The New Inn – Before 1900 -Note the front entrance to the pub in the front wall and an entrance in the front of the cottage at the side of the pub. All one building.
THIS IS A REPRODUCTION OF A PICTURE POSTCARD BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY FRANCIS(FRANK)GRUBB WHO WAS VISITING GRUBB RELATIVES THERE IN 1908/09 AND HAD COME BY WAY OF CORNWALL,ENGLAND FRANK SAID THAT THIS WAS WHERE HE WAS BORN IN 1867. ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY RECORDS HIS PARENTS WILLIAM AND MARY ANN(RICHARDS)GRUBB
RAN THE INN FROM 1866 to 1878,WILLIAM ALSO OPERATED A STAGECOACH FROM THERE. THE WILLIAM GRUBB FAMILY LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA IN 1878, HE AND HIS SONS ACQUIRED TWO LARGE CATTLE STATIONS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND NEAR CHARTERS TOWERS AND HAVE BEEN OPERATED BY HIS DESCENDANTS UP TO 1997. RONALD GRUBB IS IN TOUCH WITH ERNEST GRUBB OF THIS LINE HE IS IN HIS 70s AND HAS DAUGHTERS AND TWO SONS:THE CATTLE STATIONS HAVE JUST BEEN SOLD FOR A CONSIDERABLE SUM. ERNEST HAD FIVE UNCLES WHO NEVER MARRIED THE LAST HAVING DIED RECENTLY THUS CAUSING THE SALE OF THE QUEENSLAND PROPERTIES.