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OLd Wulf

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Hello,
Can anyone help please? Here is a photo taken c 1905 of the Aston Hotel with my grandfather standing outside. I guess he was the manager/licensee. He later ran pubs in Wolverhampton, notably the Dudley Arms in Dudley Street. Does anyone know where this pub/hotel was and if it is still there (unlikely after all this time).Aston Hotel 1.jpg His name was Alwin Spencer Hopkins (1880-1946).
Many thanks
 
OLd Wulf said:
Thank you Lyn, that's great! Have you any idea how I could date my photo? Is there a record of who kept the pub years ago?

Geoff
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hi geoff and yes there are directories on ancestry etc..i am someone can look up your grandads name to see when he ran the aston hotel..

lyn
 
nice improvement mike... could you look up alwin spencer hopkins please to see when he ran the hotel...thanks..i have also moved this thread to the correct section of the forum which is pubs and hotels

lyn
 
He was at the Aston Hotel in 1915, but had gone by 1921. In 1910 - 1913 he was at 76 Franchise St, which was the Wellhead Tavern. In 1908 he was at the Eagle & Tun P.H. 12 Banbury street & 46 New Canal street. He is not listed in 1905
 
mikejee said:
He was at the Aston Hotel in 1915, but had gone by 1921. In 1910 - 1913 he was at 76 Franchise St, which was the Wellhead Tavern. In 1908 he was at the Eagle & Tun P.H. 12 Banbury street & 46 New Canal street. He is not listed in 1905
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thanks mike...wellhead tavern is still there (closed at the moment) but sadly the eagle and tun was demolished about 3 years ago i think

lyn
 
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