Pembroke Road / Erith Road

Erith

https://whatpub.com/nordenfelt

Above photo circa 1910.

Above postcard 1914, from Steve Thoroughgood.

Above postcard 1914, from Steve Thoroughgood.

Above photo, date unknown.

Above photo, circa 2000.

Above photo 2006, by Steve Thoroughgood.

The Nordenfelt gun was a multiple barrel organ gun that had a row of up to twelve barrels. It was fired by pulling a lever back and forth and ammunition was gravity fed through chutes for each barrel. It was produced in a number of different calibres from rifle up to 1 inch. Larger calibres were also used, but for these calibres the design simply permitted rapid manual loading rather than true automatic fire.

Stuart Morgan tells me (2019) that "This area is called the Pom Pom after the guns Nordenfelts made they went into partnership with Sir Hiram Maxim. Nordenfelt merged in 1888 with the Maxim Gun Company to become Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company Limited.

The pub was situated on the corner of Riverdale Road and I am informed that it closed in 2008. The pub is now a dwelling.

LICENSEE LIST

HEARN Albert Joseph 1911-22+ (age 41 in 1911)

WILLIAMS Thomas Henry 1930+

WOOLSEY Henry Percival 1938+

BASOM/BALSOM K Mr 1988-90+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/Nordenfelt.shtml

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/nordenfelt.html

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