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| Date: 2010-06-04 20:11:52 |
| Name: Barbara Edmonds |
| Location: Oxford |
| Email: barbara.edmonds@gmail.com |
| Comments: The Wagon & Horses, Hucclecote.
I have been reading about The Wagon & Horses, on your web site. It certainly brought back some memories.
My Mother worked there in the early 1960s. On my way home from school in Larkhay Road, I would often have to sit and wait in The Wagon and Horses kitchen, for my Mum to finish work.
My main interest though were the horses. I never got to actually go into the stables, but do recall seeing a gentleman , which I think was the owner or groom maybe. He sometimes would lunge the horses, on a field across the road from the pub.
For some reason I think his name was Mr Jones, but could be well wrong. Now reading your web page, I am wondering if these were race horses. Plus could my Grandmothers family, Speck, be connected to the Jockey that died at Cheltenham, riding one of The Wagon's horses.
I have some photo's of The Wagon and Horses, and staff, will find them out.
Barbara |
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| Date: 2010-06-04 19:46:47 |
| Name: Barbara Edmonds |
| Location: Oxford |
| Email: barbara.edmonds@gmail.com |
| Comments: I have been researching my partners family. Was amazed to find a distant cousin, Thomas Peart, was the Landlord of The Hewlett Inn, Cheltenham. 1891
My own Grandfather is also on your site, being the Landlord of The King William, Kingsholm, Gloucester, 1906.
If anyone has any information on either place, would love to hear.
Barbara |
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| Date: 2010-02-14 05:43:34 |
| Name: Robert Dexter (Scott Lawrence). |
| Location: Shrewsbury |
| Email: bobdexter1970@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: A fine record of Gloucester Pubs. As a Kingsholm boy, I can only recall the "City Centre"
establishments from the 1970's- present and am appalled at the changes and greed
of these uncaring companies. My grandparents were Ivor and Laura Jones, Stewards
at The Conservative Club. 1967-86 and previously at The Services Club. Many a night
has been had at live music venues throughout the eighties, inc.malt'n'Hops, British
Flag,The Pineholt , Tha Monks Bar
Can anyone remember an underground bar, inside the Eastgate Shopping Centre
1970's....maybe called the black cat?(It would be the downstairs of a sports shop now)
Would have quenched the thirst of many a market stall holder!!!!!
The Brunswick, had many names, SnOBS, with a nightclub upstairs, then Chaplins?
NO!!!! It's just come back to me..."The Man in the Bowler Hat"....Wahhheyyy......my brain
is working...LOL (Which boasted a Hot burger vending machine)
The Kings/Tabard had also become "Chaucers" in the mid.80's and true to that
period had Miami Vice cocktails and potted plants/pink curtains with neon lighting.
.......alas I leave this site a tad sad....at all the mismanagement , the loss of etched
glass windows.(Who steals these????Where are they? Did people really stand by
during refurbishments and just trash them in a skip????).......memories come flooding
back , which reminds me (S'cuse the pun), of The Longford Inn, hot summers sat
outside at flaking green painted metal tables, sipping bottles of Coca Cola with paper
straws, wasps and an aviary next to a huge see-saw (H&S must shit themselves these
days!!! LOL) and the poor old Malt'n'Hops.....I would sit outside under the vines(?) with
friends sipping at Southern Comfort and Lemonades till about 11.20 when the last of
the daylight trailed away in the sky............... see yers!!!!!! BOB xxxxxxx
I personally detest the new bars with brown leather sofas and coffee tables and find it
some comfort that after the twits that go in and rip out all period features, spend so
much money and go tits up a few weeks later.....just for some other berks to go in ,
spend the same again and repeat the process |
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| Date: 2009-11-24 19:35:46 |
| Name: BARRY CLIFFORD |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: barry.clifford@permobil.co.uk |
| Comments: Thank you so much for taking the time to produce this wonderful record of our pubs.
I am astonished at the amount of information you have provided. |
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| Date: 2009-11-24 15:43:34 |
| Name: howard macey |
| Location: Coventry, West Midlands |
| Email: irenemacey1@hotmail.com |
| Comments: Have really been pleased to find this site as my Great Grandfather Joseph Osborne MACEY and his wife Jane kept the Appletree Inn, Cheltenham, Gloucs. My Grandfather Edward Hudson Osborne MACEY and his wife Cynthia kept the Sandford Inn and the Pittville Hotel,both in Cheltenham. |
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| Date: 2009-08-28 19:28:55 |
| Name: James Dillon |
| Location: Harescombe |
| Email: jim@dillon.uk.net |
| Comments: The Mason's Arms , Victoria St. Gloucester was taken over in August 1966 by my father and mother , Jim and Joyce Dillon. They ran it until 1970 when they retired and the pub was bought from Whitbread.s by a builder who, I believe was called whitter. He converted the pub into flats. |
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| Date: 2009-07-06 12:06:49 |
| Name: Jenny Cox |
| Location: Eastleigh Hampshire |
| Email: denniscox2@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: Many thanks for your hard work through which I believe I may have found my Grandmothers Brother.We didnt know anything about him apart from the fact that he was a Landlord in Stroud.I believe I have now found him through your pages. His name was Charles William Saunders at The Leopard Inn.Once again many thanks |
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| Date: 2009-06-16 00:37:19 |
| Name: Gaylene Andrews |
| Location: New Zealand |
| Email: g.andrews@paradise.net.nz |
| Comments: What a wonderful site !
I was delighted to find out a little about my ancestors brewery - Marshfield Brewery in Marshfield, Gloucestershire. It was owned by Golding (father in law) & Woodward (son in law) & when Mr Golding died it became a Woodward family concern, including Elizabeth Woodward, the Wife & Mother. She ran the brewery after her husbands death, along with the help of a forman, whom she eventually married.
It was about 1880 - 1890 that the children split from the brewery, & I have heard tale that the vats exploded & all the beer ran off down the hill, leaving bankrupts in its wake !!
Is there anyone who can give me more info, or tell me where I might go ?
Thankyou
Gaylene |
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| Date: 2009-05-26 13:16:18 |
| Name: Anita Murphey |
| Location: Hattiesburg, U.S.A |
| Email: asmurph@megagate.com |
| Comments: Hello,
My mother grew up in Bream. I think the Cross Keys was the pub her family attended. Her maiden name was Dorothy Lane. I noticed you did'nt have pubs and photos for the Forest of Dean. Is there a reason for not having more information? I have many pictures of my Grandmother (Fanny Jane Lane) . I was just curious. My aunt Daisy Ward passed away within the last 10 years. She was my last link to Bream. I have fond memories of being in Bream as a child. Thank you for bringing back many memories of the pub life. People in the States don't understand that this is a family gathering place for the English. Thank you again,
Anita Stokes Murphey |
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| Date: 2009-05-09 04:48:08 |
| Name: Patricia Kirkpatrick |
| Location: Ontario, Canada |
| Email: kirkpatrickp@drytel.net |
| Comments: I am look for the family that used to run the Woolpack in Stonehouse, Glos, their name was Nick Kibble, I knew their son and we would like to get intouch with him. I believe they moved onto Glos and ran a pub there. this was in the year of 1950\'s
thanks. |
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| Date: 2009-05-04 16:16:16 |
| Name: Alan Brant |
| Location: Bishops Cleeve |
| Email: ab005d2339@blueyonder.co.uk |
| Comments: I worked at Flowers office Chelt High Street and Selkirk Street 1943-1946.
A brewer at CHB,West Country Breweries, Whitbread and at Hereford Brewery, Bewell Street from 1952 -1985. I have lots of memories and some photos but ill health has restricted my movements.
Phone 01242 676464 |
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| Date: 2009-04-25 06:34:10 |
| Name: Mark Scott |
| Location: Hurst, Texas, USA |
| Email: markscott1974@gmail.com |
| Comments: Dear Mr. Sandles,
Thank you for your efforts on Gloucestershire Pubs, I've used information from your database in some of my genealogy research and it helped me, a little, get close to the places my ancestors lived (their houses always seem to be next to or almost next to a pub!),
My comments:
The new site looks good, especially the photographs but I think you should add a more general search facility that would enable one to search for the name of a pub or the name of a proprietor, etc.
If you'd like it, I have a picture of the front of the "Somewhere Else" (formerly The Three Compasses) taken about 2005. I also have a couple of pictures of the building that housed the Old Barley Mow - both from 2005 |
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| Date: 2009-04-25 05:46:26 |
| Name: JIM NASH |
| Location: SOUTH LONDON |
| Email: jimnitrate@tisacli.co.uk |
| Comments: very intersting site, I am tracing my ancestors James and Harriet Hogg. he was born in stroud in about 1840 and was a malterer/ brewer. cant trace him in any pubs in Stroud but she ran The kings head in Lowere high St. Cheltenham 1885/1891. there seem to be lots of Hoggs Nash and Heavens in this area.
thanks for the very useful information. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:30 |
| Name: richard yates |
| Location: Abingdon |
| Email: rgrimsdale@tesco.net |
| Comments: my ancestors ran The Fishes/trout inn on the bridge in lechlade in the 1840's benjemin hodges. anyinfo would be great. also my gr gt gandfathers brother Frederick yates ran an inn in lechlade during the 1840/50's any info on the would be great |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:28 |
| Name: Anita Merchant |
| Location: Australia |
| Email: rodnita@optusnet.com.au |
| Comments: Great website for any family history researcher. My Great Grandfather had the Kings Head Inn, in Kings Stanley. Glad to see it is still going. Good luck with the new website. Cheers from downunder. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:25 |
| Name: Brenda Pauline Parrott |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: willspad2@talktalk.net |
| Comments: It really is a good website , being a Gloucester girl myself seeing all these pubs and Inns is like a doorway to the past, i lived in Blenheim Rd as a child and there were plenty of pubs around, i never knew that the Carpet shop (Tom Goodards) was ever a pub but i can remember very clearly seeing a great deal of the others. my Ancestor William Young was I believe the innkeeper of the Admiral Benbow Westgate St prior to his sudden death in 1901, i would also like to say the Old Photos or Postcards are great. Brenda |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:24 |
| Name: Simon Hedges |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: s-1968@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: This is a wonderful site, I find it very informative, you are doing an excellent job, please keep up the good work. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:23 |
| Name: Martin Clift |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: martin@clift65.freeserve.co.uk |
| Comments: The last contibution has given me a new push with my family history. By chance I have discovered another relation who was a publican:- William Simmons was recorded on the 1881 Census as you can see below. Name: William Simmons Age: 67 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Harriett Gender: Male Where born: Norton, Gloucestershire, England Civil Parish: Norton County/Island: Gloucestershire Country: England Street address: Kings Head Inn Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Employment status: Occupation: Publican Kings Head Inn Registration district: Gloucester Sub registration district: Kingsholm ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Neighbours: View others on page Household Members: Name Age William Simmons 67 Harriett Simmons 69 Eliza Cummins 18 Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2530; Folio: 88; Page: 19; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341611. Martin |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:22 |
| Name: Martin Clift |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: martin@clift65.freeserve.co.uk |
| Comments: Love the new look also easier to navigate albeit, arrows are a little annoying, I think they need to move more slowly. The Locomotive Inn. It would appear we are both after an image of it. If I get there first I will let you have a copy. W. Broughton, Landlord 1936 - 1939 He is one of my great uncles. So any info would be great! Keep up the good work. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:21 |
| Name: Pam ( Wintle ) Clarke |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: pamela@pam22.plus.com |
| Comments: Would like any info on possible brewery in the Wintle name back in my ancestry in Gloucester. can yu help. regards pam. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:20 |
| Name: Pete |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: |
| Comments: Nice to see the website refreshed and getting updated. Thanks for adding John Newman to the records from the info I sent to you. (White Hart, Maisemore, and Mermaid Inn, Gloucester). |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:19 |
| Name: Richard Hinchcliffe |
| Location: Canada |
| Email: rhinch@mts.net |
| Comments: Trying to find information about The New Inn @ Sapperton, Gloucestershire. It was listed as the residence of my ancestor William Holbrow in the 1851 Census. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:18 |
| Name: Ruth Bourke-Cross |
| Location: Gloucester |
| Email: bourkecross@btinternet.com |
| Comments: Dear Geoff, Great site. Thanks for all the hard work. I will forward photos of the pub very soon. Ruth Cross Keys Inn http://www.crosskeysinngloucester.co.uk |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:17 |
| Name: Kate |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: florencerusty@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: Hi Marvellous site. Am trying to find out which pub Charlie Cox was landlord of during the 50's (and possibly the early 60's) Many thanks |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:16 |
| Name: silas marner |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: silas184@googlemail.com |
| Comments: Tried to put Black Country but wouldn't let me. Fantastic amount of work here - people get university professorships for less. Brilliant resource for everyone. Well done. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:15 |
| Name: Desmond R.H. Gourley |
| Location: United States |
| Email: Desgourley@aol.com |
| Comments: My ancestor, Isaac Fry, was the first landlord of the Swan Inn in Tytherington, GL. which he opened in 1840 and operated until 1862. I was excited to see the Swan mentioned on your website. More information about the Swan may be found in the book, ""Tytherington in the Past"" by Alan Baddeley, 1994. (privately published) |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:14 |
| Name: John Billingham |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: billingham.bilge@virgin.net |
| Comments: Could you identify the premises maybe from your records. 1851 Census. HO107/1964/255/4 George ABELL age 37. b. Ciencester. Occupation Inn Holder. Living at St.Marys Street, Painswick, Gloucs. Also residing at the premises were his wife Elizabeth aged 37. b.Sutgrove. Elizabeth aged 1 daughter. William aged 4 months son Elizabeth Dikenson age 11 Servant. John W. Driver age 15. stepson. Thanks |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:11 |
| Name: Jim |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: |
| Comments: Great site, well done! In the pub descriptions some pubs are recommended as having particularly good selections of real ale - perhaps these could be highlighted in the pub lists so that they are easier to find? |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:10 |
| Name: Scotty |
| Location: Gloucester |
| Email: |
| Comments: Pictures could be easier to access !! but there is so much history on this site its unbelievable !! As a 21 year old from gloucester its fasinating looking back in to the past , and places that have come and gone. Excellent job !!! **** |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:09 |
| Name: John Billingham |
| Location: United Kingdom |
| Email: billingham.bilge@virgin.net |
| Comments: Great site you have here I wish you all the best with your venture. It's been a great help in my search for my family history. Especially in the Chaceley, Forthampton and Painswick areas. Keep up the good work. |
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| Date: 2009-04-20 10:00:08 |
| Name: Mike Grimshaw |
| Location: London |
| Email: mikegrimshaw_uk@yahoo.com |
| Comments: I lived in the cinema (then called the Picture House), which was formerly The Crown Inn [Market Street, Wotton-Under-Edge]. I'd be glad to hear from anyone who remembers me. |
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