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The Royal Scot was situated at Apex Corner. This pub closed in the 1980s and has now been replaced by a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet.

Source: Lesley Turbutt

We used to live near this pub. It was bing built when we moved there in about 1956. As it was situated next to the Midland Mainline Railway, it took its name from a famous LMS steam locomotive that was still used at that time. The pub was on the busy A1 where it joined the Watford Way. The pub was considered to be modern at the time. It had low walls in the car park each terminated with a rectangular planting troughs full of flowers. These walls and troughs were often knocked over by motorists, who probably had drunk more than was legal… I think that the brewers were Ind Coope. The entrance was elevated by about five feet and there was an outdoor drinking area, about eight feet wide there, where I was left with lemonade and crisps, while my parents went for a drink inside. The decor was varnished wood match-boarding with green tartan wallpaper .

John West (April 2025)

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