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The Pilot Inn? Pub In Northumberland Street, Birmingham?
Just discovered that my grandfather's first wife, Maria Morgan, nee Woodley lived at The Pilot in 1901. She is listed as a barmaid, but her parents, Alfred and Harriett Woodley are not the publicans. Her aunt, Maria Littler is a 'manageress' but it doesn't state publican. My grandfather, Richard...- Dams
- Post #8
- Forum: Pubs and Hotels
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Navigation Inn Erdington
I'm sorry - only just seen this, three years on! I think that some of the animals must have been kept at the pub as he walked them around the streets for exercise - but I think at that time, the area around the pub was far leafier and open than it is now. Sadly, there is no-one old enough in the...- Dams
- Post #39
- Forum: Pubs and Hotels
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Navigation Inn Erdington
A bit late in joining this thread, but my great uncle, Percy Handsaker, ran The Navigation probably from the 1920s into the 1940s when he died. He trained lion and tiger cubs there for circuses and apparently took them for walks on leads around the surrounding streets. He also bred Dalmatians...- Dams
- Post #32
- Forum: Pubs and Hotels