Pub History DART HISTORY – THE TURNSPIT DOG 22 May 20192 Mar 2026 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 PUB HISTORY – My Local – The Carpenters Arms, Maldon 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 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… PUB HISTORY – PUB SIGNS – The Twin Foxes, Stevenage, Herts 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 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 – ANOTHER INTEREST 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 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 PUB GAMES – BumblePuppy 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 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,…
Pub Games PUB GAMES – Cork Throwing 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 Following my article Roaring Fire, Cork-throwing and Demolition which was published in the Pub History Society’s Newsletter (Spring 2009) (which can be viewed elsewhere on this website, click here), I was thrilled to have received…
Pub Games Pub Games 21 May 201931 Oct 2019 When undertaking research into darts, interest in other pub games comes naturally. While my main focus is on darts the involvement and overlap of other pub games in that research…
Pub Games… Pub History, Games, Books & Signs – AN OVERVIEW OF THE SUBJECTS 21 May 20192 Mar 2026 The History of Public Houses This may surprise my regular visitors but I actually have research interests other than darts. (Yes. It’s true!) You cannot research darts, or any other…
Dr Patrick Chaplin 