The London Zone

[ Back To Engine Room MAIN HOMEPAGE ] [ To Pub Index ] [ To Nightclub Index ] Not strictly in the city centre but a lively place non the less. You are close enough to duck into town if you want. Ten minutes walk from all other zones. Starting at the south end of This section of London road at the junction of Abbeydale Road, where The Royal is, we proceed in to town to the last, Royal Oak, round the back which is nearly at St. Mary's Gate.
 
  


R & R - London Road Dec 1999

The Palais, or Club Generation,
or the Locarno ballroom,
or Tiffany's Nightclub
or The Music Factory, or Bed.
London Road, December 1999
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Pub Name
P
J
O
F
R/F
Since
The Royal
1 Abbeydale Road
1
S
Y
N
 
2/1
old
The Cremorne
185 London Road
1
 
Y
N
1/1
1833
The Old Crown
137 London Road
 
 
  
 
 
old
Tramways Hotel
126 London Road
N
 
 
 
2/1
old
The Barrel Inn
123 London Road
 
 
  
 
3/1
1882
Sheldon
27 Hill Street
 
 
Y
    
1841
The Pheasant
96 London Road
1
 
  
 
1/1
old
The Albion
75 London Road
N
Y
Y
N
1/1
old
R & R
also Harvey's Tavern
also Harveys Bar
But origionally The Hermitage

Origional Pub Bombed 1940
11 London Road
2
S
N
N
1
1/2
1832
1940's?
Beer Engine
former Royal Oak
17 Cemetery Road
 
Y
Y
Y
1/1
old



  

The Royal

1 Abbeydale Road

Stands At The Groin

Of the Junction

Between

London Road
and
Abbeydale Road
The Double Window on the
corner behind the traffic light
used to be another main door
in the same style of the other
door under the hanging sign
R&R is a pub with lots of stupid bright green and purple stuff on the walls, pleasent atmosphere, but liable to be packed to the limit when the palais club opens up again. And on visiting in December, the bitter tasted as if it was watered down. There is a robin reliant suspended from the ceiling, and a significant investment in modern projecting disco lights.
    The origional Hermitage dated back to 1832, but that building was bombed in the German blitzing of Sheffield 12-12-1940, when much of the town centre was destroyed. When this building replaced it, it was the first double decked pub, the upstairs deck leaves drinkers with an excellent view down on to London road, and toward Brammall lane football stadium.

The Cremone used to be much smaller pub. Then about a decade ago it expanded into Otto Furnature shop next door. Otto's used to have the two corner shops at either side of Randall Place, but now they have only the left hand one at 175 London Road, and at the start of the year 2000, the notice in the window says " retiring after 101 years ! ". The Cremone is named after a racehorse, the 1872 Derby winner, but I don't know what it was called for the first 39 years of buisiness. Otto's shop is going to be a betting shop, whch is kind of fitting. At one side of Randall Place the customers will be sitting in a racehorce, and at the other they will be studying them!
 
  

Key For The Pub Tables
Beers - A summary of the regular Bitters  and Ales that are always available on draught. Guest beers are ignored.
Lagers - A list of what lagers are available on draught. Not Bottled lagers, as there is always a huge range these days.
Stouts - Ususally Guinness or Murphys

 

Pool - N means no pool table, or else the number indicates how many tables are in the establishment, S means they have a funny shaped pool table.
Jukebox - Y means there is a normal jukebox ( Cd's ), V means there's a video jukebox, N means no jukebox, R means old fashioned jukebox with records, like in the old days
Outside - Y means there is seating and tables where you can drink outside, S means you can stand outside but there is no furnature, N means not allowed ( sometimes a bye law where the tram passes )
Football - Is there a table football game? N means no, the number is how many tables
Rooms/Floors - The format of the public areas of the building, How many rooms on how many floors.


 

Since - When the building was built, or became a pub. Built is the top number when there are two. Also see rebuild details, when available, in the pub name column, This information is often very difficult to obtain. Old means more than 100 years old.