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circa 1890 |
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx?compid=55118
 Land Registry map
showing area around the Swan (thanks to Tony Watts). |
|
1891 Census |
  The
1891 Census data lists 3 people living at the Swan - it reads:
Thomas Bailey - Head - Married aged 62 - Farmer/Publican - neither employer or
employed
Fred Bailey - Son - Single - 24 - help to Father Inn - employed
William Hodge - Lodger - ? - 40 - Quarryman Stone - employed |
???? – 1902
The first known tenant was
Thomas Bailey (passed away in 1902
) - Father-in-law of Fanny Bailey |
  Walter
Henry Bailey passed away June 4th 1896 aged 40 - husband of Fanny Bailey who passed away
March 29th 1944 aged 86.
Hanham Parish Church |
1902 – 1939
Fanny Bailey |
The
Swan Conham - This was once a delightfully unspoilt old fashioned
three-bar spit and saw dust pub - An ex-miners pub for Hanham Colliery
still known as 'Fanny Bailey's' by Local's after a former landlady. To
the left of the Swan there is a white building. This was used during the
mining era (1906 - 1926) as a temporary Mortuary when disaster struck,
and traces of the white painted interior walls can still be seen on the
older walls of the Swan car park. According to Tony Watts, The Swan was
also known as The Slab for obvious reasons.
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thanks to Nick Plenty for
the 1911 Census copy |
Anglo-Bavarian Brewery
The white sign writing on the window
reads "Anglo ales" (from Anglo Bavarian Brewery, Shepton Mallet). The
Anglo-Bavarian Brewery was established in Shepton Mallet in Somerset,
England in 1864 as the first lager brewery in the United Kingdom. It
closed in 1920. The brewery was built for Morrice, Cox and Clarke of
London, and was initially called the Shepton Mallet Pale Ale Brewery. In
1871, the business was sold by auction to Hill, Garton and Company of
Southampton, who subsequently expanded and modernised it.
 In 1872 the
Pale Ale Brewery was renamed the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery in reference to
the employment, by the new owners, of some brewers from Bavaria in order
to produce a German-style beer, and it appears that what is now called
lager was brewed from that year.
"Sorry to say, the
Anglo-Bavarian did not brew lager. What the Garton brothers did was to
invent a method of inverting sugar to add to the brew. They then used
this to produce light, sparkling ales. However when asked point blank if
they produced lager they denied it. When Alfred Barnard wrote his tome
“The Noted Breweries of Great Britain....” in 1890 he described the
process at the AB, and it did not include the lagering process, but was
very much brewing in the traditional British manner . Look at Martyn
Cornell’s Zythophile on wordpress on the internet for a long article on
lager, including the AB. The 1897 Jubilee booklet had photos showing all
standard British equipment, with no mention of lager or the lagering
process. With the First World War, the connection to Germany became a
problem and the name was rapidly changed to “Anglo”. I wonder if this is
when your etched glass window dates from? Perhaps just after the 1st WW?"
update from Mary Miles
source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/2098019864/
Miners
pose for the camera at Hanham Pit in the 1920s
source:
http://www.gertlushonline.co.uk/hanham-coal-miners.html
The Queens Head -
Hanham Road - 1891, 1901, 1911 census showing Alfred Adams Landlord -
info. Tony Watts
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1939 – 1946?
Roy (Ron?) Bailey
- son of Fanny Bailey |
lived
in house on corner opposite The Swan with his brother Grantley - now being sold off as flats
(2010) |
1940?
- 1954
Dick Rowlands |
Left
the Swan to run the Wheatsheaf at Winterbourne |
1954 – 1958
Len Short |
Dunkerton, Peasedown, Cross Ways Bath (not sure of the connection) |
1958
- 1971?
Ken & Doris Richards
Flying Officer Kit |
Apparently, during the
time Doris and Ken had the pub there was a very smartly dressed local
who frequented the lounge bar who was known as "The Mayor of Hanham"
Kit is
Ken's nickname - Left
RAF after the war - gentleman with a large handlebar moustache |
1971?
- 1982
Ron (Father) & May Irwin |
 The fancy dress party photo was
taken during this period and May Irwin is in the middle of the picture
next to Rose Joy. Pete Joy is Batman - Trevor Hudson is on duty! |
 The
same fancy dress party - is that Father Ron Irwin in the centre of the
pic? - he looks a lot like Ron the son!
Detectives will note the Cockney Pearly King & Queen connection with
the other pic! |
1982 - 1994
Ron Irwin – son |
Ron Irwin was landlord, Eileen
his live-in manager/partner also worked at the Swan.
Eileen had two dogs, who were easily bribed to keep quiet by bars of
chocolate during a break-in one night.
Ron came on a couple of the Hanham Sunday FC Football tours. |
1994 - 2000
Tony Watts |
 Before the Mogg Dynasty alterations - Well known local footballer and character heavily
involved with Hanham Sunday FC as a player and on the committee - his
father Reg was often seen around in the Jolly Sailor and other local
Hanham pubs - Tony on left, Al Mizen on right |
2000+
Gerry Mogg |
Another well known local
footballer. Gerry runs the pub as a family concern with the help of Joe,
Abbie and Dan |
