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KEY HILL HOCKLEY

brummy-lad said:
I think you are correct Lyn, the map shows The Cemetery Tavern at 53-54 Key Hill, at 51 Key Hill was Frank Newman Boot repairer you can see his shop just along from George's Cafe in post #3
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thanks for confirming john

lyn
 
At least the old top section of Key Hill remains. Glad the old Gem Building has survived, along with the sorting office and the Harry Smith ironmonger’s shop. But Harry Smith’s signage now seems to have been painted over (over the entrance).

There are sad reminders of what has gone. These dropped cobbled kerb entrances are now leading to nowhere - just overgrown ground. The bottom one may have been for the Bulls Head. Not sure as don’t know how much of Key Hill was taken up by building of the Key Hill Circus. The plot next to Cemetery Lane (where the car is parked and now closed off with a barrier) where the Cemetery pub once stood is empty ground too. Viv.

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