Martin and Elizabeth Collis would run the Admiral Nelson c1906-1914. having moved from Black Lion Belgrave Gate. Martin died 1912 aged 54, wife Elizabeth would carry on the licence for a short time after.
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.
The Admiral Nelson underwent a façade change adding an ‘art deco’ style frontage.
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.
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