First recording I can find is 1815 when James Bell was licensee, he was followed by John Eagles c1928, Buckley Ward 1833, William Foster 1840, Henry Beckett 1846, John Manton 1862, William Wright 1869, T O Potter who was to hold the Beerhouse and licensees Association here 1872 . Halford Heich 1874, William Allbutt 1979, A Tebutt 1888, Tebbutt was charged by Italian street organ player Micheal Ferritto whilst he was performing his organ in Humberstone Gate Tebbutt came round driving his horse & brake when it smashed into Ferritto’s organ smashing it in pieces. Ferritto claimed damages of £19, Tebbutt claimed his horse slipped on the wet road. Tebbutt was found guilty of failing to stop and ordered to pay Ferritto £7.
(Below organ player from word press)
Thomas Smith c1890, James Anstee 1898.
above 1900 ad for Reuben Staples.
Martin and Elizabeth Collis would run the Admiral Nelson 1906-1914. having moved from Black Lion Belgrave Gate. Martin died 1912 aged 54, wife Elizabeth would carry on the licence for a short time after.
Martin Collis would also in his time as licensee run the Fox & Hounds Humberstone Gate, Royal Oak West Bridge, Cross Keys Highcross St, Opera House Guildhall Lane.,
Jon Graves would be licensee 1914 followed by Thomas Collis c1922 and Frank Gibbs 1927, Joseph Gurney 1935.
Recorded from circa 1815 as the Nelson, the ‘Admiral’ seems to have materialised some time around 1830.
Reported by the local press as a ’gin tap’ in 1850.
Shared a yard with the Plough next door, the yard ran around to the rear of the George in the Haymarket, past a row of cottages in the courtyard.
Everards purchased the property in October 1895, they owned the property until selling it to the council in 1972 as part of the Haymarket development.
1939 an application of removal by Walter Chambers Attenborough of the Admiral Nelsons licence to Gypsy Lane was turned down, George Clarke licensee,
The Admiral Nelson underwent a façade change adding an ‘art deco’ style frontage. during the 1930s with archetect Norman Read desiging the imposing face of Admiral Nelson below.
Leslie Obert landlord 1945, Doris Saunders 1947, William Wormell 1951, Frederick Healey 1957 and William Andrews c1962. were all licensees.
Thomas Grant was the licensee his decision caused major press coverage.
Classic 1960s shot of the Admiral Nelson, with the ‘Irish’ next door a famous men’s clothing shop. If you wanted to be in fashion the ‘Irish’ was the place to shop. It seemed to clothe most of the town lads, especially accessories, from ‘maverick’ ties to ‘striped ratting caps’ from florescent socks to ‘drainpipe jeans’. If full made to measure drape suit with silk lining was what was desired, Reynolds in Belgrave Gate was the place.
Early 1900’s with horse coming out of the Plough The later Art Deco facade, also showing Plough.
This auction ad of 1970 speld the end for the Admiral Nelson, it was demolished sometime after William Andrews seems to be the last landlord.
I still have an original stool from this pub!