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The White Lion was acquired by Soames Brewery in 1925 and sold to Steward & Patteson in 1949. This pub closed on 11th October 1965, later reopened, however closed again in 2008. The publican in 1919 was Walter Machin.

Source: Adam Cartwright

I'm transcribing my late father's (Stephen - Steve - Ludlow) memoirs. He was brought up and worked in and around Emneth, Elm and Tydd Gote until moving to Terrington St Clement the end of WWII. The following paragraph may be of interest. "But before I leave for my promotion I must tell you about my near miss from being shot in the White Lion at Tydd Gote. I was having a drink one night when an argument arose about the bolt action of the Ross rifle and the Remington rifle, when Walt Machin, the landlord and Home Guard sergeant stepped in. “I’ll settle it,” he said and fetched his rifle from another room. On returning he pulled back the bolt and shot it forward again. Before I could tell him it was loaded he was pointing the rifle towards me, but luckily for me he was an old soldier and pointed it to the ceiling before pulling the trigger. “Bang” it went and the 303 bullet went through the ceiling and out through the roof. Poor old Walt! His lips were moving for what seemed like two or three minutes but nothing came out. I can tell you that finished the argument in a hurry."

Eric Ludlow (August 2020)

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