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    malcolm99
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    Tomorrow (Saturday) I'll check to see if there was a 'Ship Inn' (or similar name - "Ship's" doesn't sound right!) in Beeston in a contemporary directory.

    I don't want to get you too confused but there was a very large & famous brewery in Nottingham called Shipstone's Brewery (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipstones_Brewery ) which is locally referred to as "Shippo's" & the reference could have been to the local "Shippo's" inn.

    I'll get back to you soon.

    malcolm99

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    Quote Originally Posted by malcolm99 View Post
    I'm a bit perplexed and maybe I've misunderstood something but I can't see any connection between bombing raids in Sheffield and in Beeston, Nottingham. Beeston is a long way from Sheffield and wouldn't have been subject to the same bombing raid. Are you sure it's Beeston in Nottingham or could it be a Beeston somewhere else?
    Thanks Malcolm99 (and Ditch too).
    I am going on an address given to me by my UK some sort of cousin. I copied it here as it was on the letter M sent. I didn't look for where places were just put in what she had written. Oh I think this is going to give me a headache. Any answer she gives is going to take as long as a snail mail letter and response. One hours travelling in today's time according to Google earth. Even with a car - which was quite unlikely I'd imagine.

    Malcolm, Anything you find is appreciated but I can't promise a quick response. I will ask M to check her addresses and find out whether it was a fleeting visit to her son or whether she was staying with them. (This is what I understood from her last letter.) In fact I might just give every thought and discovery to her and let her investigate it from the UK.

    Jane
    Last edited by spison; 11-06-2010 at 8:04 AM. Reason: added a bit

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    malcolm99
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    Hello Jane

    I’ve checked “Kelly’s Nottinghamshire Directory” for both 1925 and 1941 and there is nothing anything like a “Ship’s Inn” in Beeston, Nottingham.

    Interestingly there was a “Boat Inn” in Beeston Rylands (this is the name of the area south of Beeston) and there is an interesting webpage about this pub here: https://www.beeston-notts.co.uk/landmark_pubs2.shtml - it’s still there but is now called “The Boat and Horses”.

    When you get a reply from your ‘cousin’, post the details on this thread and we’ll take it from there. There are still plenty of things that can be checked (such as bombing raids in Nottingham in Dec 1940). All is not yet lost!

    malcolm99

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    spison
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    Thanks Malcolm99,
    Will do. It will take a while.
    Jane

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    malcolm99
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    Hello Jane

    Just in case there is a definite Sheffield connection found in the future, these sites may prove useful.

    There’s a pub in Sheffield called The Ship Inn and the details of the licensees (and a photo) are on this posting on this page: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/fo...ic=3531&st=600

    https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/index.php - this site looks very good for all sorts of queries.

    Also see this: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/fo...=1&#entry25069

    Now we wait & see!

    malcolm99

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