The
Lion's Head
Olde worlde
ersatz pub lettering on windows which looks
convincing. We include them here as an example of nostalgic decoration
which can also be seen on the genuinely very old (16th or 17th century)
Spread Eagle public house in Eagle Street.
2012
images
Since
around 1910 the public house which stood at the
junction of Freehold Road and Cauldwell Hall Road (opposite the jaws of
Marlborough
Road) was The Lion's Head, but
in 2012 it is called 'The Old Times
Guest House'. We noticed the frosted glass lettering in the ground
floor windows and it was only when these photographs were taken in
November 2012 that it became clear (no pun intended) that they were
stick-on vinyls. Almost certainly.
On the
Freehold Road side (you can see the reflection
of the '1900'
grocery shop opposite):
'WINES
... SPIRITS'
and the
next window:
'ALES
... STOUT'
The shaped
'frosting' here is very convincing; the
words advertise the licenced premises wares and provide a certain
privacy for those drinkers within.
The corner
single sash window pane has:
'PUBLIC
BAR'
and on the
Cauldwell Hall Road frontage:
'TEA
ROOMS'
Some might
say that the owners have gone a bit over the
top by the time we get to 'Tea Rooms'. There are several other windows
at this level which have had the more plain 'frosted' panels added to
them.
The only other frosted/engraved glass lettering on pubs we know of is The Old Bell
in Over Stoke and The
Duke of York in Woodbridge Road.
The old
chemist shop in Fore Street has
a
frosted name.
Further up Cauldwell Hall Road is a monogrammed date on the Co-op shop. See also Marlborough Road house names and Cauldwell Hall Road house names.
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