George Johnson, beer retailer, Catchgate

[ShaunJ]

William Smailes in 1879:  https://tinyurl.com/7vvjjthu

20 Claypath was the Durham County Alliance Workmen's Club by 1907: https://tinyurl.com/658hdy9t

[ShaunJ]

Ahh - I see I've been researching the wrong Green Tree Inn.....back to the drawing board !


https://www.karbonhomes.co.uk/about-us/media-centre/news/2021/may/your-place-in-history/

[Elliven]

McTalbert,

Yes please!  I think I know the one with the licensees board and I am hoping against hope that the other one is an older photo before the partial demolition had taken place.

Neville

[Elliven]

ShaunJ

Stick with your original plan.  The Claypath Green Tree was a totally different building and place but the one in the Karbon Homes story is the right one.  This is the same pub but that story was so far wrong that they have removed a lot of it.  They have left in the nonsense about getting its beer delivered in jerry cans.  Since jerry cans were invented in Germany in the run up to WW2 for the German military, they would never have been available for  the use of English breweries in 1939!  Besides Vaux NEVER delivered their beer in jerry cans!

The bulding was 200-300 years old in 1939 and, although it later became a jerry (selling only beer) and then an off licence, it was formerly an inn.  That means (historically) that it had to serve food and offer accommodation.  Now you can open a licensed tea rooms and call it an inn!

[Elliven]

McTalbert,

He was listed in an 1894 directory as a beerhouse keeper in Catchgate and the Green Tree is the only likely place as there were licensees named for all the other pubs

Neville

[McTalbert]

Elliven,

I recently sent some photos of Clough Dene as attachments but I can't remember how I browsed my computer to select the photos to attach.

I feel as thick as a plank.

Have you any suggestion?

McTalbert

[Millmoor]

The Consett Guardian is a very recent addition to the newspaper archive. Have you seen the article in that paper 12 Sept 1890 regarding the sale of a property in Catchgate " the house and premises with off beer licence attached at present in the occupation of Mr George Johnson, as tenant." ? The buyer was a Mr Samuel Vincent of South Shields, ale and porter merchant.

William

[Elliven]

McTalbert,

On here just select add picture then follow the list that appears until you find the location ie Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Photographs etc (wherever you store them) then go to the picture double click on it and it will come into your post.  If you don't know where you stored them, go onto the appropriate site Desktop, Pictures  or whatever and at the top right there is a search box put the title in, click search and if it is in there it will appear.

[Elliven]

Millmoor,

Thank you.  It is odd that he sold the place in 1890 but was still there in 1894 - unless the new owner bought it with him in place as a tenant.  That is distinctly possible as he was an ale and porter merchant.  Worth looking into