This post is one of several that went missing when we converted to the new site. We will be reinstating these as we come across them.
This was first added in May 2005 and shows The American Tavern in Mill Street, 1970 just before demolition.
Photograph courtesy of Gordon Mann.
I was Landlord there for 18 months/2 years circa 1996, also ran the Rocket for the receivers at the same time. There was at least one landlord after me. Keith McConnell
The photo is a little misleading as although the surrounding buildings might have been demolished in 1970, the American Tavern lasted until at least 1979.
The comments that were added to the original post and the names of the contributors follow….
I remember my grandmother telling me that the name of the pub was given this name through her suggestion because of the number of Americans that drank there during the war! Her name was Lily Dunill from Lawson Street from Sue Marchant
I remember the Dodds were tenants at this pub in the late 1960s early 1970s I was friendly with their daughter Gillian. from Issy. Shepherd
I drank in here in 1976 and thru” to 79 so it was demolished in the 70s. from johnny nic
I used to drink there in the late 70″s early 80″s, friendly people, nice atmosphere. from Stephen Martin
I met my wife there, in the juke box room in ’71, we’ve been married for 37 years how time flies. Good memories of the pub with my mate Robert Hodgson also, and from there on to Tito’s on a Saturday night.
Geoff, seeing this photo brings back so many good memories and laughs we had in there, and I remember well seeing your ‘wife to be’ carrying you to Tito’s every Friday night.
I don`t know how this pub came by its name,but it pre-dates any G.I.s that may have drunk there. The American Tavern appears on the 1901 census as a beerhouse (able to sell beers and wine but not spirits) at 5 Mill Street. Edmund Holliday was the landlord. It survived the 1970`s & 1980`s,finally being demolished circa 1995.