Sep, 10 2025, 0 Comments

Southampton pubs: the lost tale of the three stuffed bears and the city’s vanishing memories

A much-talked-about story about a raucous old Southampton pub with three stuffed bears can’t be found in recent searches. What does exist are scattered memories of the Red Lion, The Spa, and shuttered names like the Bell and Crown, Apollo, and the Durham. Here’s what we know, what we don’t, and how to help recover a missing piece of the city’s pub folklore.

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