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The 'new' Bull public house was built about 50 yards away from the original Bull, at the junction with Timberlog Lane. The original Bull had stood in the way of a new neighbourhood shopping centre. It was subsequently demolished in the early months of 1962 and the shopping centre, when completed in 1964, took the name Bull Parade.
The new Bull opened on Tuesday 7th November, 1961. Arthur and Teresa (Terry) Goldstone were the first licencees having transferred from the 'old' Bull on opening.
It was run by the Mann, Crossman and Paulin brewery chain, who had also run the former public houses. By the 1970s it had become part of St. George's Taverns.
The address became 469 Clay Hill Road when the full length of Bull Road was renamed Clay Hill Road in 1963.
In 1985 the pubs' name was changed to The Powerhouse which it remained until February 1998 when, following a violent incident that ended in a fatality, it closed. The pub then remained empty until September 2002 when it was demolished.
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Arthur and Teresa (Terry) Goldstone were the last licencees to live at the Old Bull and they then transferred in November 1961 to the 'new' Bull public house at the junction with Timberlog Lane.
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