The Jolly Gardeners
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The Jolly Gardeners
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 8 Feb 2011
This former pub in Uxbridge Road was no doubt named to recognize the large numbers of nurserymen and growers who worked this area in Victorian and early 20th C. times when it was an important provider of fresh products to London markets. I wonder if Isleworth Ales were fine. We shall never know. Last brewed in 1924. A short Brewery history on http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=13366&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=
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Image Location
Latitude
51.426661
Longitude
-0.363107