Ye Old Shoulderstick

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Ye Old Shoulderstick

Not a lot is known about the Shoulderstick alehouse apart from it being open for business in 1769. Peter Griffiths remembers it being an Off-licence in the 1940s and 50s. The following extract from ‘THE LONDON GAZETTE’ dated, 28 July, 1939 proves that it was still open for business in 1939 and the proprietor was Mr A. E. BALE:

The proprietor of the Shoulderstick Off Licence prior to July 1939 was Herbert William Chant who was born in Hull in 1876 and according to his death certificate, died in 1939. He was buried at All Saints in Barling yet his parents, first wife, widow and some of his children are all buried in Plymouth or Paignton.

This came to light from a posting by a Mrs Peel his great-granddaughter in 2009 on the RootsChat.com website. She stated that Herbert started life in the shipping industry, a family business and she does not know how he ended up at an off licence.

Source: Posting by Mrs Peel on RootsChat.com Forum on Monday 21 December 2009 08:11 GMT (UK) Regarding “Shoulderstick Off Licence, Barling”

Ye Old Shoulderstick still stands today (2012) and evidence of this is the ironwork at the front which used to support the alehouse sign. The following picture is courtesy of Google Earth.

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