Hi Simon, I say, we are a boozy lot in f-o-d, this is 4 of us in a row tonight!!, and in this pub we have RUDGE and PREDDY...and a BRAIN for Kinita, Sue & Melanie.!! :-) Heywood Inn, 32 Heywood Road At the end of Heywood Road at the sharp bend as it enters Woodgate Road. Number 32 Heywood Road in 1939 directory. The pub overlooked Bilson Green and the Northern United colliery and railway sidings, etc. A rateable value of £20 per year in 1891 and 1903. Although it was owned by Ind Coope & Co. in 1903 it must have changed ownership to Chetenham Original / West Country Breweries at a later date. 1n 1989 (23rd March) the Gloucester Citizen reported: 'Whitbread Flowers have bade a fond farewell to licensee Mary Wynn (77) who is retiring from the Heywood Inn, Cinderford, after more than 50 years behind the bar. Simon Ellicott, Whitbread Flowers area manager, presented Mary with a barometer on behalf of the company." The Heywood must have closed soon after Mary Wynn retired. It is now a private house. A West Country Ales ceramic plaque can be found at the rear of the building. (in Heywood Road) 1869 George Rudge 1878 William Critchley 1881 John Preddy 1891 John Bennett 1891 Milson Huzzy. Beerhouse. (owner W. Critchley) 1891-1897 John Russell 1899 Mrs Russell 1903 John Russell. Beerhouse. Ind Coope & Co., Burton on Trent 1910 Levi Brain 1935 Sydney Howells 1939 George Richards 1989 Mary Wynn Good Luck with your research. Hazel

At 20:15 10/10/01 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >Hi Simon, > >I say, we are a boozy lot in f-o-d, this is 4 of us in a row tonight!!, and >in this pub we have RUDGE and PREDDY...and a BRAIN for Kinita, Sue & >Melanie.!! :-) >[snip} >The Heywood must >have closed soon after Mary Wynn retired. It is now a private house. A West >Country Ales ceramic plaque can be found at the rear of the building. (in >Heywood Road) > Yes, but regrettably not the real ale they used to serve! Alan (who longs to visit the woods at this time of year)