To the lovely gentleman who tells us so much local history…
We had the good fortune to meet a gentleman who was born in our house at the turn of the century. We are now known as Somersby House but used to be The Harrow Inn. He told us loads of interesting facts about the history of the Inn, including the fact it used to have a cellar!!!
Anyway, he gave us these…
First is an early picture of the Harrow Inn
Second is a newspaper story of when the pub closed in 1969.
(Interesting to imagine 200 kids dancing in my bedroom and “Barney” that (along with the introduction of the breathalyser test) resulted in the pub’s closure!
Thanks for content from Julie Harding posted to Facebook
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My dad Tony Scott was the landlord of the Harrow Inn (not the Plough) We have lots
of good memories of the weekends the local groups were playing (Sounds Force
Five was one of them) Great times were enjoyed by lots of people and it was a sad day
for all when it was bought to an abrupt halt by rival gangs that had never been before
wrecking all the hard work in building up the business.
Thanks please tell about your memories – Geoff
I am updating my 2021 book about the history of Deeping St Nicholas, as lots more information has come to my attention. I already knew Tony Scott was the last landlord, but the article suggests the pub closed because it was wrecked by vandals. Is this correct?
Also, did it close in 1969 or 1970?
Any other information you have would be most welcome.
(Geoff:- you may attach my email address to this post)
Hi Do you know David Gray? Regards Geoff
Geoff
Sorry I missed this last back-end!
I am in touch with David Gray and have placed a photo of one of his paintings (DSN primary school) in my book.
Would you be able to put me in touch with Julie and Caroline re, the Harrow? Feel free to pass on my e-mail address.
Sent an email Regards Geoff
Hi Andy,
I teach at Deeping St Nicholas Primary School and Year 3 and 4 are learning about the local history/ geography of the village this term. I am currently doing some research and came across this website. I was wondering if you have any information, photographs etc about the village which you wouldn’t mind sharing. Maybe, you would be interested in coming in to visit us and share some local history with the children?
Thank
I will contact a guy called David Gray who i am sure could help. Regards Geoff
Ps: please come back to me if I can help more
I haven’t looked here lately, so I have missed your post. I apologise for seeming to have abandoned you- that it definitely not the case! I would be delighted to come and talk to your group – presumably now the following year’s class? Just email andy@ajc4.me.uk or ring 01754 820361. Do bear in mind my study of Deeping St. Nicholas stems from my family tree hobby and is a pastime: I am strictly amateur and no way a professional historian or a teacher! (My maternal grandmothers family farmed in Tongue End)
My parents Patrick and Hannah Nolan were tenants of the Plough Inn, Deeping St Nicholas for many years. They also opened and ran a village shop within the facility. They purchased the Harrow Inn after it closed and transferred the shop there. They retired into a bungalow that they had built on the Harrow car park.
Thanks for adding the memory Regards Geoff
Fantastic photo.
My Great-grand Uncle is Thomas Laxton Crick – the licensee on the sign in the photo of The Harrow Inn. From the various census returns, it looks as if he became a publican at an early age, having moved to Deeping St Nicholas from Boston sometime between 1871 and 1881. The 1881 census shows him aged 24 as a Publican and Butcher, so I’m hoping he is somewhere in the photograph, possibly stood in the doorway of the butchers. By 1901, he looks to have given up the pub and is recorded as just a butcher.
His wife was born Sarah Ann Want in Deeping St Nicholas in 1858
Let’s hope someone can help. Regards Geoff
I am interested in which pub in deeping st Nicholas was infamous as had a landlord known as the fighting landlord, who people came from all over to challenge.His surname was Greatham.
Hi!
I’ve not looked at this site for a long time, so I was pleasantly surprised to see your post: apologies for the delay. The nearest I can get to your information concerns bare-knuckle fighting in Tongue End in the mid-1800s. This activity was, strictly speaking, illegal, so not a lot of information has survived. One protagonist was John Guttridge who was a beerhouse keeper from Bourne. I have no proof, but I suspect the likely venue was the Chequers pub, Tongue End opened in the 1850s by my g-g-grandfather’s brother. As far as I can tell, the opening of Tongue End chapel (1860s?) signalled a new devout mood locally as a result of which the fighting gradually fizzled out.
My apologies for the horrendous delay in replying, but I have not visited this site for a long time. The nearest I can come to your query is a story I picked up during research, that Tongue End became the venue for bare-knuckle fighting in the mid 1800s. Little information has survived as this activity was, strictly speaking, illegal. I found that one well-known protagonist was John Guttridge, a beerhouse keeper from Bourne. I have pondered if the venue might have been the Chequers pub in Tongue End founded in the 1850s by my g-g- grandfather’s brother, but I have no evidence at all. My research suggested that after Tongue End chapel was built in the 1860s, the public mood changed and bare knuckle fighting began to fizzle out. On related topic, I’m on the lookout fro a photo of the Chequers!