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I managed to get a hold of the full article. Thomas Griffin was the lookout at the entrance for an illicit betting shop owned by Joe Wheeler at 139 Summer Lane, next to the Green Man pub, where they had a loudspeaker calling out race results and betting odds in the yard. The Wheelers lived...

Here's a full map of Nellie's addresses, 1903–1939, along with all nearby pubs facing onto Summer Lane. I was specifically told that the beer house she 'owned' was on the west side of Summer Lane, meaning the left side of the road.

Running a beer house out of your front room would not make your neighbours happy if they owned pubs directly opposite and another just two doors down! The Fishers must have had some arguments...

Thank you for the map! According to some searches I've just done, 253 Summer Lane was The Crossed Guns pub, and 141 Summer Lane was the Green Man pub, almost directly opposite. You can see the Green Man on the corner of Moorsom Street on your map, but the Crossed Guns were directly opposite...

I read that totally open-mouthed! My auntie always tells me about how 'Mrs Fisher' had a friend who everybody in the neighbour hood called 'Tommy on the Top', who used to take bets in the '50s. I do have a FindMyPast account, so I was able to check the 1939 census. I was going to say I was...

Hello everyone, I was recently told by a distant relative that my great-great-grandmother, Nellie Fisher (née Bunford), owned a 'beer house' on the 'western end' of Summer Lane. I'm not sure what that means, as Summer Lane runs north to south, but that's what I was told. She first married a...

I'm looking for a list of any and all breweries or bottling companies in a broad area around Brearley Street which operated between 1900–1905. Thank you for any help you can give me.

My ancestor worked as a glass blower, if that's of any help.

Thank you very much for your help! My ancestor gave his employer's name as "Mr Bolli", who lived in Pritchett (or Pritchard) Street, near Brearley Street in 1900. Perhaps there was a glass cutters near Brearley Street?

Hi, I would like to know firstly the location of Bowley & Co, a glass cutters, which existed in the 1890s-1900s. Secondly, I would like to know the name of the gun works on Summer Lane, between Brearley Street and Lower Tower Street. Any help is much appreciated! Thank you