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Near the corner with Old King Street, now the corner of the Hub diagonally opposite Dixons. The Armada, previously known as the Ship until 1891, was pulled down during the 1950’s re-development of the area. The premises next door were occupied by Henry Jones the flour millers who were the inventors of self raising flour.  This pub closed in 1953.

The publican in the 1930s and 1940s was my great Aunt, Lilian Southcott Jones and her husband Ex Household Cavalry Capt Oliver.A regular customer was Hollywood film star Cary Grant, when he returned to his home town to visit his mother. On one such visit Cary took off his Hollywood labelled tie and presented it to Lilian as a keepsake.

Valerie Southcott Jones (November 2021)

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