Rob (Bob) Steel 1955-2020
Husband, Friend, Colleague, Green Activist, Author, Beer Lover, Teacher, Walker, Cyclist, Geographer…
Rob remembered by Steve Archer Some memories of Graham Garner The Scales twins share their thoughts
Rob remembered by Derek Coleman Various Thoughts: Claire, Karin, Tansey, The Dow family, Dave
The Rob Steel that I knew by Neville Lane Shasha’s Blog: Bob steel RIP Patrick’s memory lane
Rob and Sutton Green Party by Gay McDonagh Bob Steel the author and his books (BUY HERE!)
Robs Burial Rob himself talking about the Red Lion pub in London Recollections of Rob by David Job Rob and the Robins!
More random pictures A Beer walk-in the Telegraph by Rob Bobs history of Tower Cottage A mix of Robs record collection and Rob himself by Shasha
A random selection of pictures of the great man.
Rob and Jacqui at a demo!
Rob with my son Simon in Gay’s garden in about 2004
Another day another demo
Gay, myself and Rob in Tower Cottage
A young Rob!
Holiday in Cromford
At Gays 50th birthday bash
From great gin palaces ablaze with glass, mirrors and woodwork, to more modest workingmens' beerhouses, our pubs have suffered at the hands of modernisers, pub companies and breweries who have greatly damaged our pub heritage. Our walks take you to some of the best survivors in London. Unlike other city pub walks, our walks focus fully on the pubs themselves- their architecture, internal layout, and their place in our social history.
We offer private guided tours (and occasional special events) tailored in terms of time and area to your requirements, or we can advise you on the type of walk to suit. You can look at some of the best surviving gin palaces left in London, with their wealth of glass, mirrors and woodwork; decorative tilework, once very common, thirties survivors, cities or good modern conversions. A few pubs still have the once ubiquitous compartments and rooms so typical of the late Victorian period, but these are now very rare. Or if it is snob screens you want to see, we can oblige!
The most popular tours last about 2-3 hours and take in several pubs from different time periods, showing the development of the pub as a social institution. We can cater for anyone from individuals to business and corporate groups, although it is recommended that numbers do not exceed about twenty!
Tower Cottage showing its then newly built extension.
work on the extension, Rob specified quality brickwork
Robs last cycle tour of the Scottish islands with old school friend Jim Cole.
Rob and Bernice Golberg outside Parliament 2005
Rob must have kept every single issue of Private Eye - and could quote all his favourite bits from memory
Just a sampling of his incredible record collection.
An inscribed seat (made of recycled plastic, which would please him no end and is longer lasting than wood) in his memory in Caudwell’s Mill, an old flour Mill (the machinery still works) at a small place called Rowsley in his beloved Peak District. Placed by old pal Rob Ashton.
Rob remembered by Steve Archer Some memories of Graham Garner The Scales twins share their thoughts
Rob remembered by Derek Coleman Various Thoughts: Claire, Karin, Tansey, The Dow family, Dave
The Rob Steel that I knew by Neville Lane Sasha’s Blog: Bob steel RIP My memories of Rob by Robin Ashton
Rob and Sutton Green Party by Gay McDonagh Bob Steel the author and his books (BUY HERE!)
Robs Burial Rob himself talking about the Red Lion pub in London Recollections of Rob by David Job Rob and the Robins!
More random pictures A Beer walk-in the Telegraph by Rob Bobs history of Tower Cottage A selection of Robs vinyl made by Sasha