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Horse and Groom, Isleham Fen

History of Horse and Groom

Horse and Groom, Isleham Fen OS 1925

In the 190s this former public house was occupied by a widow Susan Watson who had been the publican.

Next door in a cottage a disabled smallholder with 7 children lived next to the pub where his brother had been the publican,

Source: The History of Isleham Fen in the 1930s by Polly Hill, Clare Hall, 1990

1911

Susan Taylor, 80, widow, beer retailer, b Isleham

Joseph Flatt Watson, relative, 22, farmer, b Isleham Fen

John Smith, boarder, 53, widower, farm labourer, b Mildenhall

Philip Clarke, 65, widower, farm labourer, b Isleham Fen

George Laws, 49, farm labourer, b Suffolk

1921

Joseph Flatt Watson, 32, publican, b Isleham

Rose, 29, b Norwich

Jospeh Isaac, 11, b Suffolk

Irene Phyllis, 5, b Suffolk

Ruby Ellen, 2, b Isleham

Peggy Gwendoline, 1, b Isleham

George Watson, widower, boarder, 58, out of work, Isleham

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