The Foresters, Pillowell
Courtesy of: Clem Lee of Pillowell. Uploaded:
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Rex Watkins, 2 G Gannon, 3 G Baghurst, 4 G James, 5 A Davis, 6 "Cribby"
Lee, 7 S Preest, 8 C Thomas, 9 A Thomas, 10 ?, 11 G Cooper, 12 Harry
Jeffery, 13 Hubert Dobbs, 14 J Reeks, 15 Bill Bennett, 16 Bob Bennett,
17 Fred
James, 18 J Marchant, 19 A Parr, 20 H Green, 21 B Kear, 22 W Jeffrey,
23 C Ambrey, 24 W Charles, 25 Clem Lee, 26 F Kear, 27 Bert Bennett, 28
H Price, 29 G Price, 30 Eddie Lambert, 31 H Charles.
The Foresters, Upper Road, Pillowell, thought to be Darts trophies around
1950. The Foresters faced in the direction of Whitecoft and Bream.
Thanks also to Alan Beddis. Alan researched
this photo and recalls that The Foresters closed around 1961-1962
Kevin Burke added (May 2008): "When I was a small boy (circa
1959/60 , I used to have to go and fetch cider in a stone jar for old
Harry Jeffery who is in the photo. He could no longer manage the short
walk due to his black lung. We lived just up the hill from the pub at
Yorkley (Bunnies) Wood, and the locals referred to it then as Gannon's, so
we may assume that Gannon was the landlord"
Note: in "The Pubs of the Forest of Dean" by Heather Hurley (2004) this pub is listed as the "Royal Forester"..
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