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The Royal George Hotel was situated at 60 Carver Street. This pub was present by 1852 when the publican was William Foster. It was demolished in the 1970s.

I was born and brought up in Sheffield (near the Magnet Inn in your list) but have lived in the North East for 36 years.  I was reminded recently of the 1966 Sheffield Playhouse production of “The Stirrings in Sheffield” by Alan Cullen – one of the first theatre drama-documentaries.  This centred around the Trades Union “outrages” in the 1860s when Grinders were coerced into joining the Saw Grinders Trade Union and had equipment and property damaged (rattening) if they wouldn’t.  The “outrages” culminated in the death of one of the non-union workers and police reinforcements being sent from out of town to quell  rioting.  There was a sub-plot in the play about rival Gas companies. The Saw Grinders Union Secretary was a William Broadhead, landlord of The Royal George. Broadhead sent threatening letters to workers signed “Mary Jane”.  Have just looked him up on the 1861 Census (Publican and Saw-Grinder) and discover that his wife’s name was Mary Jane!  By then, they had 9 children aged between 24 and 5. He is shown as living in Gibraltar Street (aged 45).  This would be within walking distance of the Royal George. In 1851 Broadhead (listed as a Saw Grinder) and his wife and children are living in 83 Hoyle Street with his Sister-in-law who is listed as a Licensed Victualler (don’t know if that was the address of the Burnt Tree Tavern, corner of Hoyle Street and  Burnt Tree Lane – long since gone and I believe for many years the site of the current Shell Garage). In 1871 Broadhead is living in (New) Meadow St, listed as a Grocer and Provision dealer.  He lost his licence as a result of the “outrages”.  It seems Union laws were changed by Parliament after the “outrages”.

Kathryn Ludlow

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