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The missing pub - White Lion in Stafford
We’re all used to seeing stories of pubs closing around the country, usually with the headline ‘Another pub  lost’ but the fate of the White Lion in Stafford is altogether different. Sometime in the 1970’s the White Lion was designated as being in the way of a new road development. Locals were saddened by the potential loss of a much loved pub but were reassured when the suggestion of dismantling, storing and rebuilding in a new location was put forward. The building was duly taken down piece by piece and put in storage until a new site could be found. Time passes quickly and the White Lion didn’t see the light of day again. It is only recently that a local councillor Robert Simpson has started to raise the question as to what happened to the timbers and fittings. Unfortunately there is no one of sufficient age still working at the council who remembers what happened! A council spokesman said: “The problem is, no one working here now was around when the decision was taken, and there’s simply no record of what actually happened to the pub.”
Councillor Simpson said “I've made some inquiries and so have local residents, but no-one is any the wiser. Someone must know. Someone should have records somewhere.”
The council is now appealing to anyone who knows what happened to the White Lion to come forward.
Pub History Society Newsletter - Summer 2005
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