Sallyblossom Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrecordings Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 This any use ? https://pubhistory.co.uk/Yorkshire/SheffieldB/BlucherInn.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrecordings Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 ...and looks like there's something here - about halfway down: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/7031-pub-updates/?page=60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 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. And here's the Blucher (centre of the photo) in 1948 courtesy od Britain from Above https://britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW018784 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sallyblossom Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 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: 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: Here's Henry Lovell (wire drawer) and family in Middlesborough (including daughter Lydia) in 1881: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sallyblossom Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 25/08/2018 at 16:07, unrecordings said: This any use ? https://pubhistory.co.uk/Yorkshire/SheffieldB/BlucherInn.shtml It's sad when we have to visit other sites for our pub information when it is all on here under the A to Z of pubs but sadly it doesn't work anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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