grannypat   11 #1 Posted January 12, 2018 I have just found out that there is a public house on Ecclesall Road called The Porter Brook. I couldn't place this at all and I knew Ecclesall Road very well for a large part of my life. How long has it been there and what was this building before? It can't have been there and I just never saw it surely.  Grannypat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mediumfast   10 #2 Posted January 12, 2018 Its been there ages up towards roundabout near Spar ,can't recall what it was before though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melv   16 #3 Posted January 12, 2018 It was an electrical contractors premises before they turned it into a pub.  ---------- Post added 12-01-2018 at 19:28 ----------  The Mrs has just told me it was Hall and Stinson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grannypat   11 #4 Posted January 12, 2018 Hi melv,  Do you have any idea when that happened? It must have been during the last 20 years, do you think?  Grannypat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melv   16 #5 Posted January 12, 2018 I think in the last 15yrs, grannypat. I'm not sure about that,though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bert1 Â Â 10 #6 Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) I think I first went in round the time of the last big solar eclipse - so 1999ish at latest give or take a year. Edited January 14, 2018 by Bert1 clarity of beer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sharrowyank   10 #7 Posted January 13, 2018 Just asking, but this is not to be confused with the Porter Cottage on Sharrow Vale Rd is it. Sorry but years since I was in that area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rbos123 Â Â 10 #8 Posted January 13, 2018 No, they are two different pubs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest makapaka   #9 Posted January 13, 2018 I think in the last 15yrs, grannypat. I'm not sure about that,though.  Sure it’s been a pub longer than that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
*_ash_*   88 #10 Posted January 13, 2018 Sure it’s been a pub longer than that?  I was trying to think when I first went there, and it was definitely longer than 15 years ago.  I cheated (don't like doing that) but a website, says opened in the 1990s as Hogshead. I'd say later than 95 though (from a single memory) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
grannypat   11 #11 Posted January 15, 2018 Thank you all for your help and your memories. I left in 1995 and I feel sure that it must have been after that that the Porter Brook came into being. You've all helped me understand what happened.  Grannypat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
13court2   11 #12 Posted January 18, 2018 It was an electrical contractors premises before they turned it into a pub. ---------- Post added 12-01-2018 at 19:28 ----------  The Mrs has just told me it was Hall and Stinson.  Hall & Stinsons Electrical Ltd, never actually worked for them but knew some who did Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...