WHITE HART - 1900 - 2008

Note the iron railings this side of the White Hart in the first photo. These were along the boundary of the garden at the front of the house which was occupied at that time by a Towner family who owned one of the Breweries. The Structure of the White Hart was cut back at a later date in order to widen the High Street and at the same time the house lost its front garden so that the fronts of the two building are now virtually in line as can be seen in the last photograph. The original doorway of the house can still be seen in the front of the tile-hung building.

Now that looks a lot tidier....does the Bridge still have the circular pool table?

The R H Spinks (owner of the White Hart Hotel on the photos) was my Grandmother Ellen Louisa Townsend (nee Spinks') brother!

Have you any memories from your Grandmother that you would like to share about the White Hart? Jackie - Editor

Does anyone have any pictures of any of the pubs before the 90s? It would be interesting to see what they looked like before I started drinking in them! What about the Newfield, anyone remember that as it has now been converted into flats.

The Newfield is now flats? What is the world coming too? Next thing you know they'll be letting kids under 14 in, and banning smoking.....Oops, am I giving away my age??? Somethings should be sacred. How can you do a good pub crawl these days?

My father Arthur Longly painted one of the hanging signs for the White Hart. This would have been during the days when the road was open to traffic. I don't think it was any of the ones shown in these photos as I seem to recall it being a very realistic depiction of the animal.