I am never surprised at the way place names and in particular the names of pubs hold a fascinating history.
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All too often you take them for granted and if you are really curious rely on one of the regulars propping up the bar to give you the story.
If you are lucky they will know what they are talking about otherwise you have go digging which was what I did when Peter presented me with his painting of the Riflemen or to give it its full name, the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn.
Now that is a long one, running to 55 letters and at various times this has qualified its appearance in the Guinness Book of Records as the pub with the longest name.
Its first entry was in 1955 which was short lived and a tad inaccurate as the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn only became a pub in 1956. Before that it had been a beerhouse for a century and only gained a wine license in 1950.
Added to which it briefly lost its claim to be in the book when it lost one of the words in its name.
Such are the vagaries of record busters.
Putting that aside there is a real story here, linked with the establishment of the Volunteer Rifle Force in 1859 in response to one of our periodic invasion scares.
These were loosely based around rifle clubs and in turn owed their origins to earlier militia units raised in times of war.
At which point I will not steal someone else’s research and just point you in the direction of the Development of the Rifle Volunteer Movement in Manchester* and the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn.
Between them the full story of how our pub was transformed from the New Inn when it opened in 1855 to the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn via a drill hall and an enterprising landlord.
Paintings; the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn © Peter Topping, 2015, Paintings from Pictures,
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*The Development of the Rifle Volunteer Movement in Manchester, http://www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom/history/riflevolunteer
**the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn, http://www.stalybridgetown.com/articles/entertainment/old-thirteenth-cheshire-astley-volunteer-rifleman-corps-inn
If you are lucky they will know what they are talking about otherwise you have go digging which was what I did when Peter presented me with his painting of the Riflemen or to give it its full name, the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn.
Now that is a long one, running to 55 letters and at various times this has qualified its appearance in the Guinness Book of Records as the pub with the longest name.
Its first entry was in 1955 which was short lived and a tad inaccurate as the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn only became a pub in 1956. Before that it had been a beerhouse for a century and only gained a wine license in 1950.
Added to which it briefly lost its claim to be in the book when it lost one of the words in its name.
Such are the vagaries of record busters.
Putting that aside there is a real story here, linked with the establishment of the Volunteer Rifle Force in 1859 in response to one of our periodic invasion scares.
These were loosely based around rifle clubs and in turn owed their origins to earlier militia units raised in times of war.
At which point I will not steal someone else’s research and just point you in the direction of the Development of the Rifle Volunteer Movement in Manchester* and the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn.
Between them the full story of how our pub was transformed from the New Inn when it opened in 1855 to the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn via a drill hall and an enterprising landlord.
Paintings; the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn © Peter Topping, 2015, Paintings from Pictures,
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
Facebook: Paintings from Picture
*The Development of the Rifle Volunteer Movement in Manchester, http://www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom/history/riflevolunteer
**the Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn, http://www.stalybridgetown.com/articles/entertainment/old-thirteenth-cheshire-astley-volunteer-rifleman-corps-inn
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