Paul Easton Locksmiths and Garage door repairs.
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Paul Easton.
Completed a comprehensive 5-year City and Guilds apprenticeship in carpentry and joiner.
Bringing 50 years of industry experience.
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Sunday on the Wye River Chepstow
- By paul easton
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- 29 Jul, 2019
By the river bank in Chepstow
Another firm favourite on a glorious sunny Sunday afternoon is the Boat Inn just along from the Three Tuns where you can sit outside by the river and take in the sights and sounds of the live music coming from the bandstand and gaze towards the English side of the River Wye
Its a superb riverside location beside existing boat yards and near the town's former ship yards and other historical attractions with a strong maritime theme in this late 18th century inn.
This is another pub that Paul Easton Locksmiths has a long history with having worked here on the current conversion back in the early 1980s fitting the doors and locks to the front entrance door and private accommodation.
The building itself dates from 1789. The original character has survived in many of the interior features, such as the low ceiling and stone flags on the floor. At one time the inn was known as the Chepstow Boat. From around the Second World War to the 1980s the building was a private home. Inquests were held in the building in the 19th century, often into the deaths of people recovered from the river.
One area of the Boat Inn, in the section to the right of the entrance, is said to be haunted. A notice painted on the wall advises customers: “While sitting here you [may] experience a sudden shiver or catch a fleeting glimpse of a figure from times past
Serving real ales and home cooked food its well worth a visit.
The inn was built alongside a dry dock, where ships’ hulls were repaired until the mid-19th century.
This waterfront area is known as The Back, an old word for quay or wharf.
Previously it was known as “Hell’s acre” because of the rowdiness and fights were common when sailors hit the bottle in the dozen or so pubs in the area.
The area along the river bank river Wye was once the hub of Chepstow’s maritime activity. There were two slipways, and officers kept watch from a Custom House to ensure the correct duties were paid on incoming goods. Timber was one of the main commodities which passed through. Tourists boarded pleasure boats here for trips on the river Wye, and in 1840 Chartists who took part in the Newport uprising of 1839 departed from here after being sentenced to transportation to Australia.
Its a superb riverside location beside existing boat yards and near the town's former ship yards and other historical attractions with a strong maritime theme in this late 18th century inn.
This is another pub that Paul Easton Locksmiths has a long history with having worked here on the current conversion back in the early 1980s fitting the doors and locks to the front entrance door and private accommodation.
The building itself dates from 1789. The original character has survived in many of the interior features, such as the low ceiling and stone flags on the floor. At one time the inn was known as the Chepstow Boat. From around the Second World War to the 1980s the building was a private home. Inquests were held in the building in the 19th century, often into the deaths of people recovered from the river.
One area of the Boat Inn, in the section to the right of the entrance, is said to be haunted. A notice painted on the wall advises customers: “While sitting here you [may] experience a sudden shiver or catch a fleeting glimpse of a figure from times past
Serving real ales and home cooked food its well worth a visit.
The inn was built alongside a dry dock, where ships’ hulls were repaired until the mid-19th century.
This waterfront area is known as The Back, an old word for quay or wharf.
Previously it was known as “Hell’s acre” because of the rowdiness and fights were common when sailors hit the bottle in the dozen or so pubs in the area.
The area along the river bank river Wye was once the hub of Chepstow’s maritime activity. There were two slipways, and officers kept watch from a Custom House to ensure the correct duties were paid on incoming goods. Timber was one of the main commodities which passed through. Tourists boarded pleasure boats here for trips on the river Wye, and in 1840 Chartists who took part in the Newport uprising of 1839 departed from here after being sentenced to transportation to Australia.
