Photo above: Winifred Street corner down Havelock Street, no. 87 extreme left.
Recorded in 1870, John Pole licensee, 1871 census lists no 87 Havelock St as the STAR INN John Pole as beerhouse keeper with his wife Martha and nine children plus a lodger living there. .
1877 a James Jackson stole a watch from John Pole now listed as a grocer, Jackson who had recently been released from prison he was caught in Infirmary Square after discarding the watch in a garden, never the less he was sentenced to 7 years penal servitude.
Jan 1878 John Pole transferred his off licence to Wm Henry Ludlam.
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Most possibly the Star ( now an off-licence), corner of Havelock and Winifred Street (Phipps Collection). It would make sense that the name could be because of the Star emblem used by Phipps Brewery since mid-Victorian times that hung outside the building.
Thank you for the information about this pub, the Star Inn. I am a direct descendant of John Pole as he was my 3x Great Grandad. It’s amazing to see photographs of the building.
I’m also related to Clara Ludlum who ran the Duke of Rutland pub on Oxford Street as her daughter Lucy married John Pole’s son Charles Henry Pole.
History is fascinating.
Many thanks,
Sarah Crabbe.
Thanks Sarah for your comment and interest, we are learning more each day from research, so input from descendants and relatives helps our project paint a more in depth picture of each pub, thanks again
My parents kept the off- licence opposite the foundry on Havelock Street during the WW2 and l remember we had a special beer delivery each week just for the foundry workers . They would pop over every hour or so to quench their thirst .
Thanks Clive, yes there were occasions when important workers would have their ration of beer.