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Date of photo: 2004	Picture source: Dennis Harper
The Swan was situated at 124 Common Road.
Had my first job here in the Summer of 1982. I’d recently turned 18 so was new to everything. I remember there’s was a Landlord and Landlady (drank snowball’s in the lounge) and a full time helper - who played Rebel Rebel whenever the juke box was free. I mainly worked in the bar and never more than a dozen in. Thursdays busy as it was pay day, Sundays deserted. It was a Banks’ pub and I remember when beer went up to 51p a pint for bitter customers switched to a pint of mix which was 50p a pint. I was working the night England went out of the World Cup when Brooking and Keegan came on late and Keegan missed the header that would have sent us through. Not pub TV as we know it but a small portable behind the bar.
Robert Seldon (April 2020)
I was the landlady of The Swan from1985 to 1987. My husband Jeff and I got married whilst we were Managers at this pub. Such happy memories of living there. Sunday lunch the customers were 4 deep at the bar drinking Banks mild and bitter, no food sold. The good days
Grace Kelly (April 2023)
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