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At 15 Charles Street [near junction with Thomas Street in 1871 and earlier; At 72 Bakers Row before 1899, Bakers Row then becomes the southern end of Vallance Road. This pub is now demolished. **
Grasshopper, 72 Vallance road, Mile End E1 - circa 1880 with licensee B Lucas
Kindly provided by John Carnaby
Grasshopper, 72 Vallance road and Fulbourne street, Stepney E1 - Harry Cohen is standing out the front of the Hotel. His name is above the window on the right hand side.
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1839/Andrew Hunter/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1842/A Hunter/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1853/Adam Hunter/../../../Post Office Directory
1856/Charles Hickman/../../../Post Office Directory *
1855/Benjamin Cotton / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 7
September 1855 **
September 1855/Susannah Harriet Cotton/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
September 1855/James Towsey/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
19th November 1860/James Towsey/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
19th November 1860/James Johnson/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
November 1866/James Johnson, deceased/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1866/Sarah Susannah Johnson, widow of James Johnson, late
occupie/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/James Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Sarah J Johnson/Licensed Victualler, Widow/55/Aldgate, Middlesex/Census
1871/James Johnson/Son, House Decorator/31/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Caroline Johnson/Daughter in Law/26/M E N T, Middlesex/Census
1874/Sarah S Johnson/../../../H D Miles London & Suburban Licensed
Victuallers’ Directory **
August 1874/Sarah Susannah Johnson/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer
August 1874/Charles Hinds/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1875/Charles Hinds/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/Benjamin Lucas/Licensed Victualler/42/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary A Lucas/Wife/40/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Benjamin Lucas/Son, Clerk/17/Mile End New Town, Middlesex/Census
1881/Laura L Holloway/Barmaid/16/Pimlico, Middlesex/Census
1881/Susannah Ashford/General Servant/45/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1882/Benjamin Lucas/../../../Post Office Directory
1889/Frederick Kipping / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
1891/Fredk Uffelmann/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Joseph Scholler/Public House Manager/40/Germany/Census
1891/Nime Scholler/Wife/38/Germany/Census
1891/Magdalena Scholler/Daughter/11/Wapping, London/Census
1891/Joseph Scholler/Son/4/Wood Green, London/Census
1891/Maria Duffell/General Servant/27/Mile End, London/Census
1891/August Ausberg/Barman/36/Germany/Census
9th July 1892/Joseph Scholes/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
9th July 1892/Herman Sommerschuh/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
1895/Joseph Doran Bouffler/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Joseph Woolf/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Ernest Ramshaw/Publican/24/Horncastle, Lincoln/Census
1901/Gertrude Ramshaw/Sister, Housekeeper/27/Horncastle, Lincoln/Census
1901/Agnes O'Reilly/Sister/26/Horncastle, Lincoln/Census
1901/John G O'Reilly/Nephew/2/New Brompton, Kent/Census
1906/Ernest Ramshaw/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Mrs Elizabeth Lazenby/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Joseph Woolf/../../../Post Office Directory
I am related to Harry Cohen who was the publican from 1919 to about 1941. Harry's sister, Josephine Lilian, was my grandmother.
She emigrated to Australia after World War 1. ***
1919/Harry Cohen, Grasshopper, 72 Vallance road, Stepney E1/../../Post Office Directory
1921/Harry Cohen/../../../Hughes Directory
In 1921 census at 72, Vallance Road, Whitechapel, Mile End New Town
Harry Cohen, Licensed Victualler, Public House, aged 37 years 4 months and born in Whitechapel, London, the Employer
Rachel Cohen, Wife, aged 29 years 11 months and born in Whitechapel, London
Lionel Cohen, Son, aged 4 years 6 months and born in Whitechapel, London
Sydney Cohen, Son, aged 11 months and born in 1920, Whitechapel, London
Matilda Howett, General Servant, aged 32 years 10 months
1927/Harry Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Harry Cohen/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Harry Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
In the 1939 electoral register, at 72 Vallance road, are Harry Cohen, a Licensed Victualler, born 27 Feb 1884;
Raie Cohen, Female Domestic Duties, born 08 Jul 1895;
Sidney Cohen, a Gents Hair Dresser, born 24 Jun 1920; and
Lawrence Cohen, a Gents Hair Dresser, born 07 Mar 1924.
1940/Harry Cohen, Grasshopper, 72 Vallance road, Whitechapel E1/../../Post Office Directory
1941/Harry Cohen, Grasshopper, 72 Vallance road, Stepney E1/../../Post Office Directory
In 1942, the street directory for Vallance road shows no properties listed between Recreation ground and Fulbourne street. Previously numbers 48 to 72 Vallance road.
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** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Liz Maybus
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