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Claims that the Bushel was the oldest Newmarket pub in the 1980's could well have been contested by the Black Horse For obvious reasons, acquired the nickname of "The Kicker" Deemed to be structurally unsafe it closed 7th November 1984 and was demolished. The site was re-developed and opened as Dixon's in 1986. Dixon's re-branded to Currys Digital in 2006. They closed in 2012 and in August 2013 the current (2019) business, Caffè Nero opened. Peter Norman armed with camera, was allowed on the site during the demolitions, his photos here scotching the rumour that the demolition was a business ploy. The remarks of the workmen when it was known he had photographed the digger almost descending to the cellar( what a surprise, a cellar in a pub!) are not printable here. Tollemache & Cobbold brewery was the Cliff Brewery in Ipswich, which was closed in 1989. Not always popular, one venture "Husky Lager" was so bad even the brewery Chairman, John Cobbold, was reputed to have remarked that "it tasted like dog's piss" . It passed from the Cobbold family to Ellerman Shipping, thence to Barclay Brothers and on to Brent Walker who transferred brewing to Cameron's in West Hartlepool in 1989 before the Brent Walker collapse in 1991.After a management buy out it was then bought by Ridleys in 2002 and brewing transferred to Chelmsford. Arch local rivals Greene,King bought it out in 2005 and promptly scrapped it all. |
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| Year | Licensee | Owner | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1773 | Sam Buckle | licensing records | |
| 1776 | " " | ||
| 1779 | " " | ||
| 1787 | Chapman's map | ||
| 1798 | Ralph Buckle | directory | |
| 1823 | William Barrett | unknown | Pigot |
| 1839 | William Barrett | unknown | Robson |
| 1841 | William Barrett | unknown | census |
| 1844 | William Barrett | unknown | White |
| 1851 | William Barrett | unknown | census |
| 1855 | William Barrett (died 1856) | unknown | Gardener |
| 1855 | Betsy Barrett | unknown | White |
| 1861 | James Hills (died 1863) | unknown | census |
| 1865 | Clara Hills (widow) | unknown | Post Office |
| 1869 | Clara Hills | unknown | Post Office |
| 1871 | Clara Hills | unknown | census |
| 1873 | Clara Hills | unknown | Harrod |
| 1881 | Clara Hills | unknown | census |
| 1883 Oct | William Wade | unknown | Newmarket Journal |
| 1886 Jan | William Wade | unknown | Newmarket Journal |
| 1886 | from Fredk Bailey to Augustus Ruse | unknown | Bury Free Press |
| 1888 | from Augustus Ruse to Elijah Williams | Charlie Woods (champion jockey) | Cambridge Chronicle & Journal |
| 1891 | Elijah Williams | unknown | census |
| 1892 | George Bowler (from Blackbird, Woodditton) | unknown | Kelly |
| 1901 | George Bowler | unknown | census |
| 1904 | George Bowler | licensing records | Kelly |
| 1908 | Joseph Woollard | unknown | Kelly |
| 1911 | Cephas (Joseph) Wollard | unknown | census |
| 1916 | Joseph Wollard (died 1922) | unknown | Kelly |
| 1922 | Reginald Arthur Woollard (son) | unknown | Kelly |
| 1925 | Reginald Arthur Woollard (son) | unknown | Kelly |
| 1926 | Reginald Arthur Woollard (son) | unknown | Newmarket Directory |
| 1929 | Charles Pudney | unknown | Bury Free Press |
| 1939 | Charles Pudney | Tollemache & Cobbold | 1939 register |
| 1960 May 5 | Ronald Mair (wife grandaughter of C Pudney) | Tollemache & Cobbold | |
| 1965 Sep | Charles Frank Connor | Tollemache & Cobbold | |
| 1968 Mar | Nicholas Arter | Tollemache & Cobbold | |
| 1968 | George Orpwood (from August) | Tollemache & Cobbold | licensing records |
| 1975 | Alexander Craig Cairncross (24-4-75) | Tollemache & Cobbold | licensing records |
| 1976 | Ray Jamieson 9-12-76) from Kings Head, Dullingham | Tollemache & Cobbold | licensing records |
| 1984 Nov 7 | closed and eventually demolished | ||
In the 1960's.................and just before closure in 1985
photos Peter Norman
the last tenant, Ray Jamieson
Not much sound wood in evidence, the wallpaper was holding it up!
2019 as Caffè Nero
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