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THE chill of winter gripped the Reading area right from the start of January 1946 and this week Bygones peers through the mists of time to bring you the headlines. New Year had hardly finished when a dense blanket of freezing fog hit all parts of the town, along with all the surrounding villages of central Berkshire. The Reading Mercury described the chilly conditions as: “A biblical plague, the worst for years.” Bus services ground to a halt, with many drivers unable to see where they were going, many abandoning their routes then heading back to the depot in Mill Lane.
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HISTORIAN Elizabeth Hazeldine says she read with interest our report two weeks ago about the Red Lion Hotel in Henley, particularly in reference to hostelries called the Red Lion not being a peculiarity.
Indeed at one time there were two establishments in Henley named the Red Lion.
Elizabeth says: “Itinerant workers and those who did not have the benefit of a tied house, or the wherewithal necessary to rent, turned to lodging houses, the Red Lion in West Hill (now West Street) being one such place.
“Rental entries trace this hostelry back to at least 1795, a red brick building of large proportion with a frontage of some 24ft 6in and depth of nearly 99ft.