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Great Russell Street

My Nan and Grandads family lived on Gt Russell Street, Nan and grandad were neighbours and married 1947 at St Matthius, i've got a pic of Grandads Parents and some family in a pub i think could have been there, there isn't much to the background but it's got floural seats and curtains and looks like a panelled wall at the back, does this sound familiar to anyone? it was taken about 1944.
 
Here you go Lyn..... As you can see there isn't much background, but to the left it looks like a wooden panel section, hopefully someone will recognise it, not that i'm saying your all alkies lol but i date it around 1944 as thats when Grandads brother married and his wife is in the pic so it could have been slightly before that.
 
well claire..they certainly knew how to have a good time in those days...could be anywhere though..but it must be round there or therabouts....

maybe someone will spot the pic and recognise the pub....

lovely..thanks..

lyn
 
Oh they probably did Jayell, most of the pics i have of them they have an alcoholic drink in their hands, uncle Sammy and Grandad were real cases, always playing up and larking about, funny enough he was a Hanson, I see you are researching the name :)

I hope so Lyn it would be interesting to know :)
 
If that is around 1944 then I think, with the panelling and fancy gilded tables, its most likely a hotel rather than an ordinary pub.
mike
 
hi ya mike..just showed the other half this pic...he said in the 60s when he was a builder he and his mates skipped loads of tables the same as this one and ornate fireplaces out of the ordinary pub.....what a waste...

lyn
 
I dont know if my memory is failing me but wasn't The Compasses on the corner of Brearley St and Gt Hampton Row?
Mossg.
 
hi mossg...wasnt that the star and garter...i could be wrong though...lol..will go and see if i can find out..

lyn
 
the compasses is listed as 196 brearley st...on the corner of gt russell st..moss...

lyn
 
Thanks Lyn,But still cant picture a pub at the junction of Gt Russell St & Brearley St.I remember a chip shop on one corner & Outrams who sold oilcloth, it was also a pawnshop on another corner.
Mossg.
 
hi mossg...i will try and double confirm this for you as captions can sometimes be wrong and i dont like giving false info especially when it comes to researching family history although i read it was listed as such....

by the way you mention oilcloth..gosh thats takes me back years...i can remember our mom and dad buy that for almost all the house..didnt have wall to wall carpeting in those days...maybe a large rug but that was about it...

lyn
 
hi mossg...no they wernt home made ones...mom use to buy them from either the shops on the lozells road or down wheeler st...we were a large family...6 kids but do you know i cant recall one sad memory...happy days....

lyn
 
Hi Lyn,I couldnt agree with you more,myself my brother and sisters feel lucky to have been raised in this area of our great City.we feel that we had a very happy upbringing.
Mossg.
 
mossg ive only just noticed that you come from hospital street...have you seen those pics yet...

lyn...
 
Mossg
Here is the entry from kellys for that part of Brearley st for 1963:


here is Hospital st
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154 Rose ​
& Crown P.H​
196 Compasses Inn


...here is Great Russell st..,

here is Great Hampton row​

This part of the road was missing from the 1964 edition., presumably demolished​

Here's the area of Brearley st by Gt Hampton row (from 1956):​



69 Ravenall Arth. fishing tackle dlr
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here is Brearley st
70 Star & Garter P.H, Arth. Twigg​
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Unfortunately I never knew either of them
mike​

 
I have pondered over this photo many times. Is it looking down to Farm st with Frankfort Stt on left . If so my nan's shop is the remaining building on the left, or is it further up. It looks as if the photo is taken downhill from Bridge St west, but I know a block of flats were built on my nans shop so it would be too near that block on the photo
 
Jayell.Hi Judy.
Going north down Gt Russell St from New John St West,the first yard on the right had 8 houses on its left hand side,on the right hand side were the back gardens to the houses on New John St West.
At the top of the yard(after No8)there was a wall seperating it from a yard that was a mirror image of it.this was entered from Hospital St.The yard that was entered in Hospital St was named Wellington Place.I would guess the Gt Russell St entry had a name as opposed to a court No.I hope this isnt too confuseing.
Mossg.
 
Thank you Mossg. From your explanation, I can see how the houses ran, and what I thought was one long row of houses with entrances in both Gt. Russell Street and Hospital Street was in fact two separate terraces, one being Wellington Place.

I am still not 100% convinced that this was where Court 25 was. I have been following through the enumerator's route on the 1871 census and it goes from St Georges Place, Gt Hampton Row, Brearley Street the back down Gt Russell Street where Court 25 is (between 249 and 250), and Court 26 (between 253 and 254) then 255, then the school and Church. The enumerator presumable crosses over the road then and he starts at No.1 Gt. Russell Street.

So I now feel that Court 25 was between Tower Street and Brearley Street, unless anyone knows different.

Judy
 
Hi Judy,from what you have explained about the route taken by the enumorator when recording the 1871 census,i think you are right as to court 25 being at the top end of Gt Russell St.
I knew the area well having walked past it on my way to St Georges C of E School in the early 1950s.
I have never seen a photo of it but this picture is looking down Gt Russell St and the court would have been to the right of the church and just yards past the building shown.
Mossg.
 
Mossg - What a fantastic sketch! I love it! Thanks for posting it. When I look at it closely it to the right of the Church and School, I can imagine Court 25.

I wonder what year the sketch is of. It looks lovely, but in truth when my 2 x gt.granddad died in Court 26 in 1871, it was of Typhoid fever!

Judy
 
Hello Judy,Sorry i don't know what year the picture is.The church was built in 1822.Enlarged in 1884 and demolished in 1960.
You might find this picture of interest,it was posted by Lyn on another thread,it shows chidren in a court back of 248 Great Russell Street in 1967.I doubt if had changed much since your G.G.Grandfathers lived there.
Mossg.
 
judy go the the st georges church thread...there plenty of pics and info on it....dont know if this map is of any use to you...

lyn
 
Mossg - Thanks for the information about St George' Church, and for the lovely photo of children in the Court.

Lyn, I have had another browse through the St George's threads and although I have seen them before, as more information about my family comes to light, various comments although missed first time round, become very interesting.

Judy
 
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