building a notable pre-war public house by local architect Richard Twentyman and was locally listed. The interior features were removed during an earlier refurbishment.Image The company has applied this style to a number of pubs in the area and it could be argued that this sort of corporate style rebranding of a chain of pubs is akin to the widespread excesses of the 1970s by the major breweries such as Watney's and Courage. Although not now a brewer the current owner of Sizzling Pubs, Mitchell & Butlers, was one of those companies.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.603949
Longitude
-2.105088