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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:54:17 EST
Hi again Pamela,
I think that I am using this topic to avoid doing the housework this
morning.
The preceding paragraph to "Across the road from" is very long and somewhat
ambiguous. it states "At the end of Bradshawgate at it's junction with Brown
Street, still in Pennington but near the spur jutting out belonging to
Atherton we find the hotel called Lilford described as a commercial and family
hotel, now a shop. The entrance to the stable is still evident. It could cater
for seventy travellers 'with refreshments other than drink', stable six
horses, and could offer four beds. William Hodgson was licensee in 1875 paying
an annual rental of £120, when the average rent of a pub was £20 and the next
highest in Leigh paid £87. William was only there twelve months when he was
ejected for licensing offences and the pub closed for a time. It reopened
under Joseph Jackson in or about 1880 and soon became a popular meeting place.
Like the Nelson and the Globe it housed the Oddfellows and also the Buffal
oes as well as a Group Cycling Club. cycling was a popular pastime and cycling
trips were organised from the Lilford to Croft and Bury Lane and other
places of tranquillity and beauty. 'Real' cyclists went to Harry Brown's at the
Crown in Hope Street. He was a well known professional cyclist". I hope that
this will help you to identify the location of the Derby Inn.
There is a picture of The Swan, in the book, taken in 1966. It looks very
much like I remember it. I used to live in Church Street, which is opposite.
I assume that you went to either the Girls Grammar School or the Parish? I
went to Westleigh.
There is also a picture of Our House in the book. It looks to be taken
around the 60's.
On with the housework!
Regards,
Pat.
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