Royal Standard scratch darts team 1959. From the left, John Martin Snr, Bill Pointon, Ned Funnell, George Sawyer, Cyril Istead, Yorkie Townsend, Gordon Newell, John Martin Jnr
Reference: WH0096
This solid Victorian drinking establishment owned by the Watney Brewery and the barbers shop next door was pulled down in the late 1930s to be replaced by a ‘Faux Tudor’ style pub owned by Watney Combe Reid. This ‘new’ pub was itself closed and demolished in the late 1990s and was replaced by a row ...
Reference: 0024
This section of the old High Street has seen a fair amount of change over the years. Originally the site of a little row of shops, these were razed to the ground in the 1880s to accommodate a new public house owned by the Watney brewery company, called The Rifleman. This in turn was knocked-down ...
Reference: WH0078