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Publican Frances Shinn, left, c1925	Picture source: Alistair Ewan
The Ship was situated on Mill Street. This pub has now been demolished.
My name is Richard Rogers and I am retired from the USAF. When I was 20 years old I was assigned to RAF Mildenhall as my very first posting in 1966. Mrs. Williams ran The Ship. She was a great old gal. The nights before USAF payday Mrs. Williams used to give a ten shilling note to each one of our group to spend in her pub. We would all pay her back when we got paid, usually the next day. Another USAF guy named Bob Poindexter and I played on the Ship's darts team during the winter of 1966 -67. Those were the days my friends.
Rick Rogers (August 2020)
I lived just outside Mildenhall from 1971 – and worked in Mildenhall unto 1989 . I remember the original Ship inn by the Mill , it originally faced the junction of the road as it split towards Worlington and Barton Mills , it was just about open as I remember , I’m sure my elder brother had a pint or two there at that time . The Suffolk pink house shown below is was built roughly on the same location in the mid 1980’s but rotated to face the river by about 25-30 degrees anti clockwise and contains some reclaimed timber from the now demolished Ship inn ( door lintel and some of the internal roof timbers ) I remember watching the house being built , there was a petition not to demolish the original pub but there were by now some serious structural issues due to neglect.
Adam Rogers (December 2023)
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Site of The Ship Inn	Picture source: Darkstar