 Travellers RestAvailable records date back to 1870 when the inn was listed as a ‘wine and beer house’ |  Travellers RestIn an 1890 sale by auction, it was described as an ‘old established beer-house known as the Travellers Rest, situate at Griffydam, with stabling for four horses & a hayloft over, cow houses for four cows, outbuildings & large gardens. The house comprises Tap Room, Back Parlour, Front Sitting Room, Two Kitchens, Six Bedrooms & large Cellar with four room Cottage adjoining. There is a good supply of hard and soft water and a very extensive frontage to the highway leading from Griffydam to Hinckley |  Travellers RestIn the 1980’s the pub was taken over by Malcolm Allured of Showaddywaddy fame who later transformed it into the legendary Travellers nightclub.
The Travellers was demolished in 2002 and rebuilt as a pseudo farm courtyard of houses named Batsons Court. |
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 Travellers Rest Football TeamThought to be named the “Griffydam Swifts”
Pictured Outside The Pub in 1900.
Left To Right
Back Row: William Hodges, Sam Shakespeare, Thomas Hodges (Sam's father), Jack Stevenson(later landlord of Red Lion in 20's & 30's), Mr Hill.
Middle Row: Albert Haywood, seated right Isiah Hodges (Sam's Uncle) |  Griffin Pub 1815-1961Located on Elder Lane (previously Main Street). It is now a private residence.
The photograph is of Landlady Mrs Tom Williamson and her son taken in 1931. |  Griffin Inn Domino Team c.1959Left To Right
Albert Kilby, Jack Hill, Ben Stone, Albert Abbott, Harry Frear,
Thomas Hodges and Arthur Else |
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