The Fleur de Lis, Norton Canes

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Date:1911 - 1918 (c.)

Description:This sepia bordered postcard pictures The Fleur de Lis (or Lys ) public house at Norton Canes , called "The Luce" by locals. It was said to be a 16th Century drovers' stopping place on the London - Chester road: cattle were taken on foot from Holyhead to Birmingham and beyond according to 'Pitman' (Mac Wright J.P.) in his 'Friendship of Cannock Chase' (1935). Badly affected by subsidence and abandoned, it was lost to fire in the 1940s and later the site was a Chinese Restaurant.
Two boys sit on the bank near the post. 'Pitman' Ibid. also stated that the old pub sign was placed into safekeeping at Little Wyrley Hall - Does it still exist ?

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Donor ref:10_070r (219/36793)

Source: Mr Jake Whitehouse

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