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A list of Stanley Appleyard’s photos of hostelries found amongst his 32 albums. Location of some have been found and some of these are still in business. Very much work in progress. First an exception – The Goodwill to All in Harrow – a photo from Basil Appleyard:

• Ye Olde Bell Hotel – Barnby Moor
• Lambert Arms Hotel, Watlington
• Horse and Jockey – Doncaster
• The Bridge Hotel – Acle
• Rock Garden Hotel – Bognor Regis
• Royal Norfolk Hotel – Bognor Regis
• The Goodwill To All – Harrow

Finally a link to Fields Oriental Lounge Bridlington  – not a hostelry but it would have sold alcohol (and cigarettes).

Ye Olde Bell Hotel – Barnby Moor

Located with the help of Google Lens. History of the place can be found here.

Google maps view of Ye Olde Bell here

Link to https://www.yeoldebell-hotel.co.uk/

Lambert Arms Hotel, Watlington

Two photos of the hotel, are they separate occasions?

What was the occasion? Was it a works outing but presence of women suggests not. I think that is Stanley Appleyard far right.

Second image, showing Basil and Jean and Nana Appleyard far right. This would date the photo to around 1925. Comparison of climber on the wall and open/closed window suggest a different but similar date to the first image.

Google Maps view of the Lambert Arms here

Link to http://www.lambertarms.co.uk/

Horse and Jockey – Doncaster

Just a routine Google search found the location of this pub. My guess the crowd outside are Stanley’s colleagues from Thomas Firth:

Google Maps view of the Horse and Jockey here

Pub is closed.

The Bridge Hotel – Acle

From album dated 1928 describing holiday at Gorleston-on-Sea. Confirmed as Acle from this similar image from the 1950s. Link to 1950s image https://www.francisfrith.com/acle/acle-the-bridge-hotel-from-the-bridge-c1950_a204068

First of the hostelries listed on this page to be visited. My image:

Disappointing Google maps view here

Link to current pub https://www.aclebridge.co.uk/

Rock Garden Hotel – Bognor

Image from album with some pages tagged “Bognor September 1923”

Side-by-side map view showing original location maps.nls

Google maps view (for what its worth): Google Maps

Royal Norfolk Hotel – Bognor Regis

From the same album

The hotel today Aldwick Rd – Google Maps

GoodWill To All – Harrow

Describing the Appleyard’s connection with the Owlerton Parish Room following investigation of this photo from Stanley’s albums:

I first posted this photo on the Sheffield History Chat forum asking for help identifying the location of the photo. Edmund, on the forum, replied on the original post and confirmed the image is North East corner of St John the Baptist Church, visible from Sedgly Road. The reply includes this Google Maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/QQT7LF4RnmS4v1fo7

In addition Edmund quotes from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph Wednesday 31st October 1906. The article below the headline OPERETTA AT HILLSBOROUGH describes a performance of the operetta “The Wishing Cap,” by W. Smyth Cooper. The article names Mr. J. W. Marriott, the choirmaster and refers to Owlerton Church. Amongst the performers named were Mr. Marriott, Mr. F(rank) Appleyard, and Mr. Stanley Appleyard. In addition “a chorus of farm hands” presumably other senior members of the Owlerton Church Choir.

An initial search for the location of the photo above has thrown up Frank and Stanley’s involvement in the operetta “The Wishing Cap” at the Owlerton Parish Room.

Owlerton Parish Room- where was it?

The 1901 and 1911 census records the Appleyard’s living at 16 Manvers Road and Owlerton Parish Church is less than a mile to the east of Manvers Road but where was the “Owlerton Parish Room”? Other newspaper references included the location as “Storth Road” but that no longer features on current maps of Sheffield. Location finally traced from 25inch maps (from National Library of Scotland site). It turns out that the Parish Room was on the site of the War Memorial in Forbes Road (now Christ Church Walkley). The location is shown Side by side georeferenced maps viewer – Map images – National Library of Scotland (nls.uk)

It would have been a 2 minute walk from 16 Manvers Road to the Owlerton Parish Room – via Walkley Lane and the path of Forbes Road (shown as Storth Road on the earlier map).

Owlerton Parish Room- the history from Sheffield Daily Telegraph

Earliest found reference 15th October 1886 : a letter from ‘ONE WHO HOPES SOMETHING WILL BE DONE’ writes ‘Owlerton parish … has no Sunday School rooms’ and goes on to suggest ‘Queen’s jubilee could not be better celebrated than by helping forward Church and Christian work in the poor parishes of Sheffield, but I think that any scheme Church extension should include and place first on its programme the erection of Sunday schools in those parishes which are now without them.’

The article 8th December 1894 begins: The Lord Archbishop York visited Sheffield Yesterday for the purpose opening new Parish Rooms at Owlerton. The Old Malthouse was used for many years for Sunday school purposes, but the rapidly increasing population rendered the accommodation totally inadequate, and it became an absolute necessity to provide a more modern and commodious building. It was hoped that the new premises would be built of stone, but the funds available did not justify this expenditure, and a galvanised iron structure was decided upon. A site in Storth Road adjoining the Vicarage, and near the tram terminus, was purchased, and on this Mr. James Lee, of Manchester, has erected Parish Rooms,….

There is a large room, 70ft. by 35ft., capable of holding about 500 people, four good-sized class-rooms, a kitchen, and a lavatory. The interior is lined with pitchpine, stained and varnished, the lighting and ventilation are good, and the place heated by hot water pipes…

Sheffield Daily Telegraph timeline for the building

• 15th October 1886 – need for Sunday school for Owlerton
• 25th February 1892 – Announcement of concert at Montgomery Hall in aid of funds for Owlerton Parish Room etc
• 8th December 1894 – Owlerton Parish Room opening
• 27 February 1906 – Concert Owlerton Parish Room
• 27th April 1906 – report of production of “The Wishing Cap” at Owlerton Parish room
• 31st October 1906 – report of second production of “The Wishing Cap” at Owlerton Parish room
• 22nd May 1924 -Announcement of Owleron Church Jubilee Bazaar at the Owlerton Parish room
• 21st Sep 1925 – Foundation stone laid for Owlerton Church War Memorial
• 15 April 1926 – Announcement of opening of Owlerton Church War Memorial – with photo

Links:

• Frank Appleyard
• https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19061031/121/0004#
• Side by side georeferenced maps viewer – Map images – National Library of Scotland (nls.uk)
• Sheffield History Chat – Sheffield History – Sheffield Memories
• Owlerton Church Choir – Senior members 1906 – Sheffield History Chat – Sheffield History – Sheffield Memories
• https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/uploads/monthly_2023_02/511909352_StJohnfromSedgleyRoad.png.c992a5a63e5d8481ebfe85a5091d9c24.png
• https://goo.gl/maps/QQT7LF4RnmS4v1fo7
• https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/148337

Field’s Oriental Lounge, Bridlington – a photo from Stanley Appleyard’s photo albums. 

The photo was intriguing, it seemed out of place in the album and yet contained sufficient detail for its location to be identified. Where was it? A search, in Google, for “Field’s Oriental Lounge” came up with Bridlington. The page (see link below) additionally refers the “The Cigarettes” season at the Lounge in July 1915. This detail appears too in the photo above. The location had been confirmed. But what was the date of the photo and exactly where was it Bridlington?

Dating the Oriental Lounge image

There Bridlington page shows a set of photos all dated September 1907. There are no other photos of Bridlington in Stanley’s albums that have been identified as yet. The assumption, therefore is that the date of the photo is September 1907.

The Oriental Lounge on the Esplanade

There are a number of references to Field’s Oriental Lounge and some of these are listed below. The only other image of the lounge found so far appears in Aled Jones ‘Now and Then’ column. The image shows Esplanade boarding houses and the frontage of the Lounge under construction. The arched trellis above the windows is distinctive.

The Cigarettes at the Oriental Lounge Bridlington

The original search showed up the “The Cigarettes” season at the Lounge in July 1915. Further research of the Bridlington an Quay Gazette shows other references to the “The Cigarettes” appearing at Field’s Oriental Lounge. This detail also appears in the photo above.

• http://www.joyland.co.uk/documents/loungecinema.htm
• The ‘Now and Then’ column with Aled Jones: Looking at the old, impressive buildings on Bridlington’s Esplanade | The Scarborough News
• Field’s Oriental Lounge, Summer Season 1915 – Bridlington.net
• https://www.sheetmusicwarehouse.co.uk/20th-century-songs-m/my-cigarette-song/
• Category:Crampton, Ernest Bryant – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download

A search, on Google, for “Stanley Appleyard” uncovered the following Stanley Appleyard Christmas card on Ebay. I recognised the image from one of Stanley’s photo albums previously scanned. Currently the card can still be seen on Ebay (along with the price paid for it). The following show the scanned Christmas card, the photo image on the card has been replaced with the matching clearer image from the photo album:

John L Appleyard presumed to be son of Joseph Appleyard late of Austhorpe hall (1851). Address of John is Birk Lodge, Conisbrough.

Finding this card on Ebay raised the significance of the album photo showing Stanley and his brother Frank. Frank had already been identified from study of the photo albums. Who was the central female in the picture? Stanley created a Christmas card using the image and sent the card to family implies the female must be one of Stanley’s sisters. The candidates are Margaret and Marion. Margaret was born June 1889 and would have been sixteen in the photo – Marion was born June 1891 and would have been aged fourteen. I think it is Marion in the photo.

There is still work to do confirm this – there are clues in the photos of Austhorpe Hall and Bridlington (links below). In addition there are other photos showing Marian and Margaret and other women. Identifying these women is an ongoing challenge:

The sample photo above, dated the following year 1906, shows the problems. All, other than possibly the central figure appear in the Austhorpe Hall and Bridlington previously posted. There is work to do tracking down who they all are and then updating the posts to reflect that. This is still very much work in progress. See links below for other images.

References:

• Stanley Appleyard Ebay
• Frank Appleyard
• Marion Appleyard
• Austhorpe Hall
• Bridlington

The following “J. W. Moorhouse” image found in Stanley Appleyard’s photo collection establishes the Moorhouse Appleyard Jackson connection. Doris Irene Jackson his future wife, and Alice Stanley’s half sister are linked through Gerber Road, Barnsley.

What was this image doing in Album 3 of Stanley’s photo collection? The image on page 45 is unconnected with surrounding images. There had to be a reason for its inclusion in the album. So, I had to find the location of this image. Somehow, I traced to 12 Market Hill Barnsley.

This second image also recognisable as Market Hill Barnsley confirms this:

And on the same album page:

Joseph William Moorhouse

Joseph William Moorhouse appears in all census records between 1871 and 1911. He dies in Scarborough in 1946, the probate records shows his widow’s full name a Alice Maud Mary Moorhouse. This identifiers her as Alice Maud Mary Carr. Firstly, the 1901 census show Joseph and Alice living at 5 Gawber Road, Barnsley. Joseph’s profession is also shown as Pharmaceutical Chemist. Secondly, By 1911 Joseph and Alice the census shows them living above the shop at 12 Market Hill.

Alice Maud Mary Carr

Alice was born in 1870. The 1871 census shows her living at Stourton Villas, Rothwell. Also shown is her father Frank Carr, a drysalter. He was to die, a year later, in a grinding machine at his mill. Alice’s mother, Mary Ellen Smith^[6], is the key to this story. In the 1891 census Mary Ellen is living at High Hoyland Hall, and now married to Arthur Appleyard. Also shown are Alice aged 20 step daughter and Stanley Appleyard aged 5 son to Arthur and Mary Ellen. Alice is Stanley’s half sister. Also shown on the 1891 census is Stanley’s elder brother Frank Appleyard, was Frank so named in memory of Mary Ellen’s first husband Frank Carr?

Gawber Road, Barnsley

The 1901 census shows Stanley’s half sister Alice Maud Mary living at 5 Gawber Road. Also living in Gawber Road are Richard Jackson and his wife Ada Annie (Crawshaw) and their daughters Doris Irene and Madelaine.

The Jackson Connection

The census records for 1911 show Doris and her sister Madelaine living with their parents at 43 Gawber Road in Barnsley. Doris is 14 years old at this date. A year later, by 1912, the Richard Jackson and family are living at 41 Harrow View in Harrow. Seven years later, in 1919 Stanley Appleyard marries Doris Irene Jackson in Harrow. The conclusion has to be that Stanley came to know the Jackson family also living in Gawber Road. The assumption is that Stanley would visit Gawber Road to visit his half sister Alice. This in turn explains how Stanley must have come to now their daughters Doris and Irene. So the Moorhouse Appleyard Jackson connection has been established and the reason for “J. W. Moorhouse” image found in Stanley Appleyard’s photo collection explained.

Sources

• Market Hill history
• ^[1]Tasker Trust image of Moorhouse Chemist
• ^[2]Tasker Trust – businesses at 12 Market Hill
• ^[3]Barnsley side-by-side map
• ^[4]Locke park fountain postcard
• ^[5]Locke park history
• ^[6]Mary Ellen Smith
• Google Maps – Market Hill
• 1911 Census records for Joseph William Moorhouse (Market Hill, Barnsley)
• 1911 Census records for and Richard and Doris I Jackson (Gawber Road)
• 1901 Census records for Joseph William Moorhouse (5 Gawber Road)
• 1901 Census records for and Richard and Doris I Jackson (Gawber Road)
• Barnsley blog-Gawber Road and High Hoyland
• Sheffield Indexers excellent search page [no link allowed] for “Brady” and “Elstone” surnames

Images of the London South Bank 1951 including images of the Festival of Britain. Page is out of context with the rest of the site. Basil Appleyard took all these photos rather than his father Stanley.

Continue reading “London South Bank 1951”

This page makes the connection between a dated image of a car
with registration HS9 and a set of photos taken in Wales. The charming image, dated June 1925, has Stanley’s characteristic “SA” identifier above the date:

HS9 feature in several other images within album number 17th (of 32). The quality of these photos is, in general, not great, but there are 18 consecutive pages (36 images in total) that appear to have been taken in Wales.

Continue reading “Wales and HS9”

The  context

Mary Ellen Smith was mother to Stanley Appleyard. This post attempts to link her and her children with the family tree entitled “THE SMITHS OF MANOR HOUSE AND HAIGH SIDE FARM, ROTHWELL”. Continue reading “Mary Ellen Smith”