![francisfrith.com - nostalgic photos, maps, books and memories [US]](/images/pageloader/headerLogo_us.gif "francisfrith.com - nostalgic photos, maps, books and memories [US]")
The Harp and Crown
0 comments have been shared below in response to "The Harp and Crown"
Get involved and post your comments using the comment form below.
Gastard, Village 1907
Ref: 57826
Year: Unknown
The Harp and Crown
The pub in the picture is the original H&C which was burnt down only a few years after this picture was taken. The pub was then rebuilt further back from the road. There are still elderly people in the village who remember their parents and even their grandparents going to the local for their usual.
One old lady's husband used to go to the pub a lot. Mrs Liddle lived at the top of Velley Hill until the 1960s I think, when a lorry drove through her living room and she was relocated to The (then relatively new) Close at the bottom of the hill before the pub. Sadly, she's now passed away after years of giving sweets to the village kids.
My younger brother was the first baby born in the village for many years, causing quite a stir and ending in many visits from the elderly village residents who knew the couple who lived in the house before us, and who are now buried in the village.
Shared on 29 August 2008
