The Gaping Goose

The Gaping Goose is thought to be the oldest surviving pub in Garforth. Apparantly in the great hall at Garforth Old Hall there was a plaster frieze of some flying cormorants. It is possible that Goose was named after these by someone who mistook the cormorants for Geese [2]!

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The Gaping Goose
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5th August 2007
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Ian Atkinson
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This image is a view towards Garforth Bridge with the Goose on the right.

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5th August 2007
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Ian Atkinson
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Here you can see Billy Previll with geese in front of the pub.

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The Gaping Goose

This is a later image of the Goose taken when it sold Melbourne ales, which were brewed in Regent Street in Leeds [3].

The roof of Garforth Old Hall can just be seen in the right of the frame behind the tree, giving a good reference for where it once stood.

Date
1930s
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