Amble Hostelries

[janwhin]

I know the website has a page on old Amble inns, so I thought this might be of interest, taken from Whellans Trade Directory of 1855:
Blue Bell Inn: James Purdy;
Docks Hotel: Elizabeth Turner;
Gardeners Arms: Thomas Carse;
Harbour Inn: William Grey;
Masons Arms: Charles Young;
Prince Albert: Ralph Graham;
Railway Hotel: Elizabeth Watson;
Radcliffe Arms: Joshua Lockey;
Schooner Inn: Thomas Young;
Ship Inn: Robert Carse;
Togston Arms: William Johnson;
Waterloo Inn: George Hall (and shipowner);
Wellwood Arms: Christopher Charlton.
The directory also states that the harbour was still under construction and that several good inns and houses had been erected.
Slaters 1855 Directory has the inns listed above but also has the Queens Head run by Christopher Robson.

[janwhin]

Whellan and Slater show one inn at Hauxley, the Plough run by (Robert Ditchburn, Whellan) or Mark Storey (Slater).
Radcliffe Terrace has the Newburgh Arms, Henry Muers.

[Coquet]

On the subject of Amble pubs, I've not yet had a location for the Steamboat Inn, I'm inclined to think it's the building arrowed below, which is now part of the Harbour Inn. Anyone any ideas?

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by janwhin

Whellan and Slater show one inn at Hauxley, the Plough run by (Robert Ditchburn, Whellan) or Mark Storey (Slater).
Radcliffe Terrace has the Newburgh Arms, Henry Muers.

Wouldn't it be nice to see photos of those pubs. I bet they exist somewhere, assuming the buildings survived into the golden age of photography.

[Alan J.]

Originally Posted by Coquet

On the subject of Amble pubs, I've not yet had a location for the Steamboat Inn, I'm inclined to think it's the building arrowed below, which is now part of the Harbour Inn. Anyone any ideas?

Correct, that was the Inn.

[janwhin]

But who is "Aggie's Ghost"?

[brownknees]

Aggie was the landlady up to the late fifties as I remember.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by Alan J.

Correct, that was the Inn.

Thank you.

My Steamboat Inn photo at long last.

Just noticed it had a larger window beside the door originally; note the larger lintel, a second thin sill below the existing one and vertical mortar lines marking the old sides of the window aperture.

[janwhin]

Is that possibly an old lintel and window outline behind the drainpipe on the left?

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by janwhin

Is that possibly an old lintel and window outline behind the drainpipe on the left?

Well spotted, it's another doorway.

[Alan J.]

Aggie Pearson was the landlady of the Harbour Inn for many years and many of us pre 18 year olds partook of the odd drink in "Aggies kitchen" which actually was her kitchen and she would let you have a couple, no more, there pre the Saturday night dance at the Legion Hall, now the new Fourways building. She had a son, Bob, who had a weakness for the drink and wasn't much of a success in assisting in the pub.

[a boxall]

Originally Posted by brownknees

Aggie was the landlady up to the late fifties as I remember.

Agnes Pearson (nee Ewart), was my grannie`s cousin, her husband,
Joe Pearson, came from Shetland.
When Agnes died in October 1961, my mother, Peggy Dixon, took over
the running of the pub until it was sold.
The house next to the Harbour Inn was much older,and was occupied by
two families. Cecil Welsh lived downstairs, and an Italian, known as "Podgie"
lived upstairs with his family.
At that time, there were stables behind the pub.

[janwhin]

Well, I always thought that people who lived in the Amble area over generations would be inter-related. My great grandfather's sister would be Agnes' aunt by marriage

[Burton descendant]

Was it in Leazes Street? Thats where John Burton was in the 1901 Census

[Coquet]

Yes Leazes Street. The picture above of the Harbour Inn and the (old) Steamboat Inn is Leazes Street. I assume Burton's Mineral water manufactory was in the Steamboat Inn or in outbuildings?

[Coquet]

A Burton bottle on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPERB-VIC...p2047675.l2557

[Burton descendant]

Thanks .. we visited some years ago and did work out that it was part of the building but did not remember the street name.

M

[Burton descendant]

This very interesting .. we've seen Burton and Richardson bottles but not a John Burton one.

The Burton and Richardson partnership was legally dissolved in 1898. John Burton continued the business. (advertised in London Gazette)

M

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by Burton descendant

This very interesting .. we've seen Burton and Richardson bottles but not a John Burton one.

The Burton and Richardson partnership was legally dissolved in 1898. John Burton continued the business. (advertised in London Gazette)

M

I have a Burton and Richardson bottle (pic below) I did not realise it was the earlier one

[janwhin]

Originally Posted by Burton descendant

The Burton and Richardson partnership was legally dissolved in 1898. John Burton continued the business. (advertised in London Gazette)

M

Morpeth Herald 14 Sept 1895, Alnwick Brewster Sessions, Burton and Richardson applied for a license to sell beer on an off licence basis. Stated that B & R started business in Amble as aerated water manufacturers 2 years previously. They travelled round the country districts selling and were asked if they sold beer. Hence they decided to apply for a license. It was turned down, especially since a 200 signature petition was presented citing concerns about moral welfare