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Thursday 23 February 2012

KEYSTONE INN, Brook Street

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80 Brook Street
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There's the Keystone.
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MINE HOSTS:
1856                       Thomas Mayor
1860 - 71               John Roe
1873                      Nathan Wilcock
1877 - 94               William Ellis
1894 - 97               William Gerrard
1898 - 1907           William Sankey
1910 - 13               John Sutton
1917                       John Seed
1920                       Thomas Woods
1926 - 32               John Winckley
1936 - 40               William Thompson
1944                      Alice Thompson 
1948                      John R. Brook
c. 1954 - 56.          J. W. Beattie

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Mr. Cookson was at the 'General Havelock.'
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 Preston Guardian  9th May 1874
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Preston Guardian  2nd January 1875
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ANOTHER KICKING CASE
A young man named Clarkson charged a tall, brawny
fellow, named Taylor, with having committed a violent
assault on him. From the evidence it appeared that the 
complainant and the defendant were playing at dominoes
in the Keystone Inn, Preston, when a quarrel arose bout
"turning up."

Clarkson alleged that Taylor leaped up and kicked him out
of the house. Whilst in the street, Taylor kicked Clarkson
several times between the legs, badly maiming him. A number
of the defendants "pals" held the vault door closed, to
prevent the complainant's brother coming to his rescue.

Fined 50s. and costs.
Preston Chronicle 9th May 1874
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THEFT OF AN ANCHOR
Joseph Goodair was charged with stealing a boat
anchor, value 5s, the property of William Ellis,
landlord of the Keystone Inn, Brook Street. The
anchor had been seen safe in the Corporation
yard, in a boat, on the 19th inst.

The prisoner subsequently sold it for 2s 6d
saying that he had found it in the Ribble.

He was remanded until Wednesday.
Preston Chronicle 26th February 1881
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Preston Guardian  27th September 1884
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Taken from the P.N.E. Handbook of the 1898 - 99 Season
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THIEVES CAUGHT AT PUB AFTER ARMED STAND-OFF
WITH POLICE
At the Preston Quarter Sessions in January 1903, brickmaker James Myerscough, 45, and labourer Herbert Sorton, 25, who had been committed for trial by Kirkham Magistrates, appeared accused of threatening policemen with a gun, and with stealing six tame hens. Both men pleaded not guilty.
The prosecution stated that the hens had been stolen overnight from the property of Robert Charnley, at Clifton-with-Salwick, a week before Christmas.
That night P.S. Burrows and P.C. Wilson, stationed at Lea, had been on duty in the area. The police officers told the court that they observed the accused walking along the railway line towards Cottam. They were each carrying a sack, and the older man was carrying a gun.
According to P.C. Wilson, when the two men spotted the police officers, in a field beside the line, the older man raised the gun to his shoulder and shouted that he would shoot them if they came closer. After a stand-off, the men threw down the sacks and made off along the railway line. The officers examined the sacks and found they contained rabbits and six hens.
Shortly before dawn that morning, Myerscough and Sorton turned up at the Keystone Inn on Brook Street in Preston, and a little later, according to the landlady, Mrs. Sankey, the police called in.
Both men were arrested by Detective Parkinson of the Preston Borough Police and taken to Earl Street police station. A subsequent examination of their boots led the police to believe that the footprints matched those found outside the hen cote from where the poultry was taken. A search of Myerscough's home in Raglan Street lead to the finding of a gun that appeared similar to the one the police officers had been threatened with.
Mr. Mellor, who conducted the defence, argued that the police had been mistaken and that no great importance should be attached to the claims regarding the resemblance of matching footprints.
Sorton claimed that he had been asleep at home all night, waking up shortly before he went to the Keystone Inn, a neighbour testifying she had seen him.
Myerscough's son, James, also testified, saying his father had been in bed until six o'clock that morning.
Mr/ Overend Evans, addressing the jury for the prosecution, pointed out that a strong moonlight night had assisted the officers in positive identification of the pair and all the circumstances suggested they were the guilty parties.
The summing up was performed by chairman Sir William Edward Tomlinson, a Preston M.P. from 1882, and a skilled lawyer, who told the jury to consider the evidence carefully.
The jury then retired and returned within a few minutes, bringing  guilty verdict against both accused.
Sir William then informed the pair that they would each go to prison for two months with hard labour.
Sir William remained as a Preston M.P. until 1906 when both Conservative candidates were beaten in the General Election by the Labour and Liberal candidates. He was a deputy lieutenant of Lancashire, and his official residence was in Richmond. A life-ling bachelor, he died in 1912, aged 74 years.
Court Archives.    January 1903
From an article by Keith Johnson in the Lancashire Evening Post  5th July 2017
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Taken from PNE Football Records Magazine up to the 1906 - 07 Season.
The advert relates to the year 1907. Magazine provided by Ian Rigby, the Official PNE Historian
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Taken from the 1909 edition of Preston North End's Record Book.
Supplied by Ian Rigby, the Official PNE Historian.
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CENSUS RETURNS
1861
John Roe                   34 years                  Beerseller                         b. Preston
May Roe                   27                           Wife                                          do
Elizabeth Roe              6                            Daughter                                   do
Sarah Roe                  5                             Daughter                                   do
William Roe                3                            Son                                           do
Prudence Roe             1                            Daughter                                   do
Joseph Roe                4 months                 Son                                           do

1871
John Roe                  44 years                   Innkeeper                        b. Preston
Mary Roe                 39                            Wife                                        do
Elizabeth Roe            16                            Daughter                                 do
Sarah Roe                 15                            Daughter                                 do
William Roe               13                           Son                                         do
Joseph Roe                10                           Son                                         do
Prudence                    6                            Daughter                                  do
Mary Ellen                  5                            Daughter                                  do
Hannah Roe               3                             Daughter                                  do
Ann Jane Roe             10 months               Daughter                                  do

1881
William Ellis              44 years                   Lic. Vict.                         b. Preston
Amelia Ellis               44                            Wife                                b. Scotland
Emma Ellis                22                            Daughter                          b. Preston
Elizabeth Ellis            16                            Daughter                                   do

1891
William Ellis              55 years                   Publican                           b. York
Amelia Mary Ellis     54                            Wife                                 b. St. Helier, Jersey.
                 Why have the places of birth been changed so dramatically??
In 1871 William, b. York, and Amelia, b. Island of Jersey were at 18 Friargate. He was a Club Steward. It was the Central Working Men's Club.

1901
William Sankey         40 years                  Lic. Vict.                          b. Preston
Margaret A. Sankey  42                           Wife                                         do
Florence Sankey        16                           Daughter                                  do
Bernard Sankey         14                           Son                                          do

1911
John Sutton               47 years                  Lic. Vict.                        b. Broughton, Preston
Agnes Sutton             53                          Wife                               b. Preston
Herbert Sutton           26                          Son / Labourer                        do
Isabella Sutton           23                          Daughter / Servant                  do
Robert Sutton            21                          Son / Engineer                        do
Ethel Sutton               15                          Daughter / Dressmaker           do
Arthur Sutton               2                         Grandson                                 do
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