The Mulberry Bush Public House Kempston
The Mulberry Bush, May 2013
The Mulberry Bush Public House: Orchard Street, Kempston
This is a modern public house, opened in 1972 and owned by Charles Wells Limited.
List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:
1972-1976: Hubert Crowsley and Harry Hunter;
1976-1978: Richard Rawson Wolstenholme Hancock and Harry Hunter;
1978-1983: Richard Rawson Wolstenholme Hancock and Thomas Ian Spencer;
1983-1988: Derek Charles Gibbs and Thomas Ian Spencer;
1988-1989: Thomas Ian Spencer and Raymond Reginald Sydney Wheldal;
1989-1991: Raymond Richard Sydney Wheldal and Martin David Lee;
1991-1992: Alan Robert Targett and Raymond Reginald Sydney Wheldal;
1992-1993: Alan Robert Targett and Richard W.Turner;
1993: Alan Robert Targett and Peter Grazier;
1993-1996: Michael Masters and Douglas John Baker;
1996: Lesley Masters and Peter Grazier
List of sources at Bedfordshire Archives:
- PSB9/2: Register of licenses: c.1955-1995;
- WL722/6: Article regarding opening in Charles Wells in-house magazine Pint Pot: 1972
- BTNegPostA5255: Smith Arms darts competition at the Mulberry Bush, Kempston - 10 views, 1976
- X881/4/S48: Photograph of Ian Spencer, manager of The Mulberry Bush , 1988
- WL722/98: Family features in Charles Wells in-house magazine Pint Pot: 1999