Well, yesterday's photograph saw a new entrant to the Pub Quiz League as Maurice was straight on the case. He says it took him about five minutes. I was probably around this mark but, because I was submitting an answer to a museum I had to do a few double-checks to make sure I was 100 per cent accurate.
The day went on and no answers were forthcoming so I thought that Maurice was going to be the only one to crack it. Then, with one hour to go Guyarab submitted a correct answer. So well done to both of you for identifying the location.
The first thing I did was check whether or not it was a Flower's pub. This is easy enough - there is a list of their public-houses on the excellent Brewery History site :
http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Flower_&_Sons_Ltd_pubs
The company sent beers down to London via the canal network and then the railways so it would seem that the Station Hotel simply stocked their beer rather than being owned by them.
There is a good resource at
https://pubwiki.co.uk/ which, although it started off as a London database, now has contributions from all over the UK. A search on that site turns up the Station Hotel at 1 Kew Road at Richmond. Here is a view of the building today trading as
One Kew Road ....
At first glance, it does not look like the same building and it is not at the end of a row. However, the windows on the upper floors are in the same position and the same shape. Also, note the chimney stack - matches the old photo! Note also the smaller building adjoining - similar size and shape as in the old pic. Plus the building is across the road from a railway station. All looking good so far.
I then had a quick look on Britain From Above to see what this street looked like in the past. They have a view from 1928 with the Station Hotel facing Richmond Railway Station. Note the distinctive twin chimney stacks either side of the two rows of windows - matching the old pic sent by the museum. The road bridge can be seen here but this is lost in the current development.
Next, I just wanted to check that the post box as seen in the old pic on the left was marked on an old map. And here is the letters L. B. on a century-old map.
After I had done all this, I noticed that somebody has a "now and then" version of the hotel at :
Just for added interest, especially for music fans, the Station Hotel has a very unique place in modern music history. There are a number of sites that talk about the Crawdaddy Club and the Station Hotel. They had to move due to the popularity of the Stones but were followed by The Yardbirds.
And finally for train buffs, a pic of the station itself. Note the hotel in the background ....
So, Guyarab extends his lead by a point .....
League Table
Guyarab 14 Points
Curly 12 Points
Elmo 12 Points
Astoness 4 Points
knobbydave 3 Points
jmadone 2 Points
Morturn 2 Points
Williamstreeter 2 Points
Mikejee 1 Point
sospiri 1 Point
The Rest 0
Today's Photograph
Well, we have had old photographs, recent photographs, a pub being built photo, so today I thought we could have an interior photograph. This is a pic I took in 2002 - as you can see the customers are having a good laugh, largely due to the bloke at the top end of the room. But where was I?
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 Friday 22.00hrs 24th April. Good luck!
will go away and study this one
