"The Old Old Wish"

Post by **cnosni** » Sun 27 Dec, 2009 11:04 pm

liits wrote: The only other things I can tell you are some of the licensees;1908 John William Hanks and, in 1947, James Elliott.The pub still only had a beer license - even up until 1947 - so was still classed as a beer house, not a public house. It’s not listed in the 1881 trade directory so may have been built some time after that.Here is an overlay of the 1908 map onto Google Earth. The Pub is shown in red, the offi and chippy in the Leodis photo are shown in blue. Wow,you de man vis da maps!!

Si · Post by Si » Sun 27 Dec, 2009 11:11 pm

I've had a look at the site of the former Hopewell pub on Google Earth Streetview, and it's just a bit of long grass and road signs now. Thanks again for your help, Liits.

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Mon 28 Dec, 2009 12:54 am

Si wrote: Whilst leafing through some old stuff that belonged to my late auntie May, I found this card, signed by her father (my great grandad Fred.) It's about 3"X4" and looks home-made. What is "The Old Old Wish?" Does anyone know? I am assuming it's some sort of Christmas card, but I could be wrong. It is written in gold ink, and the flowers were made by cutting into the surface of the card with a razor, presumably. There's nowt on the back.I think Drapesy has helped in the past with trying to find The Hopewell Inn, but with no luck. Does anyone remember it?Thanks in advance.Si PS I hope everyone had a great Christmas!!! I have some xmas cards which look a bit like these sent by my grandad from the trenches during the first world war. I think they are "hand-made" rather than "home-made". There was a book called the "Old Old Wish" published in 1911 - basically a book of christmas verses. see http://www.archive.org/stream/oldoldwis ... 3/mode/2up

Si · Post by Si » Mon 28 Dec, 2009 5:11 pm

Yes, I think the card itself, complete with gold edge and blind-embossed insert, is machine mass-produced, but the razored flowers, painted leaves and gold lettering are definately hand-made. The calligraphy isn't of a particularly high standard, and obviously, it's personalised to the Hopewell Inn. I thought it looked of the Great War era.