Canterbury Inn and Hattie Jacques

[Tileman]

I'm looking for any descriptions and photos of the Canterbury Inn. It is said to have had a Canterbury Tales themed sign and decor.
Records show that the Biltmore Inn was developed as the Canterbury Inn in late 1970 or 1971 and it was the operating name of the premises for McKibben’s Croft Inns Ltd. It seems the bar was destroyed in the troubles in 1976/7.

In 2010 RangeRover posted

Next door to the Housing Executive building was the Canterbury bar, which btw was opened by none other than Hattie Jacques the well known actress from the Carry On movies.

Publicity and advertising from the bar's opening are probably by best chance of finding photos of the bar.
Any clue or guess of the opening date would be most welcome. Cheers.

[jjmack]

The Canterbury bar I remember, was at the corner of Great Victoria Street and Hope Street, if memory serves me ? From memory it had I think, a Knight on a horse on the wall outside it ? 

[JackM]

The Canterbury bar I remember, was at the corner of Great Victoria Street and Hope Street, if memory serves me ? From memory it had I think, a Knight on a horse on the wall outside it ? 

I don't think it was on the Corner. If you look at the extreme right of this photo you can see what I believe is a `horse` and the bar. I could be well off the mark here ?   

   

[jjmack]

No you are spot on jack. That's the bar ok. You can see the first two letters of 'Canterbury' and the first two letters of 'Inn'. I wonder has the OP seen this ?

[Tileman]

Thanks for your posting of the photograph JackM.   It is really useful.

Apologies for the delay in replying - I have been distracted by other urgent research.

I will post again soon.

[Tileman]

The Belfast Telegraph of 11 May 1966 reported that Hattie Jacques was to reopen the "Baltimore Inn" on Hope Street that evening. This seems to clarify and correct RangeRover's 2010 memory(above). I would attach an image of the cutting if I knew how to.

[Billy Fish]

Met my first real girlfriend there. 

[DJ]

Met my first real girlfriend there. 

Was her name Hattie?

[Billy Fish]

Was her name Hattie?

  No, her name was Audrey. 

[Blake]

Was her name Hattie?

i think it was just a nickname.

[moorsy]

I used to go in the odd time, never remember it being called the Canterbury, it was the Baltimore then. Bar to the right as you went in,did,nt think it had a lounge.

[Billy Fish]

Lounge was upstairs. 

[moorsy]

    Tommy Dicksons down the street for a supper,into the bar for a couple before Romanos.

[Billy Fish]

   Tommy Dicksons down the street for a supper,into the bar for a couple before Romanos.

Tommy Dicksons,  the 'Victoria Supper Saloon'. Great Fish as I recall. 

[moorsy]

Tommy Dicksons,  the 'Victoria Supper Saloon'. Great Fish as I recall. 

After he finished playing for the Blues you could find him in the Chippy.