Looking every bit a horse drawn group of ‘Jolly Boys’ wait for the off outside the Warde Arms circa 1885. No doubt there was a barrel of bright beer stowed away on board somewhere for the journey. John Townsend’s cartage business included open and closed carriages, the most famous in living memory being ‘The Pride of ...
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This concert was quite an early event, the poster being printed by Wm. Bridger, a printer in Tonbridge who was obviously unfamiliar with the title of the Warde Arms and the representation of the local family, hence the spelling.
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