Sunday 17 February 2019

Grove Ferry Revisited

I published a photo of Grove Ferry in 1951 the other day and as a result of the post I got another two photos, so I went there today to try and mach them up for a then and now


 There really isn't much left to match up to


 This is the 1939 OS map so I was in the right place inasmuch as the ferry is where the bridge is now and the ferry and station buildings were then
Chatted to a pig there and so on, here is the link to the pictures on the camera card I will go through and delete some if I get time, I visited there in April 2010 and took some pictures here are the links to them link1  link2 link3

We ate a snack lunch at the Grove Ferry Inn, tomato soup for 2 and a pot of tea for 2 £12.50, homemade soup which was very good and a reasonable pot of tea.
The inn was full of diners having variation on Sunday lunch which they all appeared to be enjoying, I have pretty much given up on TripAdvisor reviews which seem to be loaded but here is the link I find the Google reviews much more realistic

I sketched a bit
Played with my phone

For the dedicated bookshop followers

The link to the photos of Saturday's books 



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