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The Red Lion, 66 St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells in the 1911 Coronation of George V
Kindly provided by Sally Fox
The Coronation procession was 1911 and the
Buffaloes [R.A.O.B} Lodge float is outside.
Family sources confirm that the taller boy on the float is my father, with
his sister and brother.
His step-father, the landlord George Cowley, is standing in front of him in
the light suit [no hat].
It seems his tenancy was short-lived, perhaps only 1910-12 at a guess. ***
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1862/John Pollard/../../../Post Office Directory
1874/John Pollard/& Brick Maker/../../Post Office Directory
1881/John Pollard/Licensed Victualler/75/Goudhurst, Kent/Census
1881/Frances Pollard/Wife/63/Bow, London/Census
1881/William Twort/Lodger, Bootmaker, Widow/65/Bidboro, Kent/Census
1881/John George/Lodger, General Dealer/40/Smeeth, Kent/Census
1882/John Pollard/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William George/../../../Post Office Directory
1903/Thomas Lefevre/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/George Cowley/../../../Photograph 1911 ***
1913/J T Dunn/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/James Thomas Dann/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Edward H Cross/../../../Post Office Directory
Mrs Maud Cross would have taken over the Red Lion, after her husband Edward
Henry died on 9 Aug 1924. *
1930/Mrs Maud Cross/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Patrick Walter Berkeley/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Joan Thompson
*** Provided By Sally Fox