Those Were The Days my Friend we Thought.............
On the left of the picture is the tall post on which the air raid siren is mounted, still there ten years after it was in service, I heard it several times before running to the "dugout" and before being shipped off to Oldham as a Vaccy. "The Goat" had a lovely sunken garden accessed by a steep flight of stairs from the bar area and a gate from the public footpath at the rear. The bus in the distance is either a 135 to Brimsdown or a 144A or B and maybe a 231 to Turnpike Lane, this was the end of their route before retracing their steps, usually very busy, for as you can see cars were a luxury in those days. In fact in the forefront of the grassed area (not shown in photo) was a large stone horse trough which I'm sure was used by Dougie Thompson and his horse & cart whilst delivering greengroceries from the family store nearby.
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RE: RE: Those Were The Days my Friend we Thought...
Yes, Derek, that horse trough was used by my uncle Dougal Thompson's horses located near The Goat. As my dad (Dougal's brother Stan) and I would pass on our way to the Maiden's Bridge area to make greengrocer deliveries, we would stop for our horse to have a drink. My dad's shop was in Chase Side Crescent with other brothers and nephew in Baker Street and the Enfield Town Market on Saturdays. Those were the days!
Comment from Rita Thompson Marston on Thursday, 24th February 2011.