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Hop Poles

Picture source: Paul Lister


The Hop Poles was situated at 2 Mount Pleasant Road. This was a grade-II listed pub.
 
I grew up in Alton from 1951 to 1967. As a teenager I lived with my Mother, Lily Holley, in Mount Pleasant Road, forget the number but it was a small general store opposite Ron and Sue Thorne the Undertakers. I went to Eggars Grammar School and The Hop Poles was probably the first pub I had an illicit drink in!
Felicity Crouch nee Holley (March 2022)
The pub is now flats though in it's last years it became a music video type of place , a permanent racket. Some liked it I guess but clearly not enough.
Roger Ingle (August 2023)

Listed building details:
Early C19. 2 storeys; 5 bays. Colour-washed ashlar; slate roof. Ground floor with 4 sash windows and 2 plain doors. 1st floor with 5 sash windows. The end to Butts Road with a single window on both floors.

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