Nostalgia - Wilsford pub hosts tramps' supper

Wilsford's Plough Inn became a rendezvous for some suspicious looking characters when over a hundred '˜gentlemen of the road' stopped by for a Tramps' Supper.

The event was held back in February 1967, with most guests dressed in torn pullovers, dirty shirts and coats tied round with string.

Time for supper, some of the tramps get stuck into their sandwiches and ale at the Tramps' Supper held at The Plough Inn, Wilsford in 1967. EMN-160303-115926001placeholder image
Time for supper, some of the tramps get stuck into their sandwiches and ale at the Tramps' Supper held at The Plough Inn, Wilsford in 1967. EMN-160303-115926001

The customers were, of course, only in costume and enjoyed a meal of chicken and ale.

Some of the dodgy characters are pictured here - both male and female with coloured in beards. They seemed to take to the look very readily, but can you name who they were? Maybe you were among them.

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