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ive just been reading an article in a brummagem mag and i wondered if someone could please confirm or not if there was a pub on the corner of guest st hockley called the victoria...c 1900...the info i have states it was an m and b pub
tis me again chris..can you check again please as i think the pub was at the the junction of bridge st west and villa st...farm st was further down....if ive got it right on one corner was st saviours church ..on the other was farm st school and on the other was the victoria pub...as i have now got a pic of the pub i only have to find a pic of the other corner....that may prove difficult though....
Lyn
Don't know if this is any help Victoria Inn Landlords from kellys 1888 Edward Wright 1890 - 1895 Charles Frederick Griffen 1896 Henry Black 1897 John Edwin Drover 1899 Joseph Edwards 1900 Thomas Watts 1903 - 1905 Fred Baker 1908 - 1915 John Fisher 1921 John Henry Brookes
sorry im not much good at this lyn, but in the 1896 it says no. 29 guest st. A whitehouse and co. ltd - cycle manufacturers, no. 31 guest st. victoria inn - henry black, then - here are bridge st. west and farm street.
perhaps mikejee should have a look, hes the expert
Hi Lyn, In 1901 Census,the Victoria Inn was listed as 27 Guest St and occupied by Frederick and Emily Baker and family.In 1891 Census it was run by the Griffin family
thanks again chris...and linda....mike this kellys list may prove useful as the article written in the brummagem is by a brian fitzmaurice who says his grandfather ran the pub c 1900...of course me being me i asummed the grandfather would be his dads dad when of course it could be his moms dad and therefore would be a different surname...he is trying to piece together the family history for his sons and wanted any info on the pub and the extact location. as all he has is a family photo of the pub with his nan and grandad standing outside with some locals going off on a fishing trip..well we have established the location for him and if anyone can just find out when the pub dissapeared i think i could email him all this info including mikes maps and mikes kellys list...
It was there in the 1938 Kellys, but not the 1939. The list i gave you had a lot of years that weren't covered, so it might not be any of those names. Still its a start
mike
