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    The Long Pull Pub Aka Queen's Arms

    Interesting discussion - thanks all for comments. I'm with Lady P on the nail healer/annealer explanation - seems like a transcription error by a census taker who didn't know the job 'annealer'. I have attached the original news report (somewhat poor quality I'm afraid, but hopefully...
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    The Long Pull Pub Aka Queen's Arms

    Thank you very much mikejee for the correction and great additional information; it sounds like the Queen's Arms was both a beerhouse and the home where the Perryman family lived, is that right?
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    The Long Pull Pub Aka Queen's Arms

    Thank you Vivienne14 and mikejee for your prompt replies
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    The Long Pull Pub Aka Queen's Arms

    I have a newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Daily Post Dec 9, 1887. It reports an inquest into the death of a 60-year-old woman (Elizabeth Whitehead) who was assaulted in a pub. The landlord is called to give evidence. One line in the report reads, "Thomas Perryman said he was the landlord...
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