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Saturday, November 20, 2010

The Kings Head 1909

This is a photo of the old Kings Head Hotel that stood on the corner of the cross roads. The photo is believed to have been taken in 1909 when the proprietor/publican was William George Lee with his wife Gertrude Mary Lee. 
Margaret Baldwin has written with a photograph of William and Gertrude, Margarets Grandparents with their daughter and Margarets Mother Joyce (Below).
Margarets mother Joyce Lee was born in the Kings Head Hotel in 
1909 the year of this Photo. 
The family had left the Kings Head by 1913 and William died in WW1 in 1915

Margarets email is posted on the message board.  

Photo courtesy of Hayden Brown
 William George Lee and Gertrude Mary Lee 
with their daughter Joyce Lee - photo taken in 1910
Photo courtesy of Margaret Baldwin
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