Hi VIV
I looks like you have beaten me to it on the verifying of our friend whom stated that there was a criterion pub
He was actualy correctwhen he said there was the pub in jamica row for that period name criterion public house
and i have it at first hand from a record which i crossed checked last night ,but it was the early hours of the morning
So i left it until now
the address was number 51 jamica row then it changed its name to the Brook,s Vaults
The said manager was in 1924 F . Holiday . and in 1944 was in deed mr F Brown
So the criterion was there but change of name to the Brooks Vaults
and listed as brookes vaults formerly the criterion,
It also states that there was over 25 venues of concert halls and sing song and varuios shows within the area
And you can imagine the majority of these are no longer there
There was also at the same time period was another public house in jamica row
At number 81 jamica row thats thirty doors away to my account
It was called the Plough and Harrow run by S R Fisher 1924 in 1944 was F W Doran
Around in Spical street was in fact the Spread Eagle public house at number 14.
Ran by Samuel Rich in 1924 . then it closed down,
Have a great everybody best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,,,,