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Burnt Fen Pig & Whistle
Burnt Fen Pig & Whistle
Closed late 1950s
Whistle Drove
grid reference TL 649 829
A fair used to be held in front of the pub.
My grandfather was the landlord from about 1911 or 1912. My father was a baby when thay moved in after being flooded out by little ouse (on the Norfolk side of the river). After my grandfather finished with the pub my fathers brother Jim then took over and was the last landlord there was when he called time and the doors closed for the last time. I have a photo of my father and uncle Jim with others outside the Pig and Whistle in 1920 - published - I think thay were just off to play couits (quoits) and thay were runners up in the West Suffolk league that year. Uncle Jim is 5th from left and my father is the young boy with the dog in front of him. The lady in the picture is my aunt Mabel.from Francis Brown
The pub was demolished in the 1980s…
Gallery
Landlords
1844: John Cox
1861: Abraham Butcher/41y/Mildenhall ((farmer - no beer house listed) (actually listed in West Row))
1861: Mira Butcher/wife/41y/Mildenhall
1871: Abraham Bulcher/51y/Mildenhall ((farmer - no beer house listed) (actually listed in West Row))
1871: Mira Bulcher/wife/50y/Mildenhall
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
