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On 26th August 1857, the harvest `Frolic' was held here. Following a day of drinking, some slept at the inn, William Seager was lifted onto a settle, after first falling asleep on the brick floor. Three or four persons were in the room when he fell asleep and one of them was William Harmer. On awakening, Seager found that he was missing 3 half-crowns and 9s 6d in other coins. He accused Harmer of taking the money and indeed, 17s in silver was found on him, despite him claiming he had no money at all. At the hearing in October 1857 it was argued that the evidence was most vague and unmeaning and the suspicion against Harmer was of the weakest description. The jury acquitted the accused. |
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Memories collected by Chris
Holderness of Rig-a-Jig-Jig for the East Anglian Traditional Musical
Trust. The CH numbers refer to Chris's Archive on eatmt.org. |
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From Peter Colk of Dilham, 2005 (CH B2-3-18a) 'There was a man who lived here . . . opposite the pub there used to be a blacksmith's shop there; he was also a plumber, and he played the melodeon. He used to walk across the road to the Smallburgh Crown pub nearly every night, and he'd have a tune on the melodeon, nearly every night. RJJ: And he'd step as well? PC: And step dancing would go on there, yes. RJJ: And what was his name? PC: His name was . . . Bristow. And he was a blacksmith and a plumber.
This was a very lively pub, the Crown, because . . .
you had the Sherwood Foresters, a complete battalion in the
[Worstead] woods, and of course all these pubs got a terrific custom
from them.' |
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