8:10am Thursday 11th March 2010
SIR – What an interesting article on Mike Grundy’s archives about 1960 and the White Hart public house in College Street.
In those days I worked for a removal firm whose depot was at Diglis.
Parking up of an evening we used Friar Street, which used to join College Street. You could look across and see that chimney stack which was supposed to be adjoining the much larger building next door.
This was Columbus House, Frederick Winwood’s furniture depository.
The chimney stack at that time was well above this building and was leaning away from it.
Every time I used that junction I would comment to my mate about it. You could see about six to nine inches of daylight between the brickwork.
It was in that condition for about one-and-a-half to two years. On the top were two attractive, round chimney pots, one red, one yellow.
Some of my colleagues at that time used to say: “Every time we come here you say the same thing – ‘One of these days that chimney will go straight through that pub’s roof’.” How right I was!
G BROMAGE
Worcester
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