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I OFTEN think about my late friend Ken Stubbings and his passion for Maldon’s history – particularly the heritage of our local pubs, past and present. His groundbreaking book Here’s Good Luck to the Pint Pot (Kelvin Brown Publications 1988) continues to be the best source on the subject. I remember him telling me that he found researching the principal inns – places like the Blue Boar, the White Horse, the King’s Head and the Swan – relatively easy. It was the smaller beer houses which created more of a challenge for him. That’s not surprising really, because some of these were literally “cottage industries”, that brewed on site and used their front rooms as bars. ....
I OFTEN think about my late friend Ken Stubbings and his passion for Maldon’s history – particularly the heritage of our local pubs, past and present. His groundbreaking book Here’s Good Luck to the Pint Pot (Kelvin Brown Publications 1988) continues to be the best source on the subject. I remember him telling me that he found researching the principal inns – places like the Blue Boar, the White Horse, the King’s Head and the Swan – relatively easy. It was the smaller beer houses which created more of a challenge for him. That’s not surprising really, because some of these were literally “cottage industries”, that brewed on site and used their front rooms as bars. ....
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APART from a brief sojourn to Church Street, I have lived in Fambridge Road all my life – growing up with my parents at number 204 and then in our marital home at 138. I don’t know about you, but as I get older (and particularly given the times we find ourselves currently living through) I increasingly reflect on my childhood. In the 1960s the lower part of Fambridge Road still had a very rural feel about it. The Poets Estate didn’t exist – it was a private orchard and farmlands run by the Co-op and part of our illicit playground. Separate areas of Maldon like ours all had their own communities where families knew each other and children formed close friendships. ....