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Date of photo: 1950	Picture source: Jim Bates
The Rose & Crown was situated on Sheffield Road.
I believe my father, James Edmund Bates, was the licensee around 1947 to 1949/50. My sister was born on the premises in July 1947 and I think I can recall, as a 4 or 5 year old, having a bedroom behind an interior window which enabled me to peer through a glass shelved liquor cabinet into the public bar. In 1952 after a short stay in Wortley, South Yorkshire, my family emigrated to Australia with three of their five children. I returned to Creswell in 1975 and visited the hotel. Whilst chatting to the publican on that occasion I was amazed to hear that some of his local patrons still talked about the times when Jim and Vera Bates were their hosts back in the late 40's. I returned once again to the UK in 2012 and was disappointed to find that the hotel had closed.
Jim Bates (February 2025)
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Publicans farewell gathering, 1950	Picture source: Jim Bates
Publicans farewell gathering, 1950	Picture source: Jim Bates