On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:36:33 +0100, "Bernard Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We got married there back in 1976 and had our wedding reception in the Ship >Inn and they still sell a lovely pint there to this day. Are there any remnants or relics of the eel trade at the Ship? I have come across a reference to a Danish chap called Harald Peter Brammer who, in the 1930s, married Grace Hazel, daughter of the landlord of the Ship. He set his eel nets there and also bought eels from others, which he sent to his brother who was an eel-merchant in London. bjg
