Pub History Pub History 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 The Cherry Tree pub, Witham, Essex (circa 1914) This may surprise my regular visitors but I actually have research interests other than darts. (Yes. It’s true!) You cannot research darts,…
Darts History… CALLING TIME ON OUR GREAT BRITISH PUB GAMES 22 May 201931 Oct 2019 In 2008 University of Sheffield student Katie Durose, 21, approached me asking for information and advice in relation to two papers she was preparing as part of her BA (Hons)…
Pub History A Texan Don And A Cambridge Pub 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 In the Spring 2008 issue of the Pub History Society’s Newsletter I wrote about the American ‘invasion’ of the traditional English pub during the Second World War. In this article I maintain…
Pub History… The Goat And Compasses 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 The Goat and Compasses, Hull (Image © Simon Mason) It’s happened again. Inspiration for this contribution to the Pub History Society Newsletter came once more from a newspaper cutting found in a dusty…
Pub History White Hart – Langford 22 May 201916 Aug 2019 THE COMPLETE & UTTER HISTORY OF THE PUB IN LANGFORD, ESSEX One lunchtime in the early 1970s I sheltered from a downpour by seeking refuge in the Chelmsford Public Library.…
Pub History The Traditional English Pub and The American ‘Invasion’ 22 May 201916 Aug 2019 While they were ‘over here’ helping with the war effort and bringing Britain victory, thousands of servicemen and women from the USA, Canada and other allied countries were stationed in…
Pub History Turnspit The Dog 22 May 201928 Jun 2019 A Brief History of turnspits in the English Public House The kitchen of Country Inn, 1797 showing the Turnspit Dog Many years ago when my wife and I were first…
Pub History My Local – The Carpenters Arms, Maldon 21 May 201916 Aug 2019 Carpenters Arms, Gate Street, Maldon, Essex (Photo © Stephen P. Nunn) The Carpenters Arms in my home town of Maldon, Essex is one of my two locals. I have been…
Books… Pub History Books 21 May 201916 Aug 2019 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…
Pub History… The Twin Foxes, Stevenage, Herts 21 May 201931 Oct 2019 Inspiration for the pieces I write for the Pub History Society Newsletter (now Pub History) often arrives via an odd cutting found amongst a collection of old papers that I have purchased…
