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Jolly Anglers, Waterbeach Fen, fishing competition 1910
The pleasure boat “The Pattie” was still in use after WWII.
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1881:
William Gotobed, agricultural laborer & publican, 45, b Fen Ditton
Ann Gotobed, 47, b Swaffham Fen
Joseph Gotobed, agricultural laborer, 17, b Waterbeach
James Wm Gotobed, 13, b Waterbeach
Charlotte Gotobed, daughter, 10, b Waterbeach
John Hawkins, lodger, agricultural laborer, 24, b Fulbourn
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1891:
Ann Gotobed, publican, widow, 57, b Swaffham
Sharlotte Gotobed, 20, b Waterbeach
William James Gotobed, 23, b Waterbeach
Horace James Gotobed, grandson, 4, b Waterbeach
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Mike Petty wrote in 2021: The Jolly Anglers was a fully licensed house, situated at Waterbeach Fen, about a mile from Upware and three-and-a-half miles from Bottisham Lock. The registered owners were Messrs A. & B. Hall of Ely. The house had been closed for trade since February 10th, 1915. The previous tenant had been there from 1892-1907 but was now doing his duty to the country by making munitions. He went away in February with the hope that he would return. The brewery had, public-spiritedly, not filled the vacancy. It was a house that did a good trade in normal times, being much-used by anglers. But the angling and river traffic was not so much because of the war.
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