The United Service

On the corner of Cobden Road. This was a public house from at least 1881.

Tagged as: Elm Grove, Pubs

Image (c) Carol Homewood

The Gillam family ran the United Service from c.1908 up until the 1940s. It closed in 1964.

Date of Photograph/s: 2012

Address: 100 Elm Grove.

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