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OLDE STRUGGLING MAN, YE
95, Wolverhampton Street, (Snow Hill), (Eve Hill), DUDLEY
OWNERS
Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Ltd.
LICENSEES
Charles Tidmars [1845]
William Greathead [1850] – [1851]
Mrs. Elizabeth Greathead [1854]
Mary Wilkinson [1861]
Tobias Spittal [1861] – [1862]
William John Brecknell [1864] – [1876]
Mrs. Heather Breakwell [1879]
Charles Haden [1880] – [1881]
Eli Bradley [1884] – [1888]
Enoch Beardsmore [1892] – [1896]
Benjamin Colbourne [1900] – [1901]
Joseph Stone (1903 – 1931);
Carl Frederick Pimm (1931 – 1932);
Horace Goodrum (1932);
Robert Henry Wood (1932 – 1939);
Epsilena Wood (1939 – 1940);
Matthew Chatterton (1940 – [ ]
NOTES
Snow Hill [1862]
95, Snow Hill [1892]
95, Eve Hill [1881], [1905]
95, Wolverhampton Street [1872], [1909]
It was known as the OLD INN until 1903. [1865], [1870], [1872], [1884], [1888], [1895]
It was a home brew house.
1851 Census
Eve Hill
[1] William Greathead (49), victualler, born Solihull;
[2] Elizabeth Greathead (40), wife, born Middleton Cheney;
[3] Elizabeth Greathead (47), sister, unmarried, born Middleton Cheney:
Mary Wilkinson and Tobias Spittal both appear in the same 1861 Directory at Eve Hill.
William John Brecknell, beer retailer, Snow Hill. [1870]
He was described as a beer retailer, 95, Wolverhampton Street. [1872]
1881 Census
95, Eve Hill – OLD INN
[1] Charles Haden (44), licenced victualler, born Dudley;
[2] Abigail Haden (45), wife, born Dudley;
[3] Sarah Haden (23), daughter, born Dudley;
[4] James Haden (15), son, painter, born Dudley;
[5] Charles Haden (12), son, scholar, born Dudley;
[6] Thomas Haden (10), son, scholar, born Dudley;
[7] Florence Haden (7), daughter, scholar, born Dudley:
Dudley Herald 5/1/1895
“The Dudley Manslaughter Case ….. inquiry at Town Hall ….. respect to death of John Lovell (41),
lodging house keeper who died on the previous Thursday [27th December] immediately after
receiving a blow from Henry Arnold (31), hawker of Eve Hill ….. Mr.W. H. Thompson watched the
case on behalf of Mr. Enoch Beardsmore of the OLD INN, Eve Hill, where the fatal affray took place
….. Arnold had been ejected from Lovell’s house after using bad language ….. Lovell was attacked
by Arnold, whilst sitting in an armchair. Arnold struck him once on the left side of the head …..
Arnold remanded for trial at Worcester.”
- He was found guilty of manslaughter, and given 6 months hard labour, in February 1895.
Dudley Herald 14/2/1903
“…..the room of an adjoining cottage had been incorporated in the licensed premises without
permission.”
Joseph Stone was also a brewer. [1914], [1921], [1930]
The licence renewal was refused on 3rd August 1984.
Closed.
It was converted into a Chinese take away restaurant.
