New eatery in Hale Barns
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New eatery in Hale Barns
Image: © Anthony O'Neil Taken: 5 Nov 2013
This café occupies corner premises in the village that have seen a variety of retail uses - including a hardware shop, chandlers, and a carpet fitter/retailer. It is not the most restful of locations for outdoor tables - alongside the ultra busy Hale Road - but seems to attract plenty of customers. It takes its name from the 19th century Smithy, next door. The new proprietors are luckier than they realise: before the First War, Lord Egerton - the landowner in Hale and Ringway - forbade all his tenants to sell and serve tea to visitors (i.e. day trippers) on pain of instant eviction!
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Image Location
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53.369726
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-2.315422