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This pub has been known as the Sir George Robey for at least the past 25 years. It recently closed and the building is undergoing extensive modernisation. ** Demolished in 2015, presumably along with the fine Meux's brewery cartouches. *+
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Clarence Tavern, Seven Sisters road & Isledon road - circa 1905, landlord Frederick William Frew
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Clarence Tavern, 240 Seven Sisters Road, N4 - in May 2008
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Residents at this address.
1856/J Pelling/../../../Post Office Directory
June 1856/John Pelling/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
June 1856/Robert Salmons/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
March 1866/Joseph Piggot/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/Mrs H Bleloch/../../../Post Office Directory
1874/Mrs. Harriett Bleloch/../../../Middlesex Post Office Directory
1881/James Swinyard/Licensed Victualler/38/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/A R Swinyard/Wife/33/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/M R Swinyard/Daughter/6/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/J E Swinyard/Son/5/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/E R Swinyard/Daughter/3/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/W C Swinyard/Son/1/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/A E Heade/Cook/20/Bermondsey, Surrey,/Census
1881/F E Heade/Nurse/18/Bermondsey, Surrey,/Census
1881/T A Meades/Barmaid/28/Marden, Kent/Census
1881/E L Grys/Barmaid/23/Longstanton, Norfolk/Census
1881/E L Dowie/Barmaid/20/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/A E Corney/Barmaid/29/St Marys Ramsey, Huntingdon/Census
1896/Fleck & Son/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/James Hooper/../../../Post Office Directory
1903/Fred William Frew/../../../Post Office Directory **
1910/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 240, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Islington
Ernest Daniel Baldwin, Licensed Victualler Manager, The Pioneer Catering Co Ltd 20 Hart St Bloomsbury, aged 37 years 7 months, born in Harpenden, Bedfordshire
Jessie Louise Baldwin, Wife, Licensed Victualler Manageress, aged 37 years 5 months, born in Stoke Newington, London
Jessie Margaret Baldwin, Daughter, aged 11 years 3 months, born in Islington, Middlesex
Ernest Rowland Baldwin, Son, aged 9 years 6 months, born in Paddington, Middlesex
Noel Reginald Bonard Baldwin, Son, aged 3 years 7 months, born in Newport, Isle of Wight
Mary Hewkin, Visitor, Manageress, Out Of Work Last Employed At Horse Shoe Tottenham Court Rd, aged 40 years 6 months, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
Percy Walter Money, Head barman, The Pioneer Catering Co Ltd, aged 22 years 2 months, born in Islington, London
Florence Alice Kemp, Housemaid, The Pioneer Catering Co Ltd, aged 43 years 10 months, born in Rawreth, Essex
Florence Bishop, Barmaid, The Pioneer Catering Co Ltd, aged 39 years, born in Aldershot, Hampshire
Arthur Hammond, Barman, The Pioneer Catering Co Ltd, aged 25 years 3 months, born in Doddinghurst, Essex
Percy Flowers, Barman, The Pioneer Catering Co Ltd, aged 22 years 2 months, born in Kentish Town, London
1926/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory **
1934/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
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