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Looking for information on the Blucher Inn Brightside Lane my great grandparents were the Beerkeepers in 1901 but can't find any old photos or much about it at all 

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William Spencer (landlord in 1901) was still there in November 1912 - he donated the proceeds of a Guessing Competition (£1.0.0) to the Sheffield Royal Hospital, On Tuesday 24th February 1914 Charles Frederick, son of William and Mary Spencer, died at the Blucher, aged 31.William died on 10th October 1919 and was buried at the General Cemetery at 2:30pm on the 15th. Mary was still running the pub in 1925 when there was an entry in the Kelly's Directory.

Here's a map from 1890 showing the Blucher Inn at the corner of Lake Street and Brightside Lane.

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And here's the Blucher (centre of the photo) in 1948 courtesy od Britain from Above  https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW018784

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Thank you for the response

My great grandad James Henry Knott he was living at the Blucher Inn with his wife Lydia mother in law Sarah Lovell and brother in law Ernest I found this inf on the 1901 census.

i don't think they were there for very long 

Any more information and photographs would be brilliant 

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The Knotts were running the Blucher in 1891 (at the Census), and they were there when the Kellys Directory for 1893 was published. James Henry Knott died at the Blucher and was buried in grave 41 section W2 Burngreave cemetery on 5th May 1894. By the 31st March 1901 Census Knotts were no longer at the Blucher - William Spence was the landlord by then:

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Henry Lovell was the landlord in February 1891, though not present when the Census was taken, and in February was fined for allowing gambling on the premises:

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Here's Henry Lovell (wire drawer) and family in Middlesborough (including daughter Lydia) in 1881:

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That's brilliant I had found the census entries for Lydia and family  in Middlesbrough while searching through Ancestry.

The object of my search is to find out what happened to Lydia not long after 1903 she left her children with a Mrs Williams a neighbor and only came back for her daughter Lily which left my Grandad thinking he was a Williams until he was 16 

The newspaper clip is brilliant 

Thank you

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