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St Michael's Avenue
Another
of those
architecturally
dreary estate
pubs of the
1950’s (like the
Milford Inn, the
Sun, the
(second)
Fleur de Lys
and the (second)
Royal Standard)
that were built
to serve the new
estates being
constructed as
part of the
ever-expanding
Yeovil town. As
a consequence
most, like the
Green Dragon,
were populated
with a very
local clientele
who tended to
cold-shoulder
strangers.
It opened on 18 December 1957 with the Western Gazette calling it "Yeovil's most modern public house". The opening ceremony was performed by Mrs Pope, wife of the Chairman of the brewers Eldridge Pope & Co of Dorchester. The first landlord was Percy Hawkins who had previously run the Greyhound Hotel in South Street.
Not much else to say really, I visited a few times in the past and it was absolutely dreadful and appeared to be run by teenagers for their mates.
February 2016 - closed and demolished. Even though I loathe to see pubs disappear, in my experience this was not really a great loss - every time I visited it was dire.
gallery
Courtesy of
Chris Rendell
The Green Dragon photographed in 1989.
From my
collection
An advertisement for the Green Dragon in the 15 May 1997 edition of the Yeovil Express & Star.
The Green Dragon photographed in 2009. Sadly new windows didn't make a lot of difference to the dreadful ambience inside.
... and again in 2013.
.... and in February 2016.
Photographed 1 March 2016.
Photographed 1 March 2016.
Photographed 1 March 2016.
The new St Michael's Avenue Co-op on the site of the Green Dragon. Photographed August 2016.
licensees
1957 – Percy Hawkins
(1957 Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon. Percy
Hawkins had
been
the licensee of
the Greyhound
Inn in
South
Street from
at least 1936.
1960 – Licensee
not named (1960
Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon
1965 – Licensee
not named (1965
Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon
1968 – Licensee
not named
(Kelly’s 1968
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
1969 – Licensee
not named
(Kelly’s 1969
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
1970 – Licensee
not named
(Kelly’s 1970
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
1971 – Licensee
not named
(Kelly’s 1971
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
1972 – Licensee
not named
(Kelly’s 1972
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
1973 – Licensee
not named
(Kelly’s 1973
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
1974 – Licensee
not named (1974
Yeovil
Directory)
listed as Green
Dragon Hotel
2012 – Recently
under new
management and
still trading as
the Green
Dragon.
2016 – Demolished.
