The Queens - Queens Road - Beeston, Nottinghamshire - Pictorial Pub Signs on Waymarking.com

Pub sign outside The Queens pub on the corner of Queens Road and Mona Street, Beeston.
The sign image is in the form of a postage stamp, bearing the Queen's profile.

The Queens, supplied by Beeston Brewery in the late 19th and early 20th centuries before changing hands to first Shipstones, then Punch. Access is up steps to both the bar and lounge making disabled access difficult. A pool room to the rear.

"Now known as The Queens, it was originally built as a residence for a local lace designer Edward Mason. However, soon after moving in, Mason acquired a licence and opened as the Queen's Hotel around 1881 or 1882. A clubroom extended for the whole length of the front of the first floor, which was typical for pubs in the area which issued checks or tokens - of which the Queen's Hotel was one. After the death of his first wife, Mason married the sister-in-law of Samuel Theodore Bunning, former station master at Beeston and a rising star within the Beeston Brewery Company Limited. Bunning personally acquired the Queen's Hotel and for the years 1907 to 1913 the brewery's Annual General Meeting was held in the clubroom. Shipstones acquired the Beeston Brewery Co in February 1922. However, the Queen's Hotel did not pass to Shipstones until May 1928, shortly after Bunning's death, when it was bought for £537 13s 11d. plus £32 3s 7d for the unexpired licence. On the night of the 7th/8th April 1941 the Queen's Hotel was damaged by incendiary bombs dropped across Beeston by the Luftwaffe, one of which caused considerable damage to the front of the building. Despite wartime shortages and restriction, repairs costing £585 were put in place almost immediately."

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Date of first pub on site: 1880 Name of Artist: Not listed Date of current sign: Not listed

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