READERS have continued to inundate me with calls over the epic history of High Wycombe’s pubs, many of which have been lost in the mists of time.

Lewis Twitchen, 80, from Booker, supplied me with a quite incredible list from 1883 of all the pubs inside and on the outer edges of the town, along with their licensees.

I was pleased to see the name of Charles Whiffin on this roll of honour.

He was the chap who began my interest in the subject because he lived in my former house in High Wycombe in 1905 and I spent years researching his background. He was also one-time publican of the Little Red Lion in St Mary Street in the late Victorian era and he is listed as such in 1883. His father, Richard, was also once the landlord of the now long-demolished inn.

Another pub that has long since disappeared is the Porters Arms at 1 Duke Street. Bizarrely it is not on this lengthy list either, even though we found a picture of it from 1910.

Two weeks ago, I told how readers worked out it was on the site of what is now the railway car park.

However, this was then disputed. Frank Walters, 79, a retired photographic printer from Micklefield, rang to tell me he believed it was actually in what is now Station Road, on the corner opposite the old Mason’s Arms.

This would have meant that Duke Street extended beyond the subway which runs under the railway connecting it with Station Road and Birdcage Walk. After a bit of further investigation, I initially believed this was possible.

But Albert Ivermee, 82, a Wycombe Museum volunteer, has hopefully put the whole matter straight. Albert, who has a collection of pictures and maps from High Wycombe’s pubs, popped in on Friday to show me that the Porters Arms was situated right by the subway on the corner, near to the back entrance of the station.

He says we weren’t far out with our guess it was at the car park entrance. He tells me the picture of the pub was, in fact, supplied to him by a chap from Oxford, and that the inn was named in honour of the railway porters.

Albert also supplied me with an ancient picture of a charabanc outing undertaken in 1928 by High Wycombe pub landlords, see below.

He had found this photo in an old edition of the Bucks Free Press. Ironically, I was the journalist who wrote that particular piece about 17 years ago after being supplied the picture by 80-year-old Bob Lord.

I am now getting so long in the tooth that I’d completely forgotten I’d written this article. You know you’re old, I suppose, when your nostalgia articles become nostalgia themselves.

HERE is the list of High Wycombe pubs and their landlords in 1883

Admiral Napier - W Youens - 8 St Mary’s St Anchor - Alfred Ward - Crown Lane Angel - A Putnam - 9 Pauls Row Antelope - John Stroud - Church Square Barleymow - A Piercey - Denmark St Beaconsfield Arms - H Castile - Hughenden Road Bell - Alfred Pierce - Frogmoor Belle Vue - J George - Prospect Rd Bird-In-Hand - Thomas Cox - Oxford Rd Black Boy - W White - Corn Market Bull - G Greetham - Bull Lane Carrington Arms - H Montague - Oxford Rd Chair Van - John Gibson - Meadow Chairmakers Arms - T Cox - Westbourne Street Coach and Horses - G George - 52 Easton St Cow and Hare - W Hill - Easton St Cross Keys - R Busby - 5 High St Crown - W Cave - Crown Lane Duke of Cambridge - J White - Railway Place Elephant and Castle - W Phillips - Newlands Falcon - H Bennett - High St Fountain - G Oxlade - White Hart St Fox - W Collins - Temple End Free Trade Tavern - W Slater - White Hart St Gate - G Church - Newlands Globe - C Lintell - White Hart St Golden Fleece - W Greenfield - Water Lane Greyhound - W Monk - 22 Easton St Half Moon - E Clark - 50 Oxford Rd Hare and Hounds - W Matthews - 25 Frogmoor Kings Head - Martha Nutt - 8 Oxford St Lion in the Wood - H Mealing - Queens Sq Masons Arms - Henry Brown - Saffron Road Morning Star - G Harman - Pennington Rd Nags Head - Mrs S Coles - Oxford Road Nags Head - S Collins - London Road Old Angel - F Clayden - Oxford St Flint Cottage - W Tilbury - Station Gates One Star - W Stallwood - 4 Easton St Peacock - John Finch - Mendy St Pheasant - Amos Hitchman - London Road Plough - T Salisbury - Denmark Street Queen - T Markham - Victoria St Queens Head - J Handage - 21 Queens Square Railway Tavern - George Able - Crendon St Red Cross Knight - John West - Temple End Red Lion - R Puttick - High St Red Lion - C Whiffin - St Mary's St Rose and Crown - John Coltman - Water Lane Roundabout - W West - Bridge Street Royal Oak - J Lunnon - Bridge Street Saracens Head - De La Mare Davis - 27 Frogmoor Seven Stars - George Gibbs - 5 Easton St Ship - Mrs E Kibble - Oxford Rd Spreadeagle - C Ridgeley - Newlands Swan - Isaac Jones - 5 Pauls Row Three Tuns - J Cheese - 33 High St Two Brewers - Mrs E Lovett - 55 Easton St Van Inn - F Weedon - Oxford Rd Wheatsheaf - Charles Lane - 2 High St Wheel - George Dean - Newlands White Hart - James Bowden - White Hart St White Horse Inn - G Harding - Crendon St White Horse - George King - Oxford Rd White Lion - Adam Crawford - Crendon St Windsor Castle - J McCormack - Easton St Woolpack - G Pawley - Oxford St Pubs outside the town (some still here, the others gone) Beech Tree - W Hancock - Loudwater Black Boy - Edwin Hodson - West Wycombe Black Lion - Mrs Dean - Naphill Bricklayers Arms - W Hopkins - Downley Crown - W Darvill - Hazlemere Crown - J Priest - Loudwater Dolphin - W Putnam - Kingswood Dopphin - J Saunders - Wycombe Marsh Griffins Head - Mrs E Hodsdon - West Wycombe Horse Shoe - F Piercey - Booker Common King of Prussia - John Gibbons - Wycombe Marsh Oxford Arms - Thomas Weller - Loudwater Red Lion - James Clark - Wycombe Marsh Red Lion - John Green - Hazlemere Red Lion - F Roberts - Bradenham Sportsmens Arms - A Rogers - North Dean Swan - Charles Gerrard - West Wycombe Swan - W Pearce - Wycombe Marsh Three Horseshoes - Joseph Betts - Flackwell Heath Wheel - Henry Dawes - Naphill