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Well for years (And I do mean years) it was "The Town Arms"
​ I have a feeling that when it was 'done up' (Circa 1990) it had a conservatory type thing added making it look a bit 'Aviary like' I can only assume that is why it got the name.

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I can remember going there in the mid 80s and it was called tha Aviary then, I cant remember it being called the town arms, it is now the Riverbank, and was also the casa for a while.

How many other pubs have had 3 or 4 name changes?

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I worked at Town Arms in the 70's on Football Saturday's when it was run by Steve and Gail Hodgkinson.

It was absolutely crazy but never seen a pub empty so quick at closing time, so quick infact we could get it all cleared up and be at the match before kick off time.

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Seems to have been called the Town Arms for its whole life apart from the short diversion to The Aviary in the 80s/90s. And it's surprising how little the building has changed over the years. Developers haven't been allowed to ruin it too much.

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