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The Globe Inn Hospital Street

Astoness

Astoness

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i am now looking for any pics of the globe inn.. 61 hospital st...or indeed any pics of the street would be great...

many thanks in advance...

lyn:):):)
 
thanks for that alf..so now we can say that the globe was still standing in 1940...must be a pic of it somewhere i would think...

cheers

lyn:):)
 
kieron..thank you...i thought as dad could not remember it it must have gone well before the 60s slum clearance...he would only have been 11 in 1940....this explains a lot....of course that does not meen to say that there wont be a pic of it floating around somewhere...

cheers

lyn:)
 
kieron..talking about bomb blasts the rose and crown on the corner of hospital st/brearley st took a blast also...caused a big crater in the middle of the street...they rebuilt the damaged part of the pub and reopened...ive got a good pic of that one.....


lyn:):)
 
alf..that link you gave me that says a samuel taylor died in 1940 in the globe pub...well it was due to a bomb blast..thanks to kieron for that info....

lyn:)
 
Hi Lyn
That one closed in 1963, the last licensee being Peter Jeffries.

Cheers
Kieron
 
okey dokey alf...me thinks i will struggle to get a pic of it though...ive asked all me contacts to keep em peeled.....:D:D

lyn:)
 
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