SAINTS, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield. Before its current life as a coffee shop for the nearby church, the Hare and Greyhound's last licensed apparition was as "The Saints," selling atrocious beer at 10p a pint and attracting rockers, mainly, to its by then rather tatty interior.
SCARSDALE VAULTS, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield. Closed 1928. The Scarsdale Brewery tap. Became a carpet store.
SERENGETI, Corporation Street, Chesterfield. Opened in 2008, being a conversion of Pat Jones' Motors, that stood between the Isis Bar and the inner ring road. Indeed, it is believed that the owners of the Isis Bar are behind this place. Another one with an exotic name that you might think sat rather uneasily with its surroundings, until the first time you saw herds of wildebeest running up Great Central Way... The outside looked a bit like Fred Flintstone's house. It had some sort of safari-lodge style watchtower whacked on the front of it, which folk could apparently have a drink in, but which looked like nothing more than a guard post for the bouncers. The whole effect was one of a Top of the Pops set for Pan's People to dance to Hank Mizzell's "Jungle Rock."
It didn't last long; "Safari" for the locals is a night out in Holmewood, and itss totally un-local name was changed to the equally unlocal "Vienna" bar in 2010-ish.
Corporation Street is the main walking route between the railway station and the town. Quite what the council is doing, allowing this "gateway" to Chesterfield to be so dominated by boozers and their accompanying detritus is a question worth answering, when the useless buggers next want your vote.
SHAKESPEARE INN, The; Saltergate, Chesterfield. Closed 1973.
On the left of our photo here, the pub stood just opposite the Saltergate / Broad Pavement junction. Now under the "doughnut" car park. Or, as is spelt in a concession to the cranially-challenged chavs who use it at night, the "Donut" car park.
The pub was famously used by thieves to burgle Harry Fish, the Furrier*, when he has his premises next door. Some guys booked a room for the hight and knocked a hole through into Fish's, checking out with suitcases full of furs the next morning.
*I used to walk past his place on Saltergate with the urge to phone him up and say "Is that Harry Fish, the furrier? Well, stand a bit closer to the razor, then."
SHEEPBRIDGE HOTEL; Sheffield Road, Sheepbridge. Closed 1978.
SHIP INN, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield
This pub stood opposite what is now The Late Lounge. Its site was occupied by an earlier Ship Inn. On the photo above it is the second building up on the left, which looks to have a couple of kids stood outside it. Victorian under-age drinkers, no doubt. When it went another Ship Inn - the one listed below - appeared over the road from this.
SHIP INN, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield. The successor to a pub of the same name over the road. Became The Galleon Club: had an accident with some fluorescent paint and became "Ritters" in 2001.
SHOULDER OF MUTTON, The; 23 Mansfield Road, Hasland.
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL; 413 Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor. Closed 1958.
Many British pubs are named after military commanders or engagements, having been run, at one time, by veterans of those battles. This one commemorated the commander of the "Thin Red Line" of Scots and Turks during the battle of Balaclava. The photo above pre-dates a 1912 modernisation that saw the addition of a pair of attractive window bays. Became the premises of Bradley & Fernie's lawnmower shop, which closed in 2002. By 2004 it had become a tanning studio.
SLUG and FIDDLE, The; Church Way, Chesterfield. Formerly The Crooked Spire. Named for the many fiddle-playing slugs for which Chesterfield is justly famous. In a moment of uncharacteristic sanity the place reverted to its old name in 2008. Up yours, Mr Corporate Gaylord Pub Designer!!
SMITH'S ARMS, The; Lowgates, Staveley.
SPA HOTEL, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield. Became The Phoenix Inn. Now The Spa Lane Vaults.
SPA LANE VAULTS, The; St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield. Formerly The Phoenix Inn. Tidily refurbished by the Weatherspoons chain
SPEEDWELL INN, The; Lowgates, Staveley. Now the base for the Townes Brewery - a local independent with a deservedly growing reputation.
SPINNING WHEEL, The; Glumangate, Chesterfield. A previous name of the Cavendish Hotel.
SPIRES BAR; Cavendish Street, Chesterfield. Formerly the Painted Wagon. Now absorbed into the Zanzibar nightclub.
SPIRIT VAULTS; Packer's Row, Chesterfield.
SPITAL HOTEL, The; Spital Lane, Chesterfield.
SPORTS BAR, The; Stephenson Place, Chesterfield. The premises of the Chesterfield snooker club, renamed to attract those with Bill Werbeniuk's thirst, rather than his cuing arm.
SPORTSMAN'S BAR, The; Chesterfield. A colloquial name for the bar between The Golden Fleece, on Knifesmithgate, and White's Bar, on the High Street. All three bars were once joined as one, and this one included snooker tables. It is now the Fleece's bottom bar.
SPREAD EAGLE, The; 7 Beetwell Street, Chesterfield Formerly "The Eagle Hotel". An old town-centre inn, whose exterior and interior layout would confound most modernisers. Hopefully. Said to be one of the few remaining Tudor buildings in Chesterfield.
SQUARE & COMPASS; 47 West Bars, Chesterfield. Closed 2002. The pub fell victim to becoming off the beaten track as more places opened up on the eastern side of town. It remained boarded up for two years but has recently undergone a complete refurbishment. It is no longer a pub, though; the bar areas have become some sort of café and rooms upstairs are to be let as private accommodation for young people.
SQUARE & COMPASS; High Street? Old Whittington. closed before 1860.
ST HELEN'S INN, The; 78 Sheffield Road, Stonegravels.
STAG, The; Holywell Street, Chesterfield. Became "The Buck."
STAR & GARTER, The; New Square, Chesterfield. Closed 1937. Demolished during the late 1930s; site now occupied by a dry cleaner's and offices.
STAR HOTEL, The; High Street, Chesterfield. White's 1851 Directory gives us "The Star Inn and Inland Revenue Office…" The 1881 census suggests a location between the Angel Hotel and Glumangate, but it could quite possibly have been The Star & Garter, above.
STAR INN, The; 422 Chatsworth Road, Brampton.
STAR INN, The; South Street North, New Whittington. Closed 1959. Now a private house. 1881 census has it recorded next to the Angel Inn.
STAR, The; Sheffield Road, Whittington Moor. The name lives on in the building's current use, an Indian restaurant named "The Star of Sall."
STATION HOTEL, The; Malkin Street, Chesterfield. Now the Chesterfield Hotel.
STEELMELTERS ARMS, The; 68 St John's Road, Chesterfield.
STONE BOTTLE, The; Pottery Lane, Chesterfield.
SUN INN, The; West Bars, Chesterfield. The venue for the inaugural meeting of the Derbyshire Miners' Association in 1880.
SWEENEY'S; 192 Chatsworth Road, Brampton. Formerly "The New Inn." Now "The New Inn" again.
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