The Red Lion And The Square
My parents ran the Red Lion between 1953-83. I was brought up here and went to Blendworth School, Mrs Byrne was the headmistress. The pub was situated on a tight bend on the old A3 and was regularly hit by vehicles unable to make it round this corner. A blocked up archway on the left of the building had a date brick of c1750. In the Square adjacent to the Red Lion was Smith & Vospers, grocers and bakers managed by Mr Mitchell. Across the A3 was the Post Office run by the Hancock family. Baileys ran the general hardware store and Ellis's ran a store next door selling produce from their market garden in Westbourne. Further round the square was Pescotts, the butchers, their slaughterhouse was behind the shop on Blendworth Hill, across from this was the Newsagents run by Maurice Bond and then the Bedfords.
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RE: RE: The Red Lion And The Square
My father worked in Pescotts as the butcher boy and used to do the deliveries for them, my mother and father lived for a while above the butchers, long before my time must have been late 50's.
Comment from Robert King on Sunday, 2nd August 2009.
RE: RE: The Red Lion And The Square
My dad was also a butcher boy at Pescotts the butchers. He's told me stories about his trips with his bike. He was born at, I think, no 1 Idsworth, opposite the church. We try to go up, all four generations of us now, to see the bluebell woods and the places he visited as a child. He was born in 1943 so I think he was about 13 or 14 when he worked as a butcher's boy - so roughly 1957. He got married to my mum in Idsworth church in 1962 and I was christened there in 1963. I would love to get in contact with anyone who knew my dad or his family. Idsworth has always had a special place in our hearts because of my dad's connections with the area. His name is Charlie (Charles )Kemp.
Comment from Jenny Carpenter on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012.