John Pole was licensee in 1846.
In 1851, Wilson Mortimer, age twenty-seven, is recorded as a publican in Midland Street, with his wife Hannah, son John (three), and a hawker lodger Thomas Rowley – although no name of the pub is given, we can assume it is the Joiners as in 1854 Mortimer and his wife were witnesses in a court case. This involved some hose that was stolen from outside the Fox in Humberstone Gate by a man named Lacey, and sold on in the Joiners to a man named Spence. Lacey was given 6 months hard labour for the theft, with Spence four years penal servitude for receiving handed down as it wasn’t his first offence. The newspaper reports list the Joiners as in Mortledge Street, which crosses Midland Street.
Wilson Mortimer was also a horse breaker at this time, listed as such in the 1861, this time at 23 ½ Mortledge Street, and was still running the Joiners, according to the directories.
John Noakes, or Nokes, seemed to be the victualler of the Joiners by the mid 1860s. John, who gave his trade as a hairdresser in the 1861 census, moved from Northampton Street next door to the Brighton Arms to take on the Joiners. We know Noakes was at the Joiners in November 1865 as he reported a theft of at quantity of ‘wearing apparel’ to the police from the beer house.
John Noakes transferred his licence to Thomas or Williams in October 1871, who in turn passed it on to Joseph Jones. William Daft, Jones’ father in law who was staying at the beer house, was found dead in bed in October 1876. A verdict of natural causes was given.
Henry Gutteridge, the victualler in 1877, was summoned for serving a police constable whilst on duty. Henry had received an order for a whisky, which he placed on the sill to the outside. He didn’t know who drunk it but when the glass was put down he saw the armband of the police constable. The magistrates believed his story and dismissed the case, but told the PC he was right to bring the case to court.
In November 1879 the Joiners Arms was advertised as a beerhouse to let in Midland Street, with an income of £100, with a rent of £30( LC).
William Hutchinson was both licensee and also a cab driver. In 1886, he was charged with being drunk in charge of a horse.
The trading of the Joiners post 1906 is as yet unclear. It could conceivably have become an off licence as Tom Skinner wass still selling beer from here in 1920. Records state that All Saints Brewery surrendered the licence in December 1937
The whole of Midland Streeet was redeveloped circa 2001. The Phoenix Art Centre now occupies no. 2 Midland Street.