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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]I have been searching for info on the Admiral Rodney and my PCless friend found this: Ripley and Heanor 27th June 1913 "HEANOR'S HALF CROWN" "Peculiar sequal to Tramway widenings-licenced house cut in half" "The road widenigs consequent upon the Tramway Scheme have caused extensive improvements all along the route from Cinderhill, on the environs of Nottingham, to Ripley. Opposite to Heanor Church the new order has caused considerable displacements to ancient properties and the White Hart Inn, a beerhouse tenanted for many generations by the Carman family, has disappeared altogether.In connection with this licenced house it is stated that when the Parish Church was built the eminence across the way, in the year 1111,the Masons were in the habit of repairing to "Ye Whyte Harte" and washed down their victuals with flagons of Nut Brown from its cellars. Next to the above house has stood for over 200 years another licenced house formally rejoicing in the title of the "Admiral Rodney". A decade ago a fatal broil took place with which the name of the Admiral Rodney became connected and as a result the sign was altered to that of the "Crown".It is in connection with this hostelry that a unique situation has arisen owing to the installation of tramways, for the roading has been widened to such an extent that the front of the house has been demolished from the floor to the ridge and in place of walls fronting to the street are huge baulks of timber. Entering a narrow doorway to which attention is directed by the word "Bar" chalked upon the timbering. Customers have the choice of either one of a row of rush bottomed chairs placed where the host formerly stood or the seat near the rockery in the back yard. Altogether in their existing state the public "rooms" present a grotesque appearance. The hostess Mrs S Lomax who has tenanted the house for 13 years accepts the situation with a good deal of equanimity and laughingly admits that although she has but a "Half a Crown" instead of a "Crown" she has less cleaning to do. Aided by the favourable weather the various constructional works for the Tramway are proceeding apace, and although there may be various inconveniences inseparable from a scheme of so large dimensions,so far there has been little in Ripley neighbourhood to which exception can be taken." This article comes with a picture of the Crown (I haven't seen it yet) In the 1950's the Crown was "an old man's pub"-very gloomy in my opinion-although I'd probably enjoy that kind of atmosphere nowadadays! The Crown is now renamed Ce Sera and is a trendy wine bar. Does anyone have further info on the White Hart and the Admiral Rodney-and especially the "fatal broil"???[/quote]
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This message was updated on 9/28/2005 7:06:11 PM by suzard

Heanor Pubs, clubs and beerhouses
replied on: 9/28/2005 6:59:59 PM

I have been searching for info on the Admiral Rodney and my PCless friend found this:
Ripley and Heanor 27th June 1913
"HEANOR'S HALF CROWN"
"Peculiar sequal to Tramway widenings-licenced house cut in half"
"The road widenigs consequent upon the Tramway Scheme have caused extensive improvements all along the route from Cinderhill, on the environs of Nottingham, to Ripley.
Opposite to Heanor Church the new order has caused considerable displacements to ancient properties and the White Hart Inn, a beerhouse tenanted for many generations by the Carman family, has disappeared altogether.In connection with this licenced house it is stated that when the Parish Church was built the eminence across the way, in the year 1111,the Masons were in the habit of repairing to "Ye Whyte Harte" and washed down their victuals with flagons of Nut Brown from its cellars.
Next to the above house has stood for over 200 years another licenced house formally rejoicing in the title of the "Admiral Rodney". A decade ago a fatal broil took place with which the name of the Admiral Rodney became connected and as a result the sign was altered to that of the "Crown".It is in connection with this hostelry that a unique situation has arisen owing to the installation of tramways, for the roading has been widened to such an extent that the front of the house has been demolished from the floor to the ridge and in place of walls fronting to the street are huge baulks of timber. Entering a narrow doorway to which attention is directed by the word "Bar" chalked upon the timbering. Customers have the choice of either one of a row of rush bottomed chairs placed where the host formerly stood or the seat near the rockery in the back yard.
Altogether in their existing state the public "rooms" present a grotesque appearance. The hostess Mrs S Lomax who has tenanted the house for 13 years accepts the situation with a good deal of equanimity and laughingly admits that although she has but a "Half a Crown" instead of a "Crown" she has less cleaning to do.
Aided by the favourable weather the various constructional works for the Tramway are proceeding apace, and although there may be various inconveniences inseparable from a scheme of so large dimensions,so far there has been little in Ripley neighbourhood to which exception can be taken."
This article comes with a picture of the Crown (I haven't seen it yet)
In the 1950's the Crown was "an old man's pub"-very gloomy in my opinion-although I'd probably enjoy that kind of atmosphere nowadadays!
The Crown is now renamed Ce Sera and is a trendy wine bar.
Does anyone have further info on the White Hart and the Admiral Rodney-and especially the "fatal broil"???

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