Imported historical comment — Dave Hill — 2019-07-17 20:50:12
No, Gardeners Cottage was to the east, a bit beyond Lewin's farm, on the opposite side, plot no. 653 on your map, granny Godding moved there in 1887 from Dorney Court where she was in service when her sons got jobs on the railway. Dad was born there in 1910 (he was the oldest) when his parents were living with her mother. He stayed there when they got a place till he married in 1935. The Quakers did not want 4 pubs in the village so bought it and let it to granny Godding. I used to meet mother down there from school, they always had the range going, we couldn't afford a fire in the afternoon! Dad could remember the range (and the pump) going in, before that it was a "chimley corner" There is a pic of it in "Around Burnham in Old Photos" it was aunt Gwen's pic but she's dead now. It was still like a pub, one big room with a step and a curtain halfway and it stunk of beer!
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