Anne Boleyn, Southend Road, Eastwood - in 1919
Anne Boleyn, Southend Road, Eastwood - in 1939
Kindly provided by Colleen
Now in Rochford
8th August 1999
Taken by Stephen Parker
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1902/Alfred Ramuz/../../../Kelly's
1906/William Jordan Cairns/../../../Kelly's
1908/William Jordan Cairns/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Jordan Cairns/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Knight/../../../Kelly's
1913/Phillips/../../../Freehold
1914/Thomas Matthew Phillips/../../../Kelly's
1917/Walter Rice/../../../Kelly's
1919 - 1920/Mrs Newton/../../../Freehold
1921/Wolfe/../../../Freehold
1922/Harry R. Wolfe/../../../Kelly's
1922/Leach/../../../Freehold
1923/Mrs Morris/../../../Freehold
1925-6/Harry R. Wolfe/../../../Kelly's
1923 - 1946/Mrs. How/../../../Freehold
1929/Mrs. Alice How/Proprietress/../../Kelly's
1933/Mrs. Alice How/Proprietress/../../Kelly's
1937/Mrs. Alice How/Proprietress/../../Kelly's
1947 - 1962/W G How & Mrs Wilson/../../../Freehold
I knew the Anne Boleyn in the 1960’s - even worked there in 1964. At that
time Walter How was the guv’nor. He was quite elderly and his reputation was
that he had been there for many years. I guess Alice How must have been his
mother. *
The saloon bar was oak panelled. Local lore had it that during WW2 the
fighter pilots from RAF Rochford opposite the pub (now Southend Airport)
used the pub and wrote their names on the walls. These would have included
some quite famous ones during the Battle of Britain. Dear old Walter, the
story goes on, had no more sense than to panel them in after the war.
Interesting to wonder if some history still lurks there. *
Walter smoked a pipe specially designed for use with dentures: it had two 90
degree bends to enable the weight to rest on the chin. He drank about 14
pints of mild and bitter on a normal day and lived to be 80, so I hear. He
kept the most beautiful pint of Charringtons IPA I ever tasted. God rest his
soul! *
* Provided by Alan O'Gorman
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