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Raleigh Close, RINGWOOD, BH24 1XP

A small postbox serving this modern estate in the Ringwood suburb of Poulner - emptied finally at 4pm on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays.

Comfy pub at the junction of Southampton and Gorley Roads. Internally, three areas; games to left, two eating & drinking rooms middle and right. Pool, darts, TV, wood-burning stove. Cask ales on offer at my visit: Dorset Piddle Pointing Percy, Ringwood Best, Fortyniner. Not to be confused with Image For some customer comments, see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/32/3273/White_Hart/Poulner

This cottage is no longer here; riddled with dry rot and goodness knows what else, it was demolished and replaced by two new houses on the vacant plot in comparatively recent times. A modern Streetview image shows what is here now: https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/7eabe3a1649ffa2b3ff8c02ebfd5659f/Poulner_Cottage.jpg

This used to be the A31 entering Ringwood from the New Forest, before they built the Ringwood bypass. Gorley Road is on the left in front of the White Hart Inn. Southampton Road is now heavily traffic calmed and mainly residential.

The Mount is a road with several branches, at the second junction of which stands this postbox which is emptied at 4pm on weekdays and noon on Saturdays. We also see the back of the signs directing oncoming motorists to numbers 8-61 (right as we look) and 62-93 (left). They will already have passed 1-7 on their left and 94-113 on their right.

The London Tavern was opened in the 1860s by Mr John Roberts. Apparently Mr Roberts heard the story of an elderly local lady who had been taken ill and a group of people had been dispatched to the White Hart at Poulner to purchase some brandy for medical purposes. The Licensee there refused to oblige as it was late at night and "was not prepared to come downstairs for anyone, living or dying". Being a fair-minded man, Mr Roberts was outraged by this behaviour and decided to open a bar in his own house, this he did after obtaining the necessary licence from the local police superintendent.

The London Tavern was opened in the 1860s by Mr John Roberts. Apparently Mr Roberts heard the story of an elderly local lady who had been taken ill and a group of people had been dispatched to the White Hart at Poulner to purchase some brandy for medical purposes. The Licensee there refused to oblige as it was late at night and "was not prepared to come downstairs for anyone, living or dying". Being a fair-minded man, Mr Roberts was outraged by this behaviour and decided to open a bar in his own house, this he did after obtaining the necessary licence from the local police superintendent.

Carrying Southampton Road over A31(T); looking towards Poulner Hill.