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Greyhound beerhouse

Beerhouse that was at Nursery Road, off of Lower Green West, Mitcham.

1912 OS map reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland, reuse CC-BY (NLS)

In the 1892 Licensed Victuallers records, the beerhouse was tied to Mantell Brewery, later to become Mitcham & Cheam Brewery in 1898.

Landlords

1866 : George TRACEY (Newspaper – see below)
1880 : Mr J.B. WADMOOR (Newspaper – see below)
1892 : George BENTLEY (Licensed Victualler Record)
1896 : George BENTLEY (Street directory)
1903 : Frederick BENTLEY (Licensed Victualler Record)
1904 : William LEACH (Street directory)
1911 : James BOXALL (1911 Census)
1912 : James BOXALL (Street directory)

There’s no entry for the Greyhound beerhouse in the 1915 street directory and James Boxall is beer retailer at the Windmill from that year.

Newspaper articles via the British Newspaper Archive:

Croydon Chronicle and East Surrey Advertiser – Saturday 18 May 1912

LICENSING COMMITTEE.

As a result of their preliminary meeting the Surrey County Licensing Committee have decided to deal with the following local licences — out of those referred to them for extinction from the various petty sessional divisions throughout the county—at their principal meeting, which is fixed to take place at the County Hall, Kingston, on Monday, June 3: The Greyhound, Nursery-road, Mitcham, beerhouse; licensee, James Boxall. The Rose, The Wrythe, Carshalton, beer and wine; licensee, George Mornbrun. The Rifle Volunteer, Reigate-hill. Reigate, beerhouse ; licensee, Walter Webb. The Huntsman, High-street, Redhill, beerhouse ; licensee, Mary Marsh. The Ship and Anchor, Brighton-road, Redhill, beerhouse; licensee, William Thomas Oliver.

Croydon Times – Wednesday 01 March 1911

TRANSFER. The license of the Greyhound, Mitcham, was transferred from William Davis to Cecil Moore.

Croydon Express – Saturday 29 December 1906 (‘Slate’ club)

The expenditure of this club has been rather heavy, owing chiefly to two long cases of sickness, which ended in the death of the respective members, the total amount of sick pay amounting to £17 11s. 4d. The share-out is £1 1s. 8d. per member (46). The contribution is 7d. per week for 50 weeks; sick pay 10s. per week no stewards’ fines. Mr T. Arnold, 12, Chapel Road, Mitcham, is the secretary.

South London Press – Saturday 05 March 1887

MITCHAM, SURREY.

By order of the Executors of the late Mr. T. F. Winterflood.

Messrs, C. & H. White will sell by AUCTION, at the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, City, on Friday, March 25. at o’clock, in four lots, desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, comprising the Greyhound Beerhouse and two pairs of semi-detached Cottages, situated rear of the schools. Willow Walk. Mitcham, Surrey, producing rentals amounting to £88 2s. per annum: also a Plot of Land adjoining, having a frontage of about 66ft. by depth of about 88ft., available for building purposes.Particulars of Messrs. Caprons, Daltons, Hitchins, and Brabant, Solicitors, 7, Savile-row, W.; and at Messrs. C. and H. White’s Offices, 262, Kennington Road, S,E.

Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette – Saturday 10 April 1880

That against Mr. J. B. Wadmoor of the Greyhound beerhouse Mitcham, resulted in the infliction of a fine of 40s. and costs. There was a second summons against the same defendant for permitting drunkeness upon his premises and other repeated disturbances, the recent Easter Monday. Mr. Dennis his behalf contended that the defen-dant had done all that was the duty of landlord under such exceptional circumstances in ejecting some and hindering others; and the evidence of the Police officers tended to confirm that view. The Bench found that the case was proved, and fine of £5 and costs with the endorsement of license, must be inflicted. After little discussion, and upon the understanding that the property would soon change hands, the endorsement would almost destroy its value, the Bench withdrew that part of their decision.

George Tracey, keeper of the Greyhound beerhouse, Mitcham, was summoned for having his house open between 3 and 5 o’clock on Sunday, the 3rd inst.

C.E. Spence

Newsagent and stationer who had a shop from around 1914 at number 5 the Broadway,
which was later renumbered as 323 London Road, as shown in this ad from the 1934 Official Guide to Mitcham:

Text of ad:

The Mitcham Circulating Library
Also SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY

in connection with
MESSRS. W. H. SMITH & SON
2d. Volume – – No Deposit.

C. E. SPENCE

ARTISTIC PRINTER :: STATIONER
BOOKSELLER AND NEWSAGENT
BOOKBINDER :: PICTURE FRAMER
FANCY NEEDLEWORK :: TOYS

(Agent for Pullar’s Dye Works).

323 London Road, LOWER MITCHAM

In the 1913 directory, the newsagent is listed as John James KENYON. In the 1915 directory it is C.E. SPENCE.


From Ancestry:

In the 1939 register, Charles Edward SPENCE, stationer newsagent, born 1872, lived at 323 London Road with his wife Fanny E.M.B. SPENCE.

He died in 1941 and left £590 4s. to his widow Fanny Emma Mary Broadridge SPENCE.

From Norwood News – Friday 24 January 1941

NEWSAGENT FOR MANY YEARS

Mr. Charles Spence

THE death of Mr. Charles Edward Spence, well-known bookseller and newsagent, 323 London-road, Mitcham, has come as a great shock to his many friends and acquaintances.

Mr. Spence, who was 68 years of age, originally came to Mitcham from Cheam, where he had been associated with the Mitcham and Cheam Brewery.

For 26 years he was a prominent tradesman in Mitcham, and around him made a very large circle of friends and customers. He was a member of the Mitcham Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Spence being on the Social Committee.

Mr. Spence has been in the choir at St. Dunstan’s Church, Cheam, since boyhood, and it was in the graveyard of this church that the funeral took place.

Numerous floral tributes included one from the Tooting and Mitcham Newsagents’ Federation, of which he was an active member, testifying to the esteem in which he was held.

The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Donald S. Drewett, Upper Green, Mitcham.


From a user on the Mitcham History Group on Facebook:

Gladys AYLING worked in C.E. Spence around 1929. She earned 5 shillings a week, started early and finished late. If she was let go early one day, she had to deliver the sample books to the customers on her way home – riding her bike with the books resting over the handlebars!

Her husband, Wilfred AYLING, worked in the old manor house gardens a few doors along from this shop.