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The photograph is dated 8.1.1941 of the George, 31 Trinity Square EC3.
The pub had been hit by incendiary bombs and the top two floors were destroyed. These were later demolished and the pub survived until c1965 when it was demolished during the building of the current Tower Hill station (opened 1967) and a road widening scheme.
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1811/John Finch, Old George, 31 Great Tower hill/../../Holdens Directory
1814/Mr J Finch/../../../London Gazette, 6 August 1814 **
1827/Alex Hanower, Old George, Trinity square, Tower hill/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1832/Alex Harrower, Old George, Trinity square/../../Robson’s Directory
1835/A Harrower/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1839/Alexander Harrower, Old George, 31 Trinity Square, Tower Hill/../../Pigots Directory
1841/Alexander Harrower/../../../Post Office Directory *
1842/W C Dunn/../../../Robson’s Directory
1843/William C Dunn, Old George, 31 Trinity Square, Tower Hill/../../Kellys Directory
1844/William C Dunn/../../../Thompson’s Directory **
1848/James Woodnutt / Former Licensed Victualler, Out-of-Employ/../../London
Gazette, 28 April 1848 **
1849/George Woodnutt/../../../Post Office Directory **
1856/George Woodnutt, Old George, 31 Trinity square, Tower Hill/../../Post Office Directory
1862/Mrs C Woodnutt, Old George, 31 Trinity square EC/../../Post Office Directory
July 1867 /Caroline Woodnutt/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1867 /Robert Vincent/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
31st October 1868/Robert Vincent/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
31st October 1868/Henry Davis/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1869/Henry Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/James Cook/Publican/28/Suffolk/Census
1881/Mary A Cook/Wife/25/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/James G Cook/Son/2/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/William H E Cook/Son/1/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/George R Smith/Barman/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edwin Goodere/Potman/67/Worcester/Census
1881/Emma J Lucker/Servant General/21/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/Martha Luking/Nurse Maid/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/James Cook/../../../Post Office Directory *
1884/Henry Grover, Old George, 31 Trinity square, Tower hill EC/../../Post Office Directory
1895/Ambrose Dolden/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Chapman & Warren/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Alfred John Cope and William Ernest Hopson, George, 31 & 32 Trinity square E C/../../Post Office Directory
1909/Alfred John Cope and Henry Nock, George, 31 & 32 Trinity square E C/../../Post Office Directory
1910/Henry Nock, George, 31 & 32 Trinity square E C/../../Post Office Directory
1912/Joseph Dempster, George, 31 & 32 Trinity square E C/../../Post Office Directory
1915/Mrs Emma Elizabeth Francesconi/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/E E Francesconi, George, 31 Trinity square, Tower hill EC/../../Post Office Directory
The 1921 census at 31, Trinity Square, St Botolph Without Aldgate
Pietro Francesconi, Superintendant Waiter, Savoy Hotel, aged 40 years 11 months and born in Italy
Emma Francesconi, Wife, Licensed Victualler, aged 45 years 2 months and born in London, the Employer
Edward Francesconi, Son, aged 13 years and born in London
Elizabeth Millis, Domestic Servant, Mr E F Francesconi, aged 34 years 5 months and born in London, England
Attilis Nasi, Visitor, Waiter, Unemployed, aged 41 years and born in Italy
1934/George Storey, George, 31 & 32 Trinity Square EC3/../../Post Office Directory
1938/Francis Storey/../../../Post Office Directory
The electoral register of 1939 at 31, Trinity Square, Stepney, London are
George Storey, Licensed Victualler, born June 18 1876
Theresa Storey, Assistant in Business, born June 18 1897
Eileen Storey, later Forrest, At School, born Aug 10 1930
Frederick Acton Phillips, Barman, born Oct 4 1894
1944/George Storey/../../../Post Office Directory
1961/George, 31 Trinity Square EC3/../../Pub Directory
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