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Sign in Azuza, 24 High Street. When Good Queen Bess came to the throne this house was then the Greyhound inn. Here was standing for 400 horses, the paved and cobbled yards and passages must have echoed to the shouts and to the jingle of spurs of soldiers passing though on the way to repel the threatened invasion from Spain. The tankard was lifted - "The Queen, God Bless her". [We are not aware of any evidence supporting the claim that "The Greyhound" was an inn in the Elizabethan period] — img_0629
Sign in Azuza, 24 High Street. When Good Queen Bess came to the throne this house was then the Greyhound inn. Here was standing for 400 horses, the paved and cobbled yards and passages must have echoed to the shouts and to the jingle of spurs of soldiers passing though on the way to repel the threatened invasion from Spain. The tankard was lifted - "The Queen, God Bless her".
[We are not aware of any evidence supporting the claim that "The Greyhound" was an inn in the Elizabethan period]

Sign in Azuza, 24 High Street. When Good Queen Bess came to the throne this house was then the Greyhound inn. Here was standing for 400 horses, the paved and cobbled yards and passages must have echoed to the shouts and to the jingle of spurs of soldiers passing though on the way to repel the threatened invasion from Spain. The tankard was lifted - "The Queen, God Bless her". [We are not aware of any evidence supporting the claim that "The Greyhound" was an inn in the Elizabethan period]

Noel Nicol, undated — portrait-21 noel nicoll
Noel Nicol, undated

Noel Nicol, undated

Market Place c1960 — market place-075 c1960
Market Place c1960

Market Place c1960

Wren's, 24 High Street, c1891 — 142-wrens c1891
Wren's, 24 High Street, c1891

Wren's, 24 High Street, c1891

24 High Street after Paul Good's closed, Jul 1985 — 24 hs jul 1985
24 High Street after Paul Good's closed, Jul 1985

24 High Street after Paul Good's closed, Jul 1985

Nicol's, 24 High Street, c1930 — uhs-041
Nicol's, 24 High Street, c1930

Nicol's, 24 High Street, c1930

24hs mar 1985

24 High Street, Jan 200 — p2250868
24 High Street, Jan 200

24 High Street, Jan 200

Nicol's, 24 High Street, c1935 — uhs-042
Nicol's, 24 High Street, c1935

Nicol's, 24 High Street, c1935

Paul Good's, May 1979 — 24 hs may 1979
Paul Good's, May 1979

Paul Good's, May 1979

Saddlers working in Nicol's workshop, c1925. The saddlery closed in the late 1930s - Mr Pavier was the last saddler. — uhs-043
Saddlers working in Nicol's workshop, c1925. The saddlery closed in the late 1930s - Mr Pavier was the last saddler.

Saddlers working in Nicol's workshop, c1925. The saddlery closed in the late 1930s - Mr Pavier was the last saddler.

Nicol's, 24 High Street, winter 1943/44 (DM) — uhs-111
Nicol's, 24 High Street, winter 1943/44 (DM)

Nicol's, 24 High Street, winter 1943/44 (DM)

24 High Street, Apr 2014 — img_0587 evelyn
24 High Street, Apr 2014

24 High Street, Apr 2014

Paul Good bill head, 15 Dec 1976. — 19761215 Paul Good bill head
Paul Good bill head, 15 Dec 1976.

Paul Good bill head, 15 Dec 1976.

Hungerford Book Shop and Elian's in the snow, 24 Jan 2021. — 20210124 DSC01843c
Hungerford Book Shop and Elian's in the snow, 24 Jan 2021.

Hungerford Book Shop and Elian's in the snow, 24 Jan 2021.

Demolition of old barn behind 24 High Street, c1987. — 19870000ca Demolition of old barn behind 24 High Street
Demolition of old barn behind 24 High Street, c1987.

Demolition of old barn behind 24 High Street, c1987.

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