This is a collection of images from a folder in the pub, which catalogues the renovation on the pub which took place in the '90s and saw the addition of the function room and the restaurant area. The folder is titled Don's Dream, referring to Don Hall, who was the landlord who oversaw the renovations. The writing seen in the title above has been copied from the side of the folder. (Images may be displayed in a different order to the folder.)
A clipping from a newspaper, announcing the reopening of the pub after the renovations.
1. The Six Bells Inn, before the renovations, shown from the car park at the back of the pub.
2. The Six Bells Inn, taken from the front, before the renovations.
3. The rear of the pub, taken before the renovations.
4. The bar on what is now the Lounge side.
5. The fireplace in what is now the Lounge.
6. The Lounge, looking towards what is now the restaurant area.
7. The Lounge area, showing the wall which now holds the door to the Kitchen.
8. A cistern, exact location unclear.
9. The kitchen, which was located around where the Snug is on the Bar side.
10. Outside the front of the pub, where the restaurant now stands. The portakabin stands directly in front of the front door.
11. The front of the pub, showing the portakabin which is located in front of the front door.
12. The car park, soon before the renovations were underway.
13. Around where the Function Room doors now stand, construction vehicles and a skip can be seen in the car park.
14. Taken from behind the bar, showing the Bar side before renovations.
15. Anne, the barmaid at the time, standing behind the bar, pulling a pint of Hancock's Home Brew. You can see Hamlet cigars for sale behind her.
16. A temporary cellar area located on the Lounge-side bar, most likely during the renovations as there's a wall set up to cordon off the area.
17. Another cellar area, with a makeshift wooden wall behind. The location in which the photo was taken is unclear.
18. The bar, photo taken from what is now the Bar side. The photo shows a woman behind the bar, and two men at the bar, one of the smoking a cigarette.
19. Taken from the Bar area, showing people standing at the bar. You can see the Druids frame behind the people, as well as a light fitting on the wall which is no longer there.
20. Outside the front of the pub, showing the foundations of the Restaurant area being built.
21. A man sat on a bar chair, in front of a wooden door with a horseshoe on it.
22. Taken from the Bar area, showing what is now the Snug before renovations. The area contains a dartsboard and a blackboard for darts scores.
23. The same area as above, but now during renovations - frames and dartsboards have been taken off the walls which appear to have been recently plastered.
24. People stood at the bar on the Bar side, with Arthur Marsh stood by the bar hatch which is no longer in use.
25. Behind the bar, showing the Bar area with a few people in it.
26. The sign which now sits above the fireplace in the Bar. The sign is located where the Kitchen door is now, and the photo shows the window which was removed during the renovation.
27. People stood around the Bar area, taken from near the window.
28. Some frames gathered in the Bar area, near the Snug, with some tables and chairs. Two of the frames (The Hancocks Brewery painting and the Druids frame) can still be found in the Bar today.
29. More tables and chairs stacked in the Bar area, including the banquet seating which originally went around the edge of the room. In the background, you can see a man in front of the fireplace wall, which today is painted white.
30. The pub from the front - the foundations are being dug out for the restaurant. A blocked up window can be seen, which was lost to the renovations.
31. The dug out foundations above from a different angle. A line of benches, picnic tables, and barriers line the area, to stop anyone falling in.
32. A construction vehicle with Pioneer written on the side, next to the original hanging pub sign. The sign was moved during the renovation, after the wall was constructed around the front of the pub.
33. A different construction vehicle (Minimix written on the side), near the portakabin which was on the front door and some breeze blocks which would later be used to build the restaurant.
34. The pub from behind, before the renovations and the building of the Function Room, showing some cars and construction vehicles, and some trees which were felled during the renovation. Planning application for the removal of the trees can be found here and here.
35. The pub from behind, during the renovations. Parts of the building have been removed, exposing some inside doors, and there's a large trench that's been dug out ready for the construction of the Function Room. You can also see the window which was once in the Lounge but was lost to the renovations
36. Same as above, but some breeze blocks have been placed nearby ready to be used to build the Function Room, kitchen, back porch, and corridor.
37. Same as above but from a different angle, with the inclusion of a small cement mixer.
38. The front of the pub, showing a car parked and all the picnic tables and benches cordoning off the area which would soon become the Restaurant. On the wall you can read: NEW CONFERENCE/FUNCTION ROOM, RESTAURANT & ASSOCIATED WORKS AT THE SIX BELLS INN PENMARK OPENING END JULY 1994.
39. The start of construction at the back of the pub, showing where the cellar, toilets, Function Room, kitchen, and back porch would soon be.
40. During construction at the back of the pub. You can see some stairs which would later become the stairs leading up to the accommodation above the pub. Originally, the stairs were from the front porch, and went up through the middle of the two sides of the bar.
41. Some workmen at the back of the pub. Some walls have been built, and the building is starting to take shape.
42. The front of the pub, showing the Restaurant area which has been built from breezeblocks. The windows and door have been fitted, and the roof is being constructed.
43. Some tables and banquet seating in front of a temporary wall. Location in the pub unclear.
44. A man stood outside the pub, by the Bar window. You can read the sign behind him announcing the upcoming opening of the Function Room and Restaurant. You can see construction materials on the floor around him, and the previous bar window which had a fan within the window panes.
45. From the side of the pub, you can see the Function Room roof being constructed, and a workman stood in what is now the cellar.
46. A man stood in part of the pub which is being extended.
47. An area constructed from breeze blocks, with windows/doors being fitted.
48. A large tree stump which was once directly outside the Function Room doors, which are still under construction. Scaffolding stands around the stump. Planning permission was applied and granted to remove this stump, along with a couple of other trees in the car park.
49. Under construction, inside the Function Room. You can see what is now the upstairs Minstrel Gallery, and the Function Room bar. The stairs have not yet been built.
50. Major roof construction at the back of the pub.
51. Things starting to come together - the roof is still being constructed but you can see the upstairs bathroom window and the main structure of the roof has been placed.
52. Same as above, with a man sat on the roof and a ladder leaning against the wall nearby.
53. Some men stood on the scaffolding which was outside the Function Room top window - the roof has not yet been put on in the middle, but the main beams and the side structures have been placed.
54. Tiles are starting to be placed on the roof of the Function Room.
55. The window at the back of the Restaurant area from the front of the pub. You can see tiles are being placed on the roof in the background.
56. A man doing some work in what is now the Lounge area. You can see wiring hanging from the ceiling, as well as the fireplace.
57. A man stood at the top of a very tall ladder, doing some work on the roof at the side of the pub. A man stands at the bottom holding the ladder.
58. Taking shape at the back - the walls of the Function Room have been rendered, and the cellar doors have been fitted. Two men are fitting a window which sits above the stairs leading to the accomodation above the pub.
59. A cement mixer, and the rendered Function Room in the background. Roof tiles are being placed.
60. A man with a trowel doing work on the wall of the Restaurant. The roof is under construction above.
61. A man laying tiles on the roof above the back porch of the pub.
62. In the Function Room, the walls have been plastered and the dado rail added.
63. Some heat lamps on a counter in the newly constructed kitchen.
64. Two men stood in the newly constructed kitchen, surrounded by kitchen appliances.
65. Some workmen in the Restaurant area. There's two beer barrels in the middle of the room, and wiring everywhere.
66. Some workmen on the roof above the back porch/upstairs accommodation.
67. The previous hanging sign outside the front of the pub, with the unfinished Restaurant in the background.
68. The hanging sign shown from a different angle, with St Mary's Church visible right behind.
69. Renovations underway, as seen from the back of the pub.
70. An orange van parked in front of the pub. Behind, the pub is covered in scaffolding, and the roof is being done on both the main building and the new restaurant.
71. Two men standing, watching the work take place at the back of the pub.
72. A man on the phone outside the front door of the pub. There's scaffolding behind him, a portakabin to the side, and some cases of beer and a barrel nearby.
73. Two doorways and lots of wiring. Location unclear.
74. The back of the Restaurant, mid-renovation. There's building materials and a ladder, and the ceiling is being propped up.
75. Numerous barrels on the lounge side bar, mid-renovation. There's building materials and wiring everywhere, and the walls have been freshly plastered.
76. A temporary cellar area, with a table, filing cabinet, a parasol, and all sorts of things on the table.
77. A man in a room with lots of exposed wiring running down the walls and from the ceiling.
78. Some tables and chairs in a room with freshly plastered walls and wiring hanging from the ceiling.
79. The back of the pub seen from the side, in the process of being built. This area would later become the cellar, with Function Room visible towards the back of the photo.
80. A Volvo lorry parked to the side of the pub, with renovations underway in the background.
81. Some men working in what is now the back end of the Restaurant.
82. The Function Room, mid-construction. This area would later become the bar, with the Gallery situated above.
83. The stairs being fitted, which lead to the upstairs accommodation above the pub.
84. Same as above.
85. A man doing some work on a makeshift workbench, two planks of wood laying across some picnic benches.
86. The pub from the front, towards the end of the renovations. The old sign is still there, and the roof and Restaurant area not yet finished.
87. A man working on the stairs which lead up to the Gallery above the Function Room.
88. From the inside cellar door, showing a man fitting the outside doors to the cellar.
89. Two men on the roof, working on the chimney. The building below them is mid-renovation.
90. Towards the end of the renovations, the back of the pub is taking shape. There's workmen stood around, and a man on the roof next to the chimney.
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