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THE WEDDINGTON
GROVE
Picture Gallery III
- 'The Fox & Crane' (1996 - 2007) - the public bar &
restaurant area
These pictures taken a year before the 'Fox & Crane' finally closed. Click each
thumbnail image to see the full-size picture, and then use your browser's
back-arrow to return to this page. Click on the links to the left for more
pictures.
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Hallway of the Fox & Crane
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Fox & Crane interior
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Fox & Crane interior
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The bar at the Fox and Crane
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Interior of the Fox & Crame
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Fox & Crane interior
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Fox & Crane interior
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Internal doors
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Fireplace
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Another fireplace
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Inside original window with wooden sashes
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Ceiling lights
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Original Victorian floortiles in the entranceway of the Fox & Crane
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Range stove in original fireplace
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A signed menu from the day sports commentator Murray Walker and his wife, Elizabeth visted the pub ion 22 June 2003*
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Lizzie Udall and Megan Drake. Former employees of the Fox & Crane behind the bar.*
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Former Fox and Crane staff. Left to right: David Sykes, Amy Wynne, Shaun Walton, Lizzie Udall, Beryl Gadsby, Georgina Smith, Steve Lowes *
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Shaun Walton in the first floor function room*
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Alcove
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No smoking signs
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Cigarette machine
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Beer taps
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Coffee corner
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Fireplace
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Food order point
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Front dining area - original windows facing onto Weddington Road
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Games machine
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Newspaper rack
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Rear dining area
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Side dining area
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Side dining area, Note: framed photos found under floorboards in 1996 on wall. Reputedly of HNP Shawe. You can see these images elsewhere on this site
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Side bar
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A roast beef dinner. A typical meal served whilst the Grove was opened as the Fox & Crane *
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Goodbye
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New Year's Eve celebrations at
The Fox & Crane, 2007 (pictures below)**
Pictures marked '*' by Lizzie Udall for which grateful
acknowledgement is given
Pictures marked '**' by Malcolm Barnett for which grateful
acknowledgement is given
All other images are © Weddington
Castle Online, 2010
I would like to express my sincere thanks to
both Gemma Reid (the last licensee of The Fox & Crane) and Ben Dodds for their
help, time and patience in answering my questions and allowing me access to the
building, at a time when the closure of the Fox & Crane was having a major
impact upon their own futures.
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