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By Bill Exley
My research of the Blunham Public Houses and Beer Houses of bygone years, came about by interesting observations made by an old Blunham Gent called Ernest Jeffries. We used to walk slowly up The Hill due to his advanced years, and he would point out old sites to me with his walking stick. I then got the bug to compile a comprehensive listing using Bedford archive records held at County Hall, together with visits to the Brewers of Charles Wells of Bedford and Greene King at Biggleswade. The project started in 1985 taking a year with visits in my spare time after work at Texas Instruments Ltd., then in Bedford, and it was here I met Colin Hinson, the web-master for the Blunham web site.
Colin asked me if the Queen's Head closed as a pub in 1926. I make this
the closing date, when Herbert Currant left it to go to the Horse Shoes for
30 yrs. However I couldn't categorically state no other owner went in as I have
gaps and only names and records I came across in my researches. Another slight
twinge of doubt is the 1944 date for the Wheatsheaf. I assumed it was
a Beer House and not a true Pub type of beer purveyor. I'm sure the Beer House
phased out before 1944 and more like the 1920's
Bill Exley, April 2004
There are currently (2004) only two pubs in Blunham and these are (going north to south):
There used to be a further six pubs in Blunham! In order of closing (most recent first) they were:
Page last updated 26th April 2004 by Colin Hinson.