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On Sunday 24th April 1890, Robert Piggs was seen by Constable Chapman to enter the house at 6:50 a.m. George Neave then followed 20 minutes later. Piggs claimed he had delivered some sticks and was rewarded with a free beer for assisting with the horses. Neave said he had come to collect his horse and cart but admitted that he had paid for a measure of gin. On 27th April 1890, Robert Mayes was seen to enter the house at 6:40 a.m. and exit ten minutes later with a half gallon of beer. Mayes claimed he had paid for the beer the previous day, at legal hours and only collected it in the morning as he was going fishing. On Tuesday 13th May 1890, the case against Piggs was dismissed. Neave was fined 1s and 11s 9d costs. Mayes was fined 2s 6d and 15s costs. Strangely, John Grimmer, who had called at the back door of the house, on a Sunday when Constable Chapman was present, was fined 2s 6d and costs of 13s for having asked for a bottle of beer, but refused service by licensee Southgate since he said he did not sell beer on Sundays. Pleading guilty to keeping his house open during illegal hours, Southgate was fined £2 and costs of 11s. |
Offered To Let, August 1860, including a "Small &
Compact Brewery"
Closure proposed by Bullards at the First Joint Committee Meeting of
Bullards and Steward & Patteson 29.05.1962 - Not agreed. |
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Memories collected by Chris
Holderness of Rig-a-Jig-Jig for the East Anglian Traditional Musical
Trust. The CH numbers refer to Chris's Archive on eatmt.org. |
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From Eastern Daily Press, 2015 (CH B1-1-12b) 'As early as 1915 E J Moeran [song noter and composer] visited Winterton and collected songs from
'Old Larpin' [Sam Larner] . . A few years later Moeran helped
discover another of Norfolk's great traditional singers when he
recorded Harry Cox, a few years younger than Sam, singing with
others at the Windmill pub at Sutton near Stalham.' Singers known to frequent the pub c1896 - 1960: Harry Cox, Elijah Bell, Charlie Chettleborough, John 'Charger' Salmons, William 'Bullets' Miller, Walter 'Waxy' Gales, Jack 'Fruit' Riseborough. 'Harry's son-in-law, Lenny Helsdon, says, 'He [Harry} would see if Elijah Bell or 'Charger' Salmons were in the Windmill; if they weren't, he would go on and see if they were in the [Catherine] Wheel.'
In the EATMT Archive, at CH B10-35 there is a 1947 BBC
programme East Anglia Sings on CD partly recorded at Sutton
Windmill with 9 songs from Elijah Bell, Charlie
Chettleborough, Harry Cox, Walter Gales, John Salmons and William
Miller. 'Well down in Sutton Windmill, I think we were probably one of the first skiffle
groups! The landlord used to play a banjo and the landlady, she used to play an organ.
And used to have an accordion and all that.
The landlady, she used to play the big bass.
That was an old tea-chest, a big tin tray, a flex and a bit
of a broom handle, so you tightened it up round the handle.
I tell you what, that give a real good sound . . . and she
could really play that.
The farmers and auctioneers used to have a shoot-around, then they'd
come into the pub and want to have a dance.
Used to move all the old tables back and have a tune-up.
We used to be in there until two or three in the morning.' |
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