CARRAGHER’S BAR, CAMLOUGH, CO. DOWN. 12 Main Street, BT35 7JG.  028 3083 
0515. Great news. This wonderful Northern Ireland bar has now been given 
the protection of listing by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. 
The reason is this is so welcome is that Carragher’s was probably, quite 
simply, the finest still unlisted pub in the UK. The building went up in 
1862 and was refitted in most spectacular style at the end of the C19. 
The layout is much the same as the magnificent Crown Bar in Belfast – 
counter – drinking space – and, parallel to the counter, a set of 
drinking booths. But, of course, it’s on a miniature scale compared to 
the Crown. The downside (sorry) for visitors is the very limited opening 
times (from mid-evening) but it’s worth the effort. Even if you can’t 
visit do have a look at Mick Slaughter’s pics on the 
www.heritagepubs.org.uk website (National Inventory Part One and scroll 
down to N. Ireland).

COACHMAKERS ARMS, HANLEY, STAFFS
As part of the campaign to save the National Inventory-listed 
Coachmakers Arms from being bulldozed, there is an e-petition on the 
Number 10 website and licensees Sue & Jase are asking for as many CAMRA 
members as possible to add their signatures to it so please click on 
www.petitions.number10.gov.uk

MARCH HARE, ASTON-UNDER LYNE, GTR MANCHESTER. c.1960 pub. Steve Gwilt 
reports  ‘The two rooms to the right have been knocked into one. A 
former storeroom at the rear of the left hand side vault has been turned 
into a pool room. There is now an amazing external smoking shelter to 
the rear of the right-hand room and the whole place looks to have been 
refurbished. Externally from the front the pub looks unchanged. The 
barmaid told me that the alterations had been carried out in September 
2008.’

RED LION, AMPNEY ST PETER, GLOS. Allan Marshall kindly advises this 
fantastic unspoilt rural pub no longer opens Sat lunchtimes.

PRINCE OF WALES, CORSE, Staunton, Glos. Mark Dunham points out the 
postcode is GL19 3RF.

Geoff