The Bull Inn, Bottesford
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The Bull Inn, Bottesford
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 17 May 2022
The Bull Inn on Market Street has a claim to fame. In the 1950s it was run by Olga Healy, the sister of Stan Laurel; Stan and Oliver Hardy stayed here while performing in Nottingham. The pub is full of Laurel and Hardy memorabilia. The road here was part of the A52 between Nottingham and Grantam until Bottesford was by-passed in 1989. Apart from this old turnpike road, Bottesford is on the Nottingham - Grantham railway and the disused Grantham Canal, which also connected the two towns, passes nearby. All this reinforces the impression that Bottesford is in the wrong county; its natural traffic flows connect to places in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. It is of course in Leicestershire but feels a very long way from, for example, Lutterworth.
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