Not posted, possibly 1905.

History:

'The Blucher's Head' sold ale from Ind Coope's Romford Brewery. It was named in honour of Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher whose Prussian army helped defeat Napoleon. 

In August 1838, 30-year-old John Bunbrow, a young man of considerable property and a habitual drunkard was removed from the Blucher's Head and placed in the stable on clean straw due to being in a state of brutal intoxication. The landlord checked on him several times and heard snoring so thought everything was fine. Later, his son went to awake Bundrow and found him dead. The coroner's verdict was that death had been caused from 'apoplexy from excessive drinking'. It was also noted that Bunbrow's conduct and that of his associates had of late years been disgraceful.

John Herbert, aged 57, a drover, was found hanging from a piece of string in a closet in the yard at the rear of the Blucher's Head Inn in 1893. Mrs. Herbert, the widow, said the decease had been despondant and had been suffering from head pains after falling down a flight of stairs, but he appeared to be more cheerful than he had been for some time when he left home. A verdict of "Suicide" while suffering from temporary insanity" was returned.

Blucher the once-celebrated hero fell out of favour when the Great War began. Due to anti-German feeling the pub changed its name to 'The Duke of Wellington' in 1915. The Duke of Wellington was demolished in 1967 to make way for Littlewoods.

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