The Marquis of Granby & Legion Hut, Woodditton

History of the Marquis of Granby

1939 Marquis of Granby

Alfred J Plume, b 1906, publican

Ernest E Plume, b 1887, roadman NRDC

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On more than one occasion pennies carefully covered in silver paper were passed off to the short-sighted elderly lady who sold sweets from the back door of The Granby pub. The grinning urchin then ran off with the sweets and change from half-a-crown.

Alf Plume, the landlord of The Marquis of Granby, seemed to live permanently in carpet slippers so when he joined up early in the war army boots must have come hard. Smallholder Art Jaggard and family took over the running of the pub and teenage daughter Iris, and sons Les and Harold helped serve the customers. … Right by the Granby stood the large black wooden hut belonging to the British Legion Association …. The piano there wasn’t much used until wartime brought soldiers to the pub from the nearby camps, also women looking for excitement, sensing that the old taboos were breaking down. (p55)

(R H Vincent, A Tanner Will Do)