leesmiffo Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I just wondered if anyone knows of any decent photos of the yorkshire grey pub that was in sheffield centre. I mainly need one of the hanging sign, which from one very blurry image looks like a soldier maybe ? I build miniatures of Sheffield buildings for people and have a commission for this particular pub, but cant seem to find any good enough images of the sign. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Picture Sheffield never fails to deliver....... http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?&searchterms=Yorkshire_grey&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%Yorkshire_grey%%3B#rowNumber6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 On 18 June 2018 at 20:18, RLongden said: Picture Sheffield never fails to deliver....... http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?&searchterms=Yorkshire_grey&action=search&keywords=all%3BCONTAINS%3B%Yorkshire_grey%%3B#rowNumber6 I thought it had a picture of a grey horse on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I wonder why its name was changed from the Minerva and when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 It was the Minerva originally, then in the late 70’s became “Bar Rio” until maybe 83-84, when it changed hands again and became The Yorkshire Grey, until is closed and was demolished o/a 2006. tozzin, you are absolutely right in thinking the original pub emblem was something resembling a horse, as this shot from ‘84 shows the facade at that time. Oddly though, the animal looks more like a Roebuck than a horse, which was the name of the pub across the road? I’d be pretty certain the image is the animal of the Whitbread Brewery’s logo, made more credible if the Yorkshire Grey was a Whitbread house? Or, I wonder if the shopfitters had got the wrong address and by the time they had it all nailed on, it was too late? On the later photos from the 90’s, until it closed o/a 2006, it maintained the infantryman image. Bar Rio. That brought back memories of music so loud, you had to fight against it to get in the door. Plus, it seemed to attract a rather ‘eclectic’ mix of clientele, given it was a ‘fun pub’. What I do remember is that there was an almost guaranteed mass brawl every weekend, which spilled out into the surrounding car parks and was probably more entertaining as spectator, rather than combatant!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmiffo Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Apologies for the late reply, i have been away. Thankyou all for the info and pics, just what i needed. Dont know what i did, but i looked on picture sheffield and couldnt find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 This 1972 Picture Sheffield photograph of the Minerva Tavern/Yorkshire Grey(bottom right) and the area behind the pub show the vast changes that have taken place when compared to the modern day Google Earth photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 On 21 June 2018 at 09:02, RLongden said: It was the Minerva originally, then in the late 70’s became “Bar Rio” until maybe 83-84, when it changed hands again and became The Yorkshire Grey, until is closed and was demolished o/a 2006. tozzin, you are absolutely right in thinking the original pub emblem was something resembling a horse, as this shot from ‘84 shows the facade at that time. Oddly though, the animal looks more like a Roebuck than a horse, which was the name of the pub across the road? I’d be pretty certain the image is the animal of the Whitbread Brewery’s logo, made more credible if the Yorkshire Grey was a Whitbread house? Or, I wonder if the shopfitters had got the wrong address and by the time they had it all nailed on, it was too late? On the later photos from the 90’s, until it closed o/a 2006, it maintained the infantryman image. Bar Rio. That brought back memories of music so loud, you had to fight against it to get in the door. Plus, it seemed to attract a rather ‘eclectic’ mix of clientele, given it was a ‘fun pub’. What I do remember is that there was an almost guaranteed mass brawl every weekend, which spilled out into the surrounding car parks and was probably more entertaining as spectator, rather than combatant!?! IT is the Whitbread logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I was a little puzzled with the infantryman sign for the Yorkshire Grey pub. The Yorkshire Grey was a type of coach horse ,which became extinct in 1937, and there are many pubs bearing the name of the horse and not the mythical infantryman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leesmiffo Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 Yeah, i wondered about that, Why the infantryman and not the horse that you would expect ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 It seems there was a military reference “Yorkshire Gray/Grey” too?...... https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1379006 ...last paragraph “Above the entrance bay, in a pedimented brick and stone aedicule, a bas relief of a mounted soldier in Yorkshire Gray uniform and with drawn sword, in the background a castle; carved by "Mr Plows" in 1878. INTERIOR: retains only cornices from late C19 interior.“ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Interesting!..From a comprehensive wiki list of army nicknames the only references to "grey" are:- Glasgow Greys...70th ( Surrey) Regiment of Foot later 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Grey Lancers ( Empress of India). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 An alternate idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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