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White Ladies Close, WORCESTER, WR1 1PZ

Another of Worcester's declining number of back street public houses. It is located on the corner of White Ladies Walk and Lansdowne Street. When photographed in October 2012 it was open, but sadly it closed sometime around the middle of 2013. In February 2014 a planning application to turn it into two houses and a groundfloor flat had been submitted to the planning authority. This pub, as can be seen, was at one time a Hansons house. Julia Hanson & Sons Limited had its origins in a wine & spirit business which later went into brewing in Dudley. In 1943 the firm was taken over by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries Ltd but in the early 1990's the brewery closed and production was moved to Wolverhampton. There are not many pubs which still have Hansons signage and it looks as if there is now going to be one fewer. Image Image The closed pub photographed in August 2017:- Image

Looking distinctly home made, the sign is as basic as you can get. The public house takes its name from the street or maybe it was the other way around. Image Image

A view of the front of the pub which unfortunately had to be taken into the sun, but the shot is probably unrepeatable as the pub has now closed. Image Image

Located on the corner of Lansdowne Street and White Ladies Walk, this former Julia Hanson public house closed a few years ago. All the signage has gone, although the bracket from which the pub sign hung still remains. The building is apparently now in residential use. The pub when open in October 2012:- Image

The Royal Grammar School Worcester is an independent coeducational school which was founded before 1291. It is one of the oldest British independent schools. This building in Little London houses the school's Design Technology Department.

On Barbourne Road.

Located on one of the main roads going north out of Worcester, this public house should not to be confused with the one called Ye Olde Talbot in Friar Street in the city centre. The Barbourne Road Talbot is a John Barras Pub Company member. This is a small chain of public houses/restaurants which commenced business in 1994. Update:- The pub no longer appears to be part of the John Barras chain. Image Image Photographed in February 2016:- Image

John Talbot, who was born in 1390, fought in the famous Battle of Agincourt. King Henry V made him Earl of Shrewsbury. The Earl then used a hunting dog known as a Talbot as the emblem on his shield. Talbot was a name often given in those times to individual dogs so it was perhaps used to honour a particular dog rather than a breed. The Talbot breed does not seem to have existed until considerably later and then, probably in the 18th century, appears to have become extinct. Whatever the exact truth, the Talbot has always been a very popular name for public houses and inns. Image Image Update:- The pub now has a different sign:- Image