The Lamb Public House was located at the junction of Newbury Road and Mill Lane in Lambourn.
The Lamb
The Lamb Public House was located at the junction of Newbury Road and Mill Lane in Lambourn.
I remember this pub from when we used to visit my Mum’s family in Upper Bockhampton, Lambourn after the war. Before we returned home to London, they all went down to the lamb for a drink while my sisters and I used to throw sticks into the Lambourn River and rush over the road to see whose stick came out first. I also remember that they used to play skittles in the pub and we could hear the yells as the skittles fell. Memories of times past.
Lovely memories of a bygone age Janis, it was a great place. Do you still have family here?
My Aunt Lil and Uncle Watson ( Rhodes) lived opposite The Lamb in the late 1940s in a house behind a white picket fence.
We would visit them from Swindon Old Town in the family Rover and it was quite an excursion in those days. There were very few cars in the road and the AA patrol men would salute members as they passed.
I remember Aunt Lil saying that Lester Piggott was a nice little boy and that he could be very helpful.
As a little boy myself I enjoyed playing in the garden and eating raspberries galore, and if my memory serves me right it was always sunny!
I seem to remember the name of Watson Rhodes Tim! I don’t know why, were they in the village later than 1940’s? Such lovely memories of happier days, thank you for sharing them with the website and yes, it was always sunny!
I guess that the Rhodes lived opposite The Lamb until the mid to late 50s.
He was a teacher but gave it up to become a barber and he enjoyed a lucrative contract with the Army, providing short back and sides to any unfortunate stationed nearby.
When I knew him he was retired and very deaf. He came from ‘ up North ‘ originally and would challenge me to ‘ a rough house ‘ which entailed me attacking him as he sat in his big arm chair and, as a little boy, I loved that!
Such great memories Tim, thank you for sharing. I am sure my parents must have mentioned him.
Hi Liz I’m researching my family tree whilst looking for Watson Rhodes I came across your article. Watson was my great uncle so I think Tim must be related probably on aunt Lillian’s side. Watson came from Thornton West Yorkshire, he lived in Lambourn until 1964 when he died being buried in Upper Lambourn Cemetery Lil followed him in 1968. According to a news article he had been a farm bailiff at Seven Barrows, 25 years as parish councillor the list of public service is endless. It would be good if you could pass my email address onto Tim so we could pass on more memories.
Hi Sandra, good to hear from you and of course I will try and contact Tim for you. It seems I must put Watson on my research list! the name is very familiar and it appears that he and Lil are only a few down from my grandfather in the cemetery. Thank you for contacting the website.
My Grandparents Ethel and Tom Wilkinson were landlords of this pub way back when. My father John Wilkinson, their Son lived there with them he used to tell us endless stories about his life there x
Thank you for contacting the website Kathy, always like to hear some history. The Lamb was a great pub, especially busy on Carnival day, may I ask which year your grandparents were there and indeed your father?
Regards Liz