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  The sign c1994 - photo by Steve Shaw  The sign 02.01.2000 - Image by Steve Shaw |
 July 1998 An article in the Eastern Daily Press 3rd March 1953 refers to the Licensing sessions at Dereham when Morgan's Brewery Co applied for the provisional removal of the licence at the Chequers (Great Fransham) to premises on the Norwich Road, Fransham (now the Canary & Linnet) . The application was opposed by Steward and Patterson and Fransham Parish Council but granted on certain conditions pertaining to the installation of toilets! The article goes on to discuss the conversion of the house (local rumour places an undertaker's on this site) and an adjacent building into pub + cafe/clubroom. In September 1954 it was reported that the house was originally intended to be called the Romany Rye, but with the location, almost half way between Norwich and Lynn, the brewers decided on the Canary and Linnet. The first licensee, John Jurdon had been in the RAF until 1948 and had commanded 695 Squadron at Horsham St. Faiths as a squadron leader. It was said that before being converted to an inn, the property had been the home of Mr. Freeman Burton, who for many years carried on a timber, wheelwright's and blacksmith's business there. A further article in the EDP dated 30th June 1979 refers to the closure of the Canary & Linnet temporarily until the sanitation could be improved: the landlord is quoted as Mr George Meehan Thanks to Bob Jenkins for the update. Morgans sales 1960 - Closed August 2022.
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