Mystery Hotel 1912 ????????

[J.J.]

Unfortunately, all it said on it was written in the first query
Charles Buxton Sheffield.
Annie found a census reference to a man by that name, as a barman, and if I recall most listed within were associated with entertaining or serving...

We found that "The Marples" was destroyed by the bombing...& other establishments Inns/Pub were The Westminster, Royal Oak, Devonshire Arms, The shades vaults, The King's Head, 3 Horse Shoes, The Angel...."The George  and Dragon" (Bodega) 
 
We have found some photos and seems these aren't they...We'll need old eyes to help with that, then...otherwise, seems most on here have tackled what we can find online as far as Hotels go...

The name and location may have only been written as a reference for someone, and so may be a red herring...It would be nice to find it after all the work involved...Ah, well.....

[liverpool annie]

I don't know if anybody can get anything from this ........ I couldn't .... but you guys are smart !!  not "our boy " but you never know .... could be related !!

Buxton Harry sheffield 37 20th June
Buxton E. Mrs. Sheffield Prize Winners 04-Dec

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/g_piper/ind.htm

Annie 

[J.J.]

hmmm...Perhaps for making a hotel disappear in 1911? 

  ( Ooops, I owed you one)    J.J.

[Mair]

thought I would stick in my two penneth

I'm with JJ on this one -a disappearing hotel is one option not to be dismissed!

Why.......it is not a building listed with English Heritage in Sheffield - there are quite a few others that are though! (roughly 900 and I know the lot of 'em now!)

Jude

[knightstemplar]

Still looking in the Sheffield area.  Old street was hit by a bomb on my map in 1944 it could have taken the hotel out then.  Looking on a new map in the same area there is Crown Place only a few roads away. Hm. Still in Shefffield?

Sue

[possum_pie]

Have you considered sending it to a Sheffield local paper???  Surely some local historian would be able to help you!

[Carnation]

 ;DHi Everyone,
I am the owner of the original photograph you have all been discussing!
I didn't know it was on here until yesterday.
I can tell you it is a postcard with the name Charles Buxton Sheffield stamped in (a circular stamp) several times on the reverse. Buxton is my Grandmother's maiden name which is how I came to have the photograph. She was born in 1918 and had an elder brother Charles born 1900. Her Grandfather and Great Grandfather were also named Charles Buxton. My Gran's brother Charles was a keen photographer and won a prize in a Sheffield Newspaper for a photograph of my Gran buying an icecream at the age of 7 which would've been 1925 ish.
The Charles Buxton who was a barman in the census was my Gran's Granfather. I've been told that the people on the photograph were a wedding party, don't know if thats true or not. I have another photograph of 3 people outside what looks like the same building but its so close up, I don't know if it would help.
My Aunt told me that someone in the family ran a big hotel in Sheffield. If it came from my Gran's maternal side the name was Fairhurst.
I've attached the other photo which is also a postcard and on the back is printed ; Photo by E. Freeman, 456 Cleethorpes Rd Grimsby.
Hope this helps,
Lisa

[J.J.]

How wonderful, Lisa  ....Welcome to rootschat!
 If you have read the thread through, you'll see that we have exhausted any matching of online photos we can think of...and so need to narrow it down by
perhaps a street address, or something...Could someone be so kind as to take
a high res scan of the original hotel postcard? As we can see there are clues
but too pixellated. Thanks for joining in...we really want to solve this!
Persistant bunch...

Look at the leaded glasswork in the windows...!
 

[Carnation]

Hi, try this!
The original is really hazy, the lamp above the door definately says railway hotel though!
Lisa