NI UPDATE - PEYTON ARMS, STOKE LYNE, OXON. Now deleted from the NI. 
Research has show that much of what we see dates only from the 1970s (e.g. the counter).

TAY BRIDGE BAR, DUNDEE. Welcome news from Mick Slaughter is that, despite fears about a wrecking proposal, the Tay Bridge Bar is safe. 
Apparently Dundee City Council served a buildings preservation notice to the owners after it was learned that Historic Scotland were intending to list it. A sound decision from Historic Scotland and well done Dundee Council.

FAIRVIEW INN, OXFORD. My last bulletin mentioned a stunning interwar lounge. Should have read 1959 lounge (even rarer than interwar stuff I should say). It’s called the Cotswold Lounge. (Thanks to Chris Witt for putting me right).

PAUL PRY, WORCESTER. I’m told by the Conservation Officer at Worcester, Carl Jukes, who works more or less next door, that there are new owners who are preparing this c.1900 pub for reopening in several weeks time.

PRINCE ARTHUR, WALTON, LIVERPOOL.  Sean Murphy says a local paper reports that the Prince Arthur was torched for the third time recently. 
The fire was laid at the top of the stairs, in front of an armoured steel door. The firemen put out the fire which, it is thought, has not done a great deal of damage to the ground floor interior. The pub is closed for the time being partly because of the fire but principally because of the cannabis farm which was discovered beyond the armoured door. A 35-year-old local man has been arrested. (Not any recipients of this email, I trust. Please don’t be put off – it’s a belting Edwardian interior. Well worth a visit).

CIDER HOUSE, DEFFORD, WORCS. Marshall Allan writes to say: ‘as a result of illness the opening hours at the Defford Cider House are revised from Monday, 20th July. After this date, it is only open Fridays and Saturdays, 11am till 2pm and 6pm till 10pm. Sundays, noon till 3pm. At all other times it is CLOSED.’ Bad news indeed, for what must be the most elementary pub in the UK.

‘RAISING THE BAR’ - SCOTTISH HERITAGE PUBS. You may remember that Historic Scotland were stimulated by CAMRA’s work (chiefly that of Mick
Slaughter) on historic pub interiors to carry out  a thematic review which resulted in a goodly number of pubs being listed. A publication resulting from the project is now are freely available to download from pdf at http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/raising-the-bar-pubs-booklet.pdf
Well worth a look

HERITAGE GONE? Do any of you wise and frequent pub-goers know of a pub where there is a difference in price of a pint between one part of the pub and another? When I started my under-age drinking in Brum a pint was cheaper in the public bar than the lounge/smoke room/saloon. A month or so ago I went back to the (McMullens) Cricketers in Woodford (NE London) where they used to charge 4p (latterly 2p) more between the posh side of the pub than the other.  Not any more – diversity has clearly given way to inclusiveness (marvellous!). Are we now financially equal in the sight of God and the landlord in all pubs in this land? Would be nice to think it were not so, but … Do let me know if it’s £2.50 in your public bar and £2.60 in the … I’ll go for the £2.50 side!

‘BEER’ SURVEY. In the last bulletin I asked for your opinions on whether you preferred the old-style, single-pub articles that used to appear in the monthly Beer, or the new ones covering many pubs in the new, quarterly version. I got 43 replies which, I suppose, is not bad as it's about 1 in 4. The result is:
Preferred old-style single pub articles  28 Prefer new multi-pub articles  9
Not fussed       3
Hadn't noticed  2
Spoiled ballot paper  1 (I'm not sure what he thought) The message is pretty clear but it has to be said that since the magazine only comes out four tiles a year it would probably be difficult to revert to looking at just one pub. Maybe two or three in a region or perhaps with a theme  might be the answer. Pub Heritage Group are digesting these results and considering what to suggest to the editor. 
Will report back on how things go.

Geoff