The Green Man pub (1941)
The Russian Cannon was presented by Queen Victoria to the town after the Crimean War. For 80 years it stood on a stone plinth on the Terrace Green until 1940 when it was removed by the council for scrap to contribute to the war effort.
In its place was erected a pub with no beer. "The Green Man" pub was in fact an observation post with a false front designed to confuse the enemy during World War Two. It stood just to the left and in front of the present war memorial. Behind its doors lay an army depot with ammunition and the observation post. However, it was reported that it did not fool the enemy as Lord Haw Haw apparently made a comment about the Green Man in his regular radio broadcasts from Germany.
Location of the Green Man on the Terrace Green (to the right of the Londonderry Offices)
Zoomed in on "The Green Man" pub
Photo taken by the RAF flown on 13th March 1941 (Courtesy of Historic England)
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