Cobham, The Old Oak Tree Restaurant c.1915
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These refreshment and dining rooms, on the corner of the Portsmouth Road and Copse Road, provided a popular stopping place for cyclists, particularly since the rear of the premises housed a cycle repair shop. Adopted as their headquarters by the Cobham Cycling Club, whose plaque is visible on the front wall of the building, the facilities also proved popular with early motorcyclists, like the rider of this splendid BSA parked on its stand. The lower part of the oak tree could be ascended by a stepladder, explaining the presence of the little girl and her watchful father standing above the enamelled sign advertising R. White's ginger beer.
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