Pub History – Book Reviews
THE PUBS OF HASTINGS & ST. LEONARDS 1800-2000
by David Russell
I know little about Hastings (apart from the obvious) and St. Leonards but having now read David Russell’s book I feel that I know not only the pubs but also the area very well indeed.
It’s A BOOK ABOUT PUB NAMES…
by Elaine Saunders
Elaine Saunders, It’s A Book About Pub Names – The Story Of Britain As Told Through Its Pub Signs (E-book, pp. 161, published by the author, 2007.) Reviewed by Dr. Patrick Chaplin, Research Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
A PUB CRAWL AROUND ESSEX
by Graham Dover
It is always good news when a member of the Pub History Society gets himself (or herself) into print and, as an ‘Essex man’ it is doubly good news when that member, in this case Graham Dover, publishes a book about public houses on my home patch.
Dr Patrick Chaplin 