BermondseyBoy

I have been researching the history of the Gladstone Arms (64 Lant Street) for some time. I have compiled a chronology of owners / occupiers of the pub going back to the mid 19th century. The updated version is on a separate post on the Lant Street thread. Yesterday I visited the Southwark archives ...

These are also from the period when Lawsons Wastepaper were operating. I checked the Volvo's registration (JMM 399K) on the DVLA website. It was first registered in Nov 1971 and last logbook was issued Mar 1979, so that dates this photo to that period.

I did find these pictures of the Nellé family who ran the Gladstone Arms from 1900 until shortly before WWI. Theodor was from Germany originally and had previously run a bakery in Silvertown (near Canning Town) with his wife , Eliza (from Bethnal Green) before moving into the beer selling business i...

I'm interested in all histories, stories and pictures relating to the Gladstone Arms, 64 Lant Street (formerly 65). This is my work in progress timeline largely sourced from census, electoral and other directories. There are lots of gaps I'd love to fill. I'm especially interested to learn about the...