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Plea from Lucy Evans, Serials Processing Manager, The British Library, Collection Acquisition & Description Operations & Services, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
concerning the old inn sign at the Bridge Inn, Yatton.
"The reason for my desperate interest is as follows : This is the description from the Dictionary of Pub Names -1987:
"Bridge itself is common, though the sign of this pub at Yatton, Som (referring to the bridge over the Bristol Exeter railway built in 1841) is unique in showing an 'Impulsoria'. This was a contraption (invented in 1850) with outsize wheels and a chain drive which enabled two horses to supply the power instead of the usual locomotive."
My desperate interest is that I'm writing a book about one of the inventors of the Impulsoria - Andrea Crestadoro. There is only one drawing of the Impulsoria in existence - an inaccurate one (with four horses) in the Illustrated London News account of its running at Nine Elms in 1850.
So the possibility of another one (accurate with two horses) is really exciting. But although the sign was there apparently till recent times (as one resident remembers) there is no description or photo of it.
There is now much excitement as I've now tracked down (via the Strawberry Line Community cafe website) a very helpful ex-landlord of the Bridge Inn, Mr Giorgetti is now at The Golden Lion, Wrington, and he has found a photograph! It's on its way to me and I can hardly wait.
Mr Giorgetti said he used to wonder at the connection between the Bridge Inn and the Impulsoria - there seems no reason for it. The Impulsoria ran at the Crystal Palace Exhibition as well as Nine Elms but after that really vanished from history apart from the odd article on it as a curiosity.
So if anyone out there knows the tale of Yatton and the Impulsoria I'd be very glad to know as would all the others I've now involved in the mystery!"
So, if you have any leads on this one, please e-mail web@wrington.info for forwarding to Lucy - Ed
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Film Club
Film nights at the Chapel resume on the second Friday of the month with the following programme:
12 March ‘Calendar Girls’, '12', starring Helen Mirren, Julie Walters and many others
Hope to see you there.
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