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Elizabeth
Hopgood advises 07.02.2005 :-
My Grandfather was publican at the Dog Inn Hingham,
Frank Cecil Hubbard.
My mother, now aged 82 remembers living there with her parents,
Frank Cecil and Mahala Gertrude Hubbard from 1926 to 1932.
Mother says the pub was built to house the men building the church.
She remembers there were 2 bars, only men went in them of course,
there was a separate smokers bar. Ladies could go into the publicans
own lounge to sit and have a drink. There was a kitchen for washing
up and a passage with steps to the cellar. Upstairs there were 3
bedrooms and another staircase to the attic.
The
toilet was across the road in a yard with a water pump and stables.
The toilets were interesting, the men had a toilet, but the ladies
had 3 seats in a row.
There is also a ghost story. ‘The Grey Lady’ would walk at night
sometimes. She would walk into my mothers bedroom and sit on the end
of the bed. My mother was 4 at the time and had no previous
knowledge of her, so it must be true. The dog would not go into this
room. Apparently there had been a death of a serving girl
years before.
Many
thanks for the information and photograph. |
