This picture produced a wry smile. A coat of garish paint, what looks like a home made sign and lo and behold, TheWindsor becomes the "Earth & Stars"! You gotta larf, eh? "The Windsor" was one of the shabbiest pubs in the area and always looked on the point of collapse, physically or financially. One odd feature was (if I remember correctly) a sort of storage cellar that was accessed by a trapdoor right in the middle of the pub in front of the bar - regulars were often asked to help open it so someone could climb down and retrieve a dusty bottle or case of something. For reasons I can't now recall I used this pub in the mid 1970s, possibly because it sold cheap real ale (Charrington IPA ?), with Nick Waller and others. Can anyone tell me why we were there?

I took this photo and I agree .It is very run down pub.I took this photo to show how the pub has changed .

I used to live in this pub as a kid and my family owned it. It was run down because of a huge robbery and we could not bump up expenses.

I worked in the Earth and Stars for the first week when it officially opened. We had an official staff night out after my first day's work, all expenses paid. I got lucky with one of the staff that night, went back to hers, missed my next day at work and got the sack...