GREEN PUBS have undergone a change of name but are still open.
BLUE PUBS are open.
JOPLIN'S; 51 Low Pavement, Chesterfield.
Formerly The Crown & Cushion. Substantially refurbished and reopened as "Joplins" as part of the Pavements redevolment of the early 1980s. Around 2002 it became The Barrow Boy, in a satisfying nod to its Market Place position. A 2005 do-up saw it close briefly before being relaunched as Joplins again.
JOVIAL COLLIER, The; Mastin Moor
JUBILEE HOTEL, The; Glumangate, Chesterfield
A previous name of the Cavendish Hotel. It was the Jubilee Hotel in the 1901 census.
JUG & GLASS, The; Sheffield Road, Stonegravels
Local wisdom currently places this pub on the east side of Sheffield Road - although its site has been the subject of some debate. It has now disappeared under private housing near Hazlehurst Lane.
JUNCTION INN, The; Pottery Lane East, Newbold Moor
The pub survives despite having the A61 inner relief road driven between it and its natural constituency of Newbold Moor. Car travellers have to go via Brimington or Whitt Moor to get there now, but walkers can use an underpass at Pottery Lane to connect with the Sheffield Road pubs.
K20; 13 Marsden Street, Chesterfield
Once Marsden's Bar; formerly the Conservative Club. The modern name read as the chemical formula for Potassium Oxide. All you can say is that's easier to remember than the formula for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane.
KING & MILLER, The; Knifesmithgate, Chesterfield.
Once owned by Alderman TP Wood and connected to TP Wood's Vaults - to the extent of having a High Street address in the 1921 Chesterfield Year Book. A post-1920s mock-Tudor frontage was added when Knifesmithgate was extended, but this was sadly lost when the place was closed and buried under a 1960s Littlewoods store expansion.
KING'S HEAD, The; Holywell Street, Chesterfield.
KING'S HEAD, The; 45 Knifesmithgate, Chesterfield.
Became Boma's Bar, then Barker's Bar. Woof, woof. It has recently been refurbished and extended onto land at the rear, and has been renamed Nickels Cafe & Bar.
LATE LOUNGE, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield.
Formerly "Ritter's" and "The Galleon Club." Is now a bastardly difficult place to drive past at night, thanks to the ghastly ultra-violet lighting on the outside of the building, that shines all over the street. The bouncers outside this place have the easiest job in town, since I've never seen anyone in there.
LEOPARD INN, The; Holywell Street, Chesterfield.
Became a newsagent's in 1915 and demolished around 1930.
LOCAL HEROES; 61 Saltergate, Chesterfield.
Formerly The Yellow Lion; name changed after Chesterfield FC’s run to the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 1997. In 2004 it reverted back to its old Yellow Lion name.
LOCK KEEPER, The; Meltham Lane, Tapton.
Part of the Brewsters chain. Opened in 2000 on the site of the Universal Salvage scrap yard, near Tesco's. A “family” pub along the usual lines—indoor adventure playground for the kids, old books and farmyard implements whacked onto the walls, and so on.
LOCKOFORD INN, The; Lockoford Lane, Tapton.
Another farmhouse conversion, but handled rather better than the usual pub chain effort.
LOFT, The; Saltergate, Chesterfield.
The Evolution / Douglas Robson bar, re-named in October 2005.
LONDON STORES; Chesterfield.
One of two places that I have yet to find any sort of location for, and it is included solely because it appeared in an excellent folding guide to the borough’s old pubs written by local expert John Hirst.
LORD NELSON INN, The; 16 Stephenson Place, Chesterfield.
Became "Nelson's", then O'Neill's "Irish" pub; now The Twisted Pinnacle. 1881 address was 39 Knifesmithgate.
LYRIX; Holywell Street, Chesterfield.
A re-welded version of "Bar Rocket." Noise at Work Regulations are given scant consideration by the person responsible for the sound system's volume control.
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