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| GEORGE YOUELL |
**1836 |
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WILLIAM SPINKS
(age 35 in 1851) |
1841 - *1851 |
| GEORGE FAIRHEAD |
1854 - 1856 |
| THOMAS BURGESS |
1858 - 1865 |
| Wednesday 16th April 1862 - fine of
6s and 14s costs for having house open before 12:30pm on previous
Sunday. |
JAMES BRISTER
& woodman
& hurdle maker
Age 49 in 1871 |
1869 - 1875 |
| ROBERT
GRIMSON |
1877 |
CHARLES EASTER
& labourer
Age 55 in 1881
(Age 57 in 1891?) |
1879 - 1900 |
HENRY GOODWIN
Age 53 in 1911
Wife Mary Ann Goodwin given as the Publican in 1911 - Age 53 |
1901 - 1937 |
BENJAMIN GOOCH
b. 07.06.1878
( Mary Ann Goodwin, widow, living at house and described as employed in
unpaid domestic duties. b. 07.07.1859) |
1939 |
| WILLIAM ARTHUR PATTERSON |
to 1951 |
| THOMAS H. WATSON |
1951 to closure 1958 |
On Wednesday 10th February 1909, at the Loddon Petty Sessions,
licence renewal was opposed by Superintendent Lord who claimed that
the
GARDEN HOUSE and the
BLACK
BOY at Stockton provided adequately for the needs of the
neighbourhood.
In reply it was said that trade was mostly travellers and callers on
the road, conduct of the house had always been good and was it kept
clean and tidy.
The landlady Mary Ann Goodwin, appeared to be a capable business woman and quite a proper person to entrust with the
management of a house of this nature. 80 persons had signed a
memorial supporting renewal of licence.
Trade was 1 ½ barrels of beer a week and ½
gallon of spirits. The house stood a little way back from the road
and there was stabling for 7 horses and a "draw in" for large vans.
The Chairman said the justices had agreed to renew the licence.
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Information below thanks to the
Loddon & District Local History Group
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October 1951
INVENTORY AND VALUATION OF
TRADE EFFECTS ETC
OF “THE CARPENTERS ARMS”, HALES
FROM
MR WILLIAM ARTHUR PATTERSON
TO
MESSRS YOUNGS, CRAWSHAY & YOUNGS
Or their Incoming Tenant
MR THOMAS WATSON
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GLASS
Twenty two glass pint mugs
Sixteen half pint ditto
Seventeen beer glasses
Six stemmed grog glasses
Two pint glasses
Two wines
BAR
Three tin trays
O’Brian’s cash till
Two cork screws
Pair of short casement curtains
CELLAR
Two glass shades
Three tilts
Four brass taps
One mallet
One spike
One enamelled jug
Two enamelled drip pans
Oak Pembroke table
Oil lamp
3’ painted cupboard
PUBLIC BAR
Plastersine dart board
5’ 6” tall back settle
3’ 9” ditto
5’ 6” deal form
6’ 9” ditto
4’ deal table
Wall oil lamp
Wall clock
Gun rack
Three concave seated chairs
One other chair
Three long cushions
Twizzler
Boarded screen to fireplace
Box of chalks
Table bell
Two pairs of short casement curtains
SMOKE ROOM
Stick back chair
Nine mahogany concave seated chairs
Set of six carved oak dining chairs in American cloth
Iron kerb
Deal table
Bedroom chair
Octagonal table
Eight ash trays
7’ deal form
Deal coal box
Double bevelled plate wall mirror
Upright pianoforte in walnut case
Piano stool
Two pairs of short casement curtains
OUTSIDE
Two splined garden chairs
6’ splined garden seat
5’ iron garden seat
Oil tank with taps
Sixteen stave ladder
UPSTAIRS
Marble top washstand
Calor gas installation, eight points.
Cylinder of Calor gas
Having examined the foregoing TRADE
EFFECTS etc.
We estimate and agree the value
thereof to be the
Sum of ONE HUNDRED AND TWO POUNDS,
EIGHTEEN
SHILLINGS AND TWO PENCE (£102
/ 18 / 2)
INCLUDING
STOCKS IN HAND.
Dated this 10th day of
October 1951
Ashford &
Owens
Valuers:-Beccles & Bungay
W. H. Fennell Clark
F A L. P. A
Valuers:- Norwich
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In 1958, the Eastern Daily Press reported :-
After a long existence as a country Inn the Carpenters Arms at Hales, standing
beside the Loddon-Beccles main road far beyond the village, has been
closed. “We are not intending to reopen it” says an official of
Bullards & Sons Ltd. Norwich the owners, told a reporter.
To many people
in its district the house was better known as the Woodpecker
although the origin of that name is uncertain.
Final Party
The last licensee Mr T H Watson and his wife who
now live in a Council house in the middle of Hales, spent eight
happy years at the Inn. Mr Watson also worked for Messrs Thirtle &
Harris builders of Hales, and is continuing to do so.
His wife is carrying on with duty as a relief night nurse at
Hales Hospital.
“We had a terrific night for the finish-up” said
Mrs Watson, “I never knew we had so many customers.”
A big iced cake she had made was a feature of the celebration
and everyone had a piece.
Mrs Watson was presented with the proceeds of a collection.
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