CHESTERFIELD PUBS, The Half Moon to Isis.

RED PUBS are closed.

GREEN PUBS are still open but have changed their names.

BLUE PUBS are open.

HALF MOON, The; Chatsworth Road, Brampton. HARE & GREYHOUND, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield.

Previously "Hare & Hounds," "Greyhound" and. Lastly, "The Saints" It retains its name as a coffee shop & resource centre for St Mary's Church, nearby. At the time of my arrival in the area The H&G, as it was known, was kept by a cheerful rotund fellow named "H" who offered cheap sausage, egg & chips and kept a good pub that attracted a decently-behaved younger crowd. As closure neared (and with "H" long gone) it filled up with rockers attracted by the stuff on offer at 10p per pint. HARE & HOUNDS, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield. Became "Hare & Greyhound." HARE & HOUNDS, The; 151 Sheffield Road, Stonegravels. Closed around late 2009, just as the football club was moving in up the road. It has been up for sale for an age, awaiting the traditional fate of an unoccupied and unwanted building. Before the arsonists could move in the place was taken over; by April 2011 it was in the process of being done up and is said to be re-opening as "Chesters" (yeah, another one) licensed restaurant and take-away.

HAT & FEATHERS, The; Factory Street, Brampton. Typical of many local pubs, whose licenses were allowed to become extinct, this one was allowed to go in December 1919 since it was felt that there was plenty of other pubs in the immediate area. HEATHCOTE'S; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield.

A not unreasonable conversion of the offices of Shentall's fruit warehouse. The building was once a school and, as St Mary's House, was the residence of the Heathcote family, whose sons were Lord Mayors of London and New York. 2005 saw the place refurbished and turned into "S41 Bar." Thus another "local" name has gone, replaced by something that is one half of the town's Sheffield-based postcode. HIGH STREET VAULTS, The; High Street, Chesterfield. Became White's Bar; now a Strand Cards shop. HIGHFIELD HOTEL, The; Newbold Road, Chesterfield. A Berni Inn-type place redecorated in finest 80s farmyard kitsch, all scythes on the rafters and books nailed to the wall. It even had its own water wheel inside it, if memory serves. HOBBY HORSE, The; Alma Leisure Park, Chesterfield. A run-of-the-mill, modern “family” pub that has a “Whacky Warehouse” attached. HOLLINGWOOD HOTEL, The; Pine Street, Hollingwood.

Now unrecognisable from its origins as a Stone’s house, this huge pub has been reconditioned recently. HOLME HALL INN, The; Linacre Road, Holme Hall. Converted from Holme Farm to service a new housing estate. HOLYWELL STREET VAULTS; Holywell Street, Chesterfield. Next door to a beerhouse - so a previous name of The Hospital Inn or The Woolpack, perhaps? HOP FLOWER, The; Beeley Close Inkersall HORNS HOTEL, The; Lordsmill Street, Chesterfield.

This grand old place disappeared as the town prepared to capitulate to King Car and make south-east Chesterfield into one big traffic jam. It was once associated with the Spital Olympic football club, and the likes of Small Heath and Aston Villa once changed in this pub prior to matches. Also known as the Old Horns. HORSE & JOCKEY, The; Occupation Road, Newbold Moor. Became The County Hotel. HOSPITAL INN, The; Holywell Street, Chesterfield.

Renamed "The Exchange Inn," the place closed in 1909. Named originally for its proximity to the hospital, which is now the head office for a car hire firm. Now under the Holywell Cross car park HOTEL DU POD, The; High Street, Staveley. Formerly The Angel Hotel. Became "The Pod". HOUR GLASS, The; Spa Lane/Mill Street, Chesterfield. Was on the eastern corner of Mill Street. Closed in the early 1960s and has since disappeared under a car park. INDUSTRY INN, The; 49 Queen Street, St Helen's. Located next door to The Chesterfield Arms. Named after a race horse. While seeking new tenants in 2004 the place was extensively refurbished, with new outside decoration consisting of painted cog wheels and, bizarrely, a sign featuring a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive. One can only think that the developers must have fished it out of a skip in Worthing, or somewhere. Again, I say, "Named after a race horse." Did it not seem odd to the developers that there used to be a race horse on the pub's sign? INSPIREATION; 8 Church Way, Chesterfield. Formerly Roglyn's. The borough's first trendy wine bar. Once "Calico", now "Inspirations" ISIS; Corporation Street, Chesterfield.

Another café-bar that abandons the "café" bit at sunset. Converted from a pair of long-derelict shops, including Armistead's bike shop. It is less of a local noise nuisance than its racy next-door neighbour, Bar 69, and has extended towards Theatre Lane, behind Corporation Street. The photo below shows the new bit, which used to be the garage of Sanders’ Removals. Oddly, Bill Sanders’ old premises has thus been split between the two adjacent drinking establishments.

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