The Phoenix - Rising from the Ashes

After a lot of delays, the Phoenix re-opened at 5:00pm on Friday 14th January 2011. It’s had serious amount of work carried out in the last few months and for many former customers, it’ll be a total contrast to the old days. In short, the place was stripped back to the brickwork and started again from scratch!

A new hardwood floor, leather sofas, piped modern "Musak", but gone are the old barrels behind the bar which many old regulars were perhaps expecting to see return along with the Draught Bass.

Handpull-wise, there’s now Butcombe Bitter, Sharp’s Doom Bar as well as Weston’s Cider. On Keg, there’s Heineken, Amstel & Moretti Lagers, Thatcher’s Gold & Draught Guinness.

 

 Here's the proper job - Open!

Only Fools & Horses no more

 

Used for the rear shots of the "Nags Head", the Waggon and Horses has now closed and has nearly completed it's transition into another block of flats in Stapleton Road.