The Historic Aviation visitors guide to the pubs of Eastern England

It’s obvioush no one really nowse much here.

I am willing to make a big sacrifice and volunteer for the job of evaluating each one and writing up a fullsh report on each. Hic.

There is a hotel in Gt Chesterford -Rose and Crown[ possibly] that had quite a few aviation paintings and photos in although i don’t know why?

I’ve not been there, but the Ferry Inn at Horning, Norfolk has great connections with Coltishall. It was used as the local watering hole by personnel from Coltishall and Bob Stanford Tuck narrowly escaped with his life after leaving there very shortly before it suffered a direct hit.

The Tally Ho! at Trumpinton…. etc

Richard!

Great collection.

Save me some work and present them in the format as in Post 1 please?

Moggy

“Gentlemen, you are forgetting the essential arithmetic. Our young men must outdrink their young men at a rate of four to one”

“No, dear, I’m NOT on a pub-crawl, I’m researching aviati ..avria… avish.. plane related pubs!”

Going to get positive intel on the beer status at the Mitre this afternoon, Moggy. The sacrifices that I make…

Extending the area somewhat, the Kings Arms at Cardington (Beds) has some R101 photos on the walls. There’s also the airship’s flag in the church, and the victims’ memorial in the cemetery.

The Victoria (Walton Street, Oxford) we discovered at lunchtime today has a large – quarter- or fifth-scale, I reckon – Hawker Fury biplane hanging from the ceiling. No apparent reason, it just is!

The Red Lion at Bassingbourn used to have a substantial collection of photos from the airfield. However it has now suffered the fate of so many pubs in the last few years and become an Indian restaurant and I have no idea what happened to the photos.

Adrian

The Tally Ho! at Trumpinton, Cambridge
has a Spitfire on the sign, not sure why
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p61563575.html

The Wildlife Pub, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln
On the site of the former main entrance to RAF Skellingthorpe Airfield

Also the Black Swan at Skellingthorpe

The Gallon Pot, Gt Yarmouth
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p66191890.html
It was destroyed by enemy action in 1943 and re-built, a plaque on the side commemerates this;
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p66191888.html

The Tavern Pub, Belton, Norfolk
B-17 “Belle of the East” is remembered here;
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/belton

The Lancaster Pub, Manby, Lincs
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p60137716.html

The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa, Lincs
http://airfields.fotopic.net/p52279335.html
http://airfields.fotopic.net/p52279352.html
http://airfields.fotopic.net/p52279354.html

The Blue Bell, Near Thorpe Camp / Woodhall Spa, Lincs
http://airfields.fotopic.net/p53262340.html

The Warwick Pub, Woodbridge, Suffolk
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/warwickpub

The Marrowbone & Cleaver, Kirmington, Lincs
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p51202156.html

The Good Intent, Hornchurch, Essex
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p59971275.html

The Jug & Bottle, Waltham, Grimsby, LIncs
Memorabilia inside

The Bell Pub, Halton Holgate, Spilsby, Lincs
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p51038266.html

The Chequers, Fowlmere, Cambs
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p44343569.html

The Dambusters, Scampton
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p54033080.html
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p54033281.html

Douglas Bader, Martlesham Heath
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p45260002.html

The White Horse Pub, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury
http://www.airfields.fotopic.net/p49657483.html

That would be the appropriately named ‘Flying Fortress’

Still running and still memorabilia packed.

Moggy

Nice to see The Old Tower at Rougham restored!

Noted this great color photo on the 94th site…nice to see its been restored from the last time I remember seeing it! Several men here in my community flew& fought with the 94th in WW II !

BlueNoser352!

http://www.94thbombgroup.com/

Pub at 94th BG site Bury St. Edmunds Airfield

Moggy :

Several years ago I visited and had a nice hot meal at a pub/restaurant
at the end of the old airfield at Rougham …home of the 94th BG. Is it still there, they had some 94th stuff up on the walls ! Hope this note finds you in good health & spirits!

From Across The Big Pond !

BlueNoser352!

http://mighty8thaf.preller.us/php/1Loc.php?Base=Bury%20St.%20Edmunds

I dont know if the Bell at Cotton End is still open? It looked very run down last time i drove past. I havent been in there since the late 1970’s, when I worked on its thatched roof. It did have a lot of good airship photos.

Dave

The Crown used to have lots of 355FG P-51 photos not sure if still there ? also there was loads of airship photos at The Bell,Cotton End ,near Cardington,but I have not visited for years.

The Crown at Litlington. Cracking pub food plus aviation prints and some relics mounted on the walls.

Sorry mate, it is now a house. Still looks like a pub, but it’s been converted

Matt

Very sad to hear that!

I understand that it was Guy Gibson’s watering hole while he was stationed there in 1941!

For old times sake here is a facsimilie of the old pub sign…..

I believe the Mitre in Cambridge is a GK establishment.

Does anyone know if “The Startled Saint” still exists at West Malling?

I believe at one time it was within the boundary of the airfield and the pub sign depicted St Leonard being buzzed by Spitfires!

Sorry mate, it is now a house. Still looks like a pub, but it’s been converted

Matt

Holton ‘Triple Plea’ just outside of Halesworth in Suffolk has lots of photo’s on the walls of P-47’s and B-24’s which were based a few hundred yards down the road at Holton airfield during WW2.

Plus they serve real ale guest beers 😀

Cheers – Graham

Navenby

If I recall Gibson and his new wife stayed at the Lion and Royal in Navenby (just down the ridge from Waddington).

This was the place where he gave the landlords wife a salmon to cook for them and she deep fried it.

Does anyone know if “The Startled Saint” still exists at West Malling?

I believe at one time it was within the boundary of the airfield and the pub sign depicted St Leonard being buzzed by Spitfires!