Bedworth. King Street
Busy street scene in Bedworth. The Old Pheasant Inn on the left which sold Marston Thomson and Evershed Ltd., Burton ales and stout. The Post Office is on the right of the photograph. 1930s
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 649/31, img: 3680
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There were a lot of pubs in Bedworth. If you start at the top of King’s Street… there was a big house with the siren. The Shoulder of Mutton was opposite the Co-op, the King’s Head just inside King’s Street, the wool shop, then a haunted pub – I can’t remember the name, probably The Pheasant.
Across Leicester road to the White Swan was the Hit or Miss pub. Then there was Johnson’s outdoor where you collected drinks but did not drink inside. Below there is now the heritage centre.
On the other side was The Shoulder of Mutton, Mrs Wheeler’s Cafe, The Haunch of Venison (on the corner near Hardyman’s shop) and the Bee Hive before the library with the White Lion at the end of the road.
How King Street Bedworth has changed over the years. I was born in Bedworth, which is my Home Land.
The photo was actually taken in 1925 as it is a photo from “Bedworth Aas it was’ By the Bedworth Echo. Also the Pheasant was supposed to be haunted by the Grey Lady.
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