tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post4830444674271833563..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: A Georgian Giles CorenJot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-3518495391842561302015-12-31T15:16:58.759-08:002015-12-31T15:16:58.759-08:00I may well have bought it - in a 1960s(?) reprint ...I may well have bought it - in a 1960s(?) reprint - at your shop.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-60082122510744827842015-12-22T14:19:08.303-08:002015-12-22T14:19:08.303-08:00Thanks Roger -- bit much on a Sunday..Yes, I know ...Thanks Roger -- bit much on a Sunday..Yes, I know that book (Thacker “The Thames Highway") having sold it several times. Next time I will look inside it.Jot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-29529944324371787212015-12-21T12:22:31.077-08:002015-12-21T12:22:31.077-08:00The inn on Brenford Ait continued into the ninetee...The inn on Brenford Ait continued into the nineteenth century: "In March 1811 one Robert Hunter of Kew Green described the island to the city as ‘a great Nuisance to this parish and the Neighbourhood on both sides of the River.’ It contained a ‘House of Entertainment, which has long been a Harbour for Men and women of the worst description, where riotous and indecent Scenes were often exhibited during the Summer Months on Sundays’.” according to Fred S. Thacker in “The Thames Highway".<br />It isn't greensward, but has poplars and willows, inhabited by herons. It's sometimes possible to reach it on foot at low tide, but gumboots or waders are necessary.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com