{"id":9143,"date":"2020-09-02T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/?page_id=9143"},"modified":"2020-09-02T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T15:16:00","slug":"a-brentor-inn-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/?page_id=9143","title":{"rendered":"Brentor Inn memories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Brentor Inn, also an hotel, in its heyday about 1936. Notice the petrol pumps just past the verandah.<\/p><\/div>\n

As we go by the Brentor Inn it\u2019s nice to see the building getting a coat of paint.\u00a0 The new paint has covered the sign on the wall, so there’s little to remind us of the thriving pub that it used to be.\u00a0 The Inn has been closed for about twenty years,\u00a0 so it\u2019s easy to forget what it was like to have a thriving public house in our community.\u00a0<\/strong> Many of us in the village have never known the enjoyment of having a local pub, but these memories demonstrate the affection that its customers had for the Inn…….
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New Year at the Brentor Inn, 1985<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you have memories of the Brentor Inn?\u00a0 If you do, please send them for inclusion here.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nEmail them to editor@brentorpc.org.uk<\/em><\/a><\/span> .
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From Christopher Blackmore – 1950s memories:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Brentor Inn in the 1950s<\/p><\/div>\n

In the years 1953 -56 we spent great holidays in Falmouth stopping on the way for B&B at the Inn.\u00a0 I was 12 years old \u2026 my Father drove a 1953 Hillman Minx \u2026. my first real visit to a pub and I was entranced by the old beams, yellow smoke walls\u00a0 and the beer by Starkey Knight and Ford \u2026 I hasten to add that I was allowed a Babycham ! ! \u00a0Although fond memories live on it is so sad to learn that the Inn has had to close. The landlord at this time and his wife was a Mr & Mrs R W Mattocks.\u00a0 That\u2019s all really. \u00a0 With best wishes in your history research.<\/p>\n

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Tony Warren in Plymouth\u00a0 – a 1966 memory<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I managed the Brentor Inn for a week during October 1966 when the landlord (Mr Taylor, I believe) was away on holiday in Blackpool.\u00a0 When he returned he told us that we had doubled the takings!\u00a0 This was because we knew some local farmers around Heathfield (The Stacy Family) and they all came to the pub on our last Saturday there.<\/p>\n

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From Francesca Bell – a 1968 memory:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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At the Brentor Inn, about 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

Francesca Bell has sent this photo and she writes:\u00a0<\/strong> “Just having a lovely read of your Brentor Village page and thought you may like this photo. It’s at the then Brentor Inn the day of my younger brother’s christening about 1968. My dad in the background, Eric Doidge, farmer at Cross Trees Farm South Brentor, my Mum Celia (a Brentorian, I’ve memorabilia from then – original programmes and photographs), then there is my sister Beverley, my brother Ashley, myself Francesca and my grandmother Ethel May Scott (formerly of the Fox and Hounds).<\/em>
\nMany a cherryade had on that day by the look of it! <\/em>
\nRegards Francesca Bell (nee Doidge) “<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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From Leslie White of Heathfield – 1970s and 1980s<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember going\u00a0to\u00a0the Brentor with my grandad Edgar Parnell.\u00a0 He used\u00a0to ring the bells\u00a0at the church.\u00a0 We would\u00a0 go on a Sunday\u00a0for an hour.\u00a0 Us kids would stay in the\u00a0veranda\u00a0with a bottle of Coke\u00a0while\u00a0 grandad was in\u00a0the\u00a0bar.\u00a0 Later, in \u201881 \u201882, me, my brother and dad played\u00a0pool\u00a0for the\u00a0Brentor Inn when John Clarke owned\u00a0it.\u00a0 We\u00a0had\u00a0good\u00a0times\u00a0there.<\/p>\n

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Brentor Inn about 1978, courtesy of Tony Dommett, who managed the Inn for a weekend at that time<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Brentor village archive contains photos of the Brentor Inn, such as these below.<\/span>
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Harvest Festival at the Brentor Inn, 1970<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brentor Inn, 1984, photo by Mike Whitfield<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brentor Inn, 1984<\/p><\/div>\n

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Poster advertising the sale of the Herring Arms, now known as the Brentor Inn, in 1838<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we go by the Brentor Inn it\u2019s nice to see the building getting a coat of paint.\u00a0 The new paint has covered the sign on the wall, so there’s little to remind us of the thriving pub that it used to be.\u00a0 The Inn has been closed for about twenty years,\u00a0 so it\u2019s easy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":9997,"menu_order":94,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13446,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9143\/revisions\/13446"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}