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The Royal Oak was situated on Pountney Street. This pub was demolished in the 1950s along with the old terraced houses.
Source: Peter Edwards
My great grandfather Joseph Lawrence Bateman was the proprietor of this pub sometime between the Boer War and the First World War. My grandmother provided the following stories in her memoirs about the pub, from when she was a girl which I thought would be of some interest. "When the workers came to pay their bill [for their tabs], they were served pigs feet and peas ( like a thick soup ) upstairs in the club room and a pianist would play. Mr. Parminter was the pianist Friday nights. There were 8 clubs that met at the pub [and also used the room, which were] Oddfellows, Buffalo, Bowling, Swine, Poultry, Flying Pigeons, the shooting [and an eighth that was left unnamed]. ". "The Shooting club would practice small arms (probably pellet guns) in the smoke room. The room had long tables and benches , with a padded bench that went around the wall, a layer of sawdust on the floor, and spittoons all around. Some of the men did snuff. There was a gun cabinet in the corner of the room, with a target inside the door. This was kept locked" Harriet Ruth Ellen Barker (nee Bateman) first born daughter of Joseph Lawrence Bateman, proprietor the Royal Oak Pub
Dave Hill (December 2014)
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