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There was a small, spirited, correspondence on Yates's Wine Lodge on Corporation Street, same block as Smith's printed matter retail outlet, and of course further along who could forget Midland Educational and Camera House?
When was that august establishment opened - as by the 1960s it had clearly seen much better days (as we snuck in, so-to-speak, amidst the razzledazzle), and why was it names Yates? Clearly another altarpiece of Victoriana, I recall being introduced (well "under age") to the snooker and billiard room on, I think the second storey. It was accessed by a perfectly functioning passenger elevator which was likely amongst the first installed in a place of public resort. There were full size, well kept tables and a small bar, like a kiosk, attended by a gentleman in waiscoat and those bands about the shirt sleeves. The odour was that of antiquity. Savoury stuff, today.
One wonders how those tables were got in there, or was the place built about them! Also, what happened to them?
I wonder why the celebrated establishment closed. There is a diminutive replacement along the way by the Law Courts and Central Meeting Hall (a neglected structure).
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There was a small, spirited, correspondence on Yates's Wine Lodge on Corporation Street, same block as Smith's printed matter retail outlet, and of course further along who could forget Midland Educational and Camera House?
When was that august establishment opened - as by the 1960s it had clearly seen much better days (as we snuck in, so-to-speak, amidst the razzledazzle), and why was it names Yates? Clearly another altarpiece of Victoriana, I recall being introduced (well "under age") to the snooker and billiard room on, I think the second storey. It was accessed by a perfectly functioning passenger elevator which was likely amongst the first installed in a place of public resort. There were full size, well kept tables and a small bar, like a kiosk, attended by a gentleman in waiscoat and those bands about the shirt sleeves. The odour was that of antiquity. Savoury stuff, today.
One wonders how those tables were got in there, or was the place built about them! Also, what happened to them?
I wonder why the celebrated establishment closed. There is a diminutive replacement along the way by the Law Courts and Central Meeting Hall (a neglected structure).
:wink: