Pinner, The Queens Head c.1955
Photo ref: P296014
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Memories of Pinner, The Queens Head c1955

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My Great-grandmother was the landlord of this pub in the 1950s and 60s. Her name was Eva Amy Larkin, and she ran this pub as a widow. With my great grandfather she had managed Gunter's tea room in Park Lane during the war, then the Red Lion pub in Hounslow. When Frank Larkin died, she came to Pinner where my Grandad Ron, Eva's daughter Pam's husband, worked part-time to help out. My mum spent many happy school holidays in ...see more
The Queen's Head is little changed - maybe a horse trough on the pavement but the front of the building is pure English village pub! It was the starting point for many a village pub crawl and some fun times pushing wheelbarrows of tipsy teenage friends on charity fundraising days in the 1960's. Some of the black and white photographs of these adventures can still be seen hanging on the wall in the gents at ...see more