A story, and a mystery

[chinakay]

It's not on the gable end of the cottages, it's on the back. On the right-hand side about 10 feet up.

I wish I could have seen the interior before they renovated. It's just ordinary now. I asked the barmaid what it used to be like, but she didn't know and didn't care. Not at all interested 

Cheers,
China

[youngtug]

https://i2-prod.examinerlive.co.uk/incoming/article8672345.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/Flower-Pot-Mirfield.jpg

[chinakay]

Yes, someone else sent me that, thanks youngtug  The roof has been fixed and the barnlike outbuildings are gone, but the little stone wall is still there. You can't see the cottages, but judging by the skirt on the woman in front it's a 1940s photo so they'd be there.

Cheers,
China

[youngtug]

Mmm; https://jubb.one-name.net/members_data/0069ab/documents//JUBB%2C%20Abraham%201838%20To%20Be%20Let%20The%20Flower%20Pot%20Inn.pdf

[chinakay]

Yes, I had found that too. Interesting that it's already "old" in 1839! I hadn't noticed the mention of the stable before, though...well of course they'd have a stable  Daniel Crawshaw, renting the cottages, was a son-in-law or brother-in-law. But I don't know who James Rhodes was.

Gggguncle Abraham is one of five surgeons I have found in my tree. His gggnephew, my grandfather, was the last. By the time he graduated from medical school, surgeons actually knew a bit about medicine 

Thanks youngtug!