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…
Pub Signs Pub Signs 21 May 201930 Oct 2019 In addition to darts I do actually have other pub-related research interests and one of these is pub signs. Although I suppose this is a peripheral activity compared to my…
Pub Games BumblePuppy 21 May 201931 Oct 2019 The world of pub games is a fascinating one and here I publish the results of my research into the long-lost game of 'Bumblepuppy' In the Winter 2004 issue of…
Pub History Fox And Hounds, Thorpe Audlin 21 May 201916 Aug 2019 ROARING FIRE, CORK-THROWING AND DEMOLITION Memories of the Fox and Hounds, Thorpe Audlin Back in 2009 I was in conversation with a man named Frank Hudson whose grandfather, Frank Martin,…
