Yesterday's
Midweek Map Muddle certainly got folks into a muddle, though most people were in the right location and sussed out that the tavern was part of Ann Street, a thoroughfare swept away for the new Council House at the beginning of the 1870s. Quite a few opted for the Bricklayers' Arms which was a good shout but not quite on the mark. As in previous images there cannot be any half-points awarded. The Bricklayers' Arms was a little further along the road - I was looking for Nos.3-4 close to the corner of Newhall Street. Here it is in the 1860s ...
So, there you have it - the
Vine Inn. A tough map muddle but they are meant to be challenging! The boozer had a relatively short life and appears to have closed in 1868 when the stock and contents were offered at auction. The sale included all the public house furniture, ale store fittings, stock in trade, and effects including tables, chairs, gas-fittings, blinds, shop counter, four-pull ale machine, clock, shelves, seating, glassware, measures, pewters, signs, three tons of coal, Ind Coope's Pale Ale, Findlater's Dublin Stout, quarter cask of superior Sherry, five other full casks of Wine, three dozen Champagne, five dozen Port and Sherry, and other stock and effects. In August 1869 William Henry Jones applied for a spirit licence for the property, presumably in order to operate as a wine and spirits merchant. However, it would appear that his application was unsuccessful. Thereafter the property is occupied by solicitors and the like. It had once been an eating house run by Edwin Richards.
No change to the league table ....
League Table
Guyarab 47 Points
Elmo 46 Points
Curly 45 Points
Astoness 19 Points
knobbydave 17 Points
Mikejee 9 Points
A Sparks 7 Points
Williamstreeter 7 Points
allanbrum 6 Points
Morturn 4 Points
Pedrocut 4 Points
Radiorails 4 Points
jmadone 2 Points
Lady Penelope 2 Points
sospiri 2 Points
pjmburns 1 Point
The Rest 0
Today's Photograph
I do try to mix it up by including interiors, inn signs, maps, tavern checks. I realised last night that I had not yet included a photograph of a publican. So today's image is taken from a national newspaper in 1994 as he was making a splash with his famous old public-house. A big enough story to make the broadsheets!! As you can see Don Henry is inside the pub and staging a beer festival. Name the pub?
PLEASE send your answer via PM message rather than posting on this page as it will spoil it for everyone else. Deadline for submissions is
TONIGHT Thursday 22.00hrs 18th June. Good luck!