Glad Coach and Horses + @golden_anchor is getting some attention. A quick thread on some pre-Windrush Black publicans. I do love this sketch of the Duke of Clarence tho c.1823... anyone know where it might be? @Greenwich_Hosp or @RHChelsea? #SavingBritainsPubs
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I don’t know who was the earliest Black publican in England but prize-fighter Bill Richmond (1763-1829) was certainly the most famous, he used his winnings to buy the Horse and Dolphin near Leicester Sq. The plaque was installed at his local on Panton St.đŸ„Š
I don’t know who was the earliest Black publican in England but prize-fighter Bill Richmond (1763-1829) was certainly the most famous, he used his winnings to buy the Horse and Dolphin near Leicester Sq. The plaque was installed at his local on Panton St.
I don’t know who was the earliest Black publican in England but prize-fighter Bill Richmond (1763-1829) was certainly the most famous, he used his winnings to buy the Horse and Dolphin near Leicester Sq. The plaque was installed at his local on Panton St.
London-born boxer Jem Wharton (1813-1856), ran a pubs in Manchester + Liverpool (maybe the York Hotel) after he retired. Around 1861, Charles Dickens would write about the "jovial black landlord" and his Black punters he met on a pub crawl in Liverpool. Portrait in @NPGLondon
Frederick Ziegler was landlord of the Cock and Lion on Wigmore St in 1808. Born in Suriname he was one of the hundreds of Black men who served in the Royal Navy. S/O @SIMartin 's https://museumcrush.org/celebrating-the-lives-of-black-sailors-at-the-old-royal-naval-college/ The pub still stands toast Mr Ziegler when it reopens #SavingBritainsPubs
But "what of the Black woman"? Some landlords specifically recruited Black barmaids. @CarolineBressey found 1880s n'paper ads for bars in Birmingham and Stockton that requested only ‘a coloured lady' should apply. [The lady in the pic working at a bar in Paris, 1899]
My granddad celebrated his 100th b'day at the @golden_anchor He couldn't drink the Guinness by then but still liked to pop in see Lana regularly. He passed last year just before his 102nd b'day. I'll raise a glass to Vin Foster when they reopen. #SavingBritainsPubs #BlackBusiness
My granddad celebrated his 100th b'day at the @golden_anchor He couldn't drink the Guinness by then but still liked to pop in see Lana regularly. He passed last year just before his 102nd b'day. I'll raise a glass to Vin Foster when they reopen. #SavingBritainsPubs #BlackBusiness
My granddad celebrated his 100th b'day at the @golden_anchor He couldn't drink the Guinness by then but still liked to pop in see Lana regularly. He passed last year just before his 102nd b'day. I'll raise a glass to Vin Foster when they reopen. #SavingBritainsPubs #BlackBusiness
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