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From: "colleen morrison" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Ivy House, Southend Pub
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:06:07 -0000
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The problem you have is that there are and were literally scores of pubs
named
The Hole In The Wall, Hazel, are you sure the one you want is in or near
Southend? I don't associate Southend with smuggling. There was, however,
a pub of this name in Southsea which may be a better bet.

Colleen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hazel" <>

> Can anyone confirm this?
> Was the Ivy House Pub, Marine Parade, Southend, once known as "The Hole in
> the Wall?" And if not, does anyone know where "The Hole in the Wall" was?
> It's definitely not the Colchester one, it would be in the Southend area.
> I see from the excellent pub site (thanks again to everyone who is keeping
> this going) that the Ivy House was officially unnamed for a long time.
> Any recollections of it would be really appreciated.
> My great uncle, Tom Simpkins, worked there in the 1940's/50's.
> And I was just told that another relative, Mahala Wallaker b 1846, was
> "the lady who sat on the barrel of rum at the Hole in the Wall pub to hide
> it from smugglers". That's obviously an old family story & I am dying to
> find out more!
> All the best, & hoping 2005 brings many great discoveries,




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