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House of Fraser, Epsom is hosting fashion event on Thursday 31st May at 7pm with drinks and canapés, in aid of Cancer Research UK. The evening will showcase the latest summer trends, with style sessions …
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House of Fraser, Epsom is hosting fashion event on Thursday 31st May at 7pm with drinks and canapés, in aid of Cancer Research UK. The evening will showcase the latest summer trends, with style sessions …
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Leatherhead •
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Stoke D' Abernon •
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![This plaque, by the entrance to the pub's garden, records the fact that the building was a post office until 1995, when it became a pub. The plaque seems to suggest that it changed its name from the Penny Black to something else. That may be connected with the fact that the pub was apparently run by the Hogshead Brewery at one point, before becoming a Young's house. Anyway, today it is again the Penny Black.
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[[2121286]].](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/12/13/2121304_9c0a6eec_120x120.jpg "TQ1656 : Penny Black (3) - plaque, 5 North Street")
![A former post office, now a Young's pub. The Ram Brewery at Wandsworth is no more, and the beers are now brewed by Wells & Young's at Bedford. Quite a few former post offices have become pubs, and usually get named Penny Black. However, most of these are Wetherspoon's pubs. In Leatherhead, Young's got in first. The sign, of course, shows the famous Penny Black stamp of Queen Victoria's reign.
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[[2121304]].](http://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/12/12/2121286_6b0d1c60_120x120.jpg "TQ1656 : Penny Black (2) - pub sign, 5 North Street")
![This is a Young's pub, and gets its name from the fact that the building was at one time the local post office. Young's brewery at Wandsworth was closed some years ago, and the brewing interests were merged with those of Charles Wells at Bedford, whose brewery now brews for both brands. Young's pubs, which total over 200, are now a separate company from the brewing concern, though they have a financial share in it.
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[[2121304]].](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/12/12/2121268_6ede3e51_120x120.jpg "TQ1656 : Penny Black (1), 5 North Street")
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