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Location: Arterial Road, Nevendon Photographer: Dave Clark Year of photo: January 1975 Copyright: Dave Clark Source: Dave Clark Comments: |
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Location: Arterial Road, Nevendon Photographer: Dave Clark Year of photo: November 1975 Copyright: Dave Clark Source: Dave Clark Comments: The new front extension can be seen in this early photo from November 1975. |
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Location: Cricketers Way, Nevendon Photographer: Dave Clark Year of photo: 2003 Copyright: Dave Clark Source: Dave Clark Comments: Although boarded up, this shot shows the building prior to the fire that ultimately sped up its demolition. |
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Location: Cricketer's Way, Nevendon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 24/08/2003 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Location: Cricketer's Way, Nevendon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 24/08/2003 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Location: Cricketer's Way, Nevendon Photographer: Bix Year of photo: 24/08/2003 Copyright: Basildon History Online Comments: |
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Location: A127, Nevendon Photographer: T. Stevens Year of photo: 07/09/2003 Copyright: T. Stevens Source: T. Stevens Comments: The Jolly Cricketers on fire on the day it was the target of an apparent arson attack. |
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Location: A127, Nevendon Photographer: T. Stevens Year of photo: 07/09/2003 Copyright: T. Stevens Source: T. Stevens Comments: The Jolly Cricketers on fire on the day it was the target of an apparent arson attack. |
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Location: A127, Nevendon Photographer: T. Stevens Year of photo: 07/09/2003 Copyright: T. Stevens Source: T. Stevens Comments: The Jolly Cricketers on fire on the day it was the target of an apparent arson attack. |
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The Jolly Cricketers public house was built in 1927 and
stood at 127 Arterial Road, Nevendon, on the London bound carriageway of the A127.It replaced an earlier public house of the same name that previously stood in Nevendon Road and was probably built to take advantage of the then new A127 London - Southend Road. The first publican was Mr Mogford, who took charge until 1936. He was replaced by Percy Calcutt who took over from 22nd October, 1936 and remained in charge for 39 years through to 11th March, 1975. In the 1970s the A127 Nevendon flyover was constructed leaving the public house no longer directly on the A127 - the former London bound carriageway now becoming an exit slip road - and the Nevendon Road exit was closed off. Years later around 1993 this section of Nevendon Road was renamed Cricketers Way which it remains today. The pub was owned and run by east London brewery company Taylor Walker & Co. until 1959 when Ind Coope acquired the business. In 1961 Ind Coope merged with Ansells and Tetley Walker to become Allied Breweries. The Spirit Group had ownership in the early 2000s and final owner, Punch Taverns, closed the pub and sold it on 4th July, 2003 to construction company Miravale Holdings Ltd for redevelopment. On Sunday 7th September, 2003, while still empty and awaiting demolition, there was a fire which destroyed much of the inner structure. This event made the headline story in the local Evening Echo newspaper. An unfortunate end for one of Basildon's few remaining pre-new town buildings. The building was then promptly demolished during September 2003 and following a successful planning application the site was then redeveloped for business use in a scheme comprising 11 office units, car park and new access road to Cricketers Way. A distinctive feature of former Taylor Walker public houses was the cannon which adorns many of their hanging signs. Despite having been taken over back in 1959 by Ind Coope the exterior hanging sign appears not to have been replaced and survived right to the end. Text written 2005 with revisions 2005-2007,2010. Copyright © 2005-2007,2010, B. Cox - Basildon History Online. All rights reserved. |
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