Bird in the Bush Inn-Penshaw

[Billy Fish]

Thanks Mrs P. that's a great photo with the added bonus of Penshaw Monument in the background!

The attached photo is of my g.grandfather and grandfather outside the pub whilst it was a temperance bar. Grandfather went on to be a part-time jockey for Lord Lambton when he wasn't down the pit. The photo would be circa 1914.

[jac]

Hi, I have to agree with Billy Fish. A great photo & many thanks for sharing it with us. Do you know when it was demolished?

[Mrs Penshaw]

I've no idea at all when it was demolished. I don't know how you'd find out either. I'm glad you like the picture

[iliad1]

More info here https://sites.google.com/site/fatfieldsite/inns/bird-in-bush

[Billy Fish]

My Great Grandfather, Thomas William Flannigan, was living in the Pub when he enlisted into the Army in 1915, known then as "The Bush" and later Bush house. I think it got demolished sometime in the sixties

[bibliotaphist]

More info here https://sites.google.com/site/fatfieldsite/inns/bird-in-bush

That's a great website; thanks for the link. (My great-great aunt was the landlady of the Biddick Inn at Fatfield, also listed on that site.)

[Malleycat]

My grandfather was Thomas William Flannigan. Trying to work out what that makes me to you.