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« Reply #30750 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:09:53 » |
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Way before all day opening Devizes was the place to be on a Market Day for extra pm boozing time.
Used to get a regular lock in at The French Horn in Pewsey, too.
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« Reply #30751 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:10:35 » |
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"Sent to Devizes" was a phrase used to strike fear into people in my younger days. Home of the Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum as it was first called. A lot of former work colleagues live in Devizes.
A Wadworths beer on draught anywhere is always a welcome sight.
My mum always used to say "off to Devizes" when somebody was a bit "touched" mentally! As an aside, my brand new Hyundai Ioniq's sat nav has Devizes spelt as Devises. Used to get a regular lock in at The French Horn in Pewsey, too.
That was the local of my brother in law, he was born and brung up in Pewsey, hes around 60 so you may well know him if you went there regularly, he was and still is a big Town fan.
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« Reply #30753 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:20:46 » |
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Used to go there in the late 70s.
He was definately in there at that time, he would have been in his late teens early 20s.
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« Reply #30754 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:23:58 » |
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I was in the RAF at Upavon at the time and used to go in fairly regularly with my best mate from Antigua. I’m racking my brains to think of the landlord’s name - Peachy(?) or summit like that.
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« Reply #30755 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:24:26 » |
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Way before all day opening Devizes was the place to be on a Market Day for extra pm boozing time.
Used to get a regular lock in at The French Horn in Pewsey, too.
I was in Pewsey in the week. Very nice place, not up its own arse like Marlborough, not overrun with cars like The Vize. Still a few signs of being a working sort of place, although this summation would need to be tempered by the fact that being on the Waterloo line, prob means it's overrun with Tories evenings and weekends. Two nice ladies asked me if I was a local.... the answer of Swindon, meant a no then as far as they were concerned.
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« Reply #30756 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:28:13 » |
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« Reply #30757 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:30:15 » |
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Do they still have the Marlborough Mop?
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« Reply #30758 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:40:04 » |
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Do they still have the Marlborough Mop?
Oh yes. The Big one and the Little one. Pain in the arse to get through Marlborough after work on the Fridays once the High Street was closed.
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« Reply #30759 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:41:02 » |
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Do they still have the Marlborough Mop?
Yep,despite local traders trying to get it stopped. Talking of the French horn pub,apparently it was named in honour of the French prisoners of war that dug the K and A canal there. Gone now,unfortunately.
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« Reply #30760 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:46:12 » |
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Why were there French prisoners of war in England, let alone Pewsey?
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« Reply #30761 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:48:31 » |
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Why were there French prisoners of war in England, let alone Pewsey?
Napoleonic wars. Pewsey Wharf boasts numerous facilities for boaters and visitors alike, including a slipway and moorings. The former warehouse is now known as The Waterfront, a cafe serving a variety of refreshments. • The nearby pub, The French Horn, is said to be named in honour of those French prisoners of war who worked on constructing the canal and whose working day was ended by the blowing of a horn. •
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« Reply #30762 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:58:29 » |
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Cheers. Interesting fact. I always presumed it was named after the instrument!
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« Reply #30763 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 12:59:18 » |
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Over 100,000 were brought back to Blighty
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« Reply #30764 on: Friday, July 12, 2019, 13:33:43 » |
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Yes, quite big thing. I first went many moons ago.
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