Above photo, 1900.

Above postcard, circa 1905.

Above postcard, 1906, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, circa 1907, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard circa 1909. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard showing the original pub in 1914. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo 1912. In a document, relating to the photograph Edwin Watkins tell us that ‘If you look at the pub sign with a magnifying glass, you can read the name EDWIN WATKINS’. He also reveals that the young boy below the sign is Albert Tibble with Ellen Tibble to his left. In the road are Nora and Bessie Fuljames

Above postcard, circa 1915. A document found in the archives with the heading ‘The red writing is by Edwin John Watkins, March 1989, aged 88’, reveals that the men in the photo were members of the Merryweather Cycling Club which used to meet at the "Blue Anchor." Moreover the document also tells us that the children who can be seen just behind the cyclists were ‘the Medhurst children’. On the other side of the road was Mr Pierce with his seven children, with Mrs Tibble and Mrs Prescott further back on the same side. The bus was ‘a steam driven bus of The National Steam Car Company with a White Poppesteam engine with an oil fired ‘Flash’ boiler. It used to run Saturdays and Sundays from London to Bexley. The man with his hand on the mudguard was the driver, the man at the back of the bus was the ticket collector’.

Above photo showing new pub in 1928.

Above photo, 1951.

Above photo 2006 by Dave Patten Creative Commons Licence.

Above photo, 2007 by Steve Thoroughgood.

Above photo, date unknown.

Above photo, date and licensees name unknown. Local knowledge required.

Above sign, January 1992

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.