SITTING down at the pub and enjoying a drink and a few nibbles with friends is a distant memory as England's coronavirus lockdown continues.

Across Reading there are many pubs popular with residents that have been forced to temporarily close.

But what about the pubs in the town from years gone by?

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Using Reading Museum's website we have listed the pubs that used to entertain guests in Reading and what happened to them.

All pictures are from the Reading Museum website and more of these can be found here.

The Barley Mow Inn, London Street

According the closedpubs.co.uk website this pub closed in the 1980s.

Barley Mow. Credit: Reading Museum

Barley Mow. Credit: Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council)

The Beehive

Reading Museum's website explains this pub was located on the corner of St John's Road and St John's Hill and was a pub until the 1990s.

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The Beehive. Credit: Reading Museum

The Beehive. Credit: Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council)

Anglers Arms

This pub used to sit on the corner of Albert Road and Leopold Road in Newtown.

Reading Museum's website explains it was closed in 1975 and demolished as part of the development of the area.

Anglers Arms. Credit: Reading Museum

Anglers Arms. Credit: Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council)

Queens Hotel, Queens Road

The Queens Hotel pub was located on Queens Road on the corner with East Street.

Queens Hotel pub. Credit: Reading Museum

Queens Hotel pub. Credit: Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council)

Brewers Arms

Brewers Arms. Credit: Reading Museum

Brewers Arms. Credit: Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council)

The Brewers Arms was on Bridge Street close to the corner with Castle Street.

The picture was taken around 1920.

Oxford Arms

Oxford Arms. Credit: Reading Museum

Oxford Arms. Credit: Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council)

The Oxford Arms was at the bottom of Silver Street.

The pub was demolished in 1959.

Other lost pubs

According to the website closedpubs.co.uk, these are some other pubs that used to be in Reading.

  • Alfred's Head, Chatham Street
  • Bear Inn, Bridge Street
  • Blue Lion, Willow Street
  • Brannigans, The Riverside
  • Brunswick Arms, Brunswick Street
  • Coopers Arms, Market Place
  • County Arms, Watlington Street
  • Cross Keys, Gun Street
  • Dove, Orts Road
  • Engineers Arms, Whitley Wood Lane
  • Fox, Oxford Road
  • Greyhound, Silver Street
  • Hop Leaf, Wantage Road
  • Lifeboat, St John's Hill
  • Maidens, Shinfield Road
  • Oak Tree, Spey Road
  • Red Lion, Southampton Street
  • Ship, Duke Street
  • White Hart, Oxford Road