The Black Horse Inn, Gomshall — ‘l0 Downing Street for half a day.’ Prime Minister Gladstone, on a private journey, was overtaken by a messenger from Downing Street and he stopped at the inn to read the communication and make his reply. Was it a declaration of national importance or a reminder to leave his slippers out to warm? No-one in Gomshall knew.
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62The Black Horse Inn, Gomshall — ‘l0 Downing Street for half a day.’ Prime Minister Gladstone, on a private journey, was overtaken by a messenger from Downing Street and he stopped at the inn to read the communication and make his reply. Was it a declaration of national importance or a reminder to leave his slippers out to warm? No-one in Gomshall knew. Press, 20 December 1986, Page 21
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