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Tewkesbury, Church Street c.1955
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In the days of horse-drawn travel, Tewkesbury was an important coaching town. By 1830 some 30 stage coaches a day pulled into Tewkesbury, bringing passengers to feed and accommodate, horses to water and rest, and a great deal of business to the local community. The Hop Pole Hotel on the left in this photograph was a posting house, where horses could be changed and packages left for delivery to other towns. The most famous stagecoach was L'Hirondelle, which covered the 122 miles from Birkenhead Ferry to Tewkesbury in 9 hours.

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Hello, I am after information about my maternal grandmother, who I have been told was a land lady in the early 1960's at this pub, she then moved on to the Prince of Wales burnt oak. She was known as Helen Holt and Helen McColm and she maried Norman Scriven or Scrivens, but I don't know if that was at this period of time. I'm trying to trace what happened to her, as there is know trace of her from 1962. Gratefuly yours, Clare
Tewkesbury, Wheatsheaf Inn c1890
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Added 30 August 2018

Tewkesbury (Common)
As a family living in the Black Country, we used to go out every Sunday in the summer with our (doings), as mom used to call them. In fact that was a camping gas stove to boil a kettle so we could have a cup of tea with our picnic. Dad seemed to know his way about everywhere or its seemed everywhere. Probably due to the fact he used to be a coach driver many years before I was born in 1964. One of our ...see more
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The Haunted Wheatsheaf Inn
Does anyone remember reams of toilet paper hanging from one of the hanging baskets for a few days one year back in the 80's?? That was me, I threw the potty out of the window because I didn't like the smell! he he. Me and my family lived here in the 80's and ran it as a restaurant, we managed to make it into the Good Food Guide which my mum and dad are very proud of... I'm too young to remember it ...see more
Tewkesbury, Wheatsheaf Inn c1890
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Added 23 October 2014

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Had morning tea here in 2010
Tewkesbury, the Victoria Tea Tavern 1907
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