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Copyright © 2003-08 Purr 'n' Fur UK
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British pub signs featuring cats
Cats that Got Away
Signs which 'lost' their cats, inns that changed their names, etc
Our galleries of current signs are here:
Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3 Gallery 4 Gallery 5
or there is an index of all the inns included in the galleries
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Regrettably, changing times and circumstances mean that the number of pubs in the UK is decreasing, and the following shows the signs for ones we know of that used to include cats, but are no longer in existence. |
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Alley Cats |
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Black Cat |
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Cat and Cockatoo |
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Cat and Fiddle |
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Cat and Mutton |
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Cat's Whiskers |
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Cheshire Cat |
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Ginger Tom |
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The Office |
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Old Butcher's Arms |
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Rampant Cat |
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Robin Hood |
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The following pubs still exist and at one time featured a cat on their sign, but no longer do. In the years given, the cats were still there! |
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Cat and Lantern |
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Live and Let Live |
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Live and Let Live |
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New Broom |
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Old Wine Vaults |
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Red Well |
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The Romper |
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Whitecotes |
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White Horse |
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The pubs listed below apparently don't exist any more, or have changed their name, and we have not been able to find any signs relating to their previous existence. Can any readers help out? Cat and Bagpipes, Edinburgh, Scotland. Cat Cracker, Isle of Grain, Kent (south-eastern England). Cat and Canary, Henfield, West Sussex (south-eastern England). Cat and Fiddle, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Cat's Eyes, Baillieston, near Glasgow, Scotland. Copy Cat, Glasgow, Scotland. Fiddler's Cat Tavern, Sheerness, Kent. Maltese Cat, Roehampton, south-west London. |
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Finally, these establishments are not pubs and we don't think ever were: Blue Cat, Stockport, Greater Manchester: is a wine bar. Cat Hotel, Luton, Bedfordshire: is a hotel for cats (i.e. a cattery). Cats Inn, Deverill, Warminster, Wiltshire: another 'cat hotel'. Cat's Bar, Middlewich, Cheshire: seems to be a café and had no pictorial sign. Cheshire Cat, Fallowfield, Manchester: this looks like a club of some kind. There are Fat Cat establishments in a number of towns and cities, but these are 'café bars' and not pubs as such. |
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All the signs on this page are shown by courtesy of the Inn Sign Society except where indicated,
and we are grateful particularly to Brian Curtis for kindly providing them.
Our galleries of current cat signs are here:
Gallery 1 Gallery 2 Gallery 3 Gallery 4 Gallery 5
If you know of any more pub signs showing cats,
or have information about sign or name changes,
please
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All additions to or suggestions for the gallery gratefully received.
You might like to read about the adventures of Fleetwood who has visited over 60 pubs in Scotland and England with his humans
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Our featured feline at the head of the page, shown having quite a lot of fun, is Ragamuffin, or 'Rags' for short: sadly he is no longer with us. A cat of great character, who seemed to live by the maxim 'Life is for living', it was devastating for me when that life was cut short by a road accident. A 'rescue' cat, he lived with me in North Wales for less than four years only. You can see a little tribute to him here — and a more flattering photo.
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