Some history of the Boot and Slipper Inn at Smethwick in the county of Staffordshire.

More information on the Boot and Slipper Inn at Smethwick to follow. I probably created the page as I had a link to the Boot and Slipper Inn from another page. When building the site it is easier to place links as they crop up rather than go back later on. I realise this is frustrating if you were specifically looking for information on the Boot and Slipper Inn. There is information on Smethwick and Staffordshire dotted around the website - click here for a suitable starting place.

Smethwick : Etched Glass Pane for Holder's Midland Brewery from the former Boot and Slipper Inn

Licensees of The Boot & Slipper Inn

1926 - 1928 John James Kingstone
1928 - 1929 Samuel Richardson
1929 - 1929 George Henry Collins
1929 - 1931 John Hugh Roberts
1931 - 1940 John Thomas Franklin
1940 - 1944 William Henry Olds
1944 - 1952 John Henry Merchant
1952 - 1955 Isaac Louraine Mogan
1955 - 1957 Thomas Lehane
1957 - 1961 Noel Donald Herbert Spurrier
1961 - 1962 Norman Sidney Price
1962 - Harry Walker
Note : this is not a complete list of licensees for this pub.

Related Newspaper Articles

"On Tuesday a meeting of iron-workers was held at the Boot and Slipper Inn, Rolfe Street, Smethwick, to consider the question of organisation. B. Skidmore presided. Among those present were Councillor Granger, Mr. H. G. Reid, Mr. B. Church [Birmingham], and Mr. J. Capper [operatives' secretary]. The following resolution was adopted: "That this meeting of iron-workers employed in the Smethwick district considers the time has arrived when association should be formed that shall embrace at least the iron-workers of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, and East Worcestershire, and recommend that lodges be formed at all the ironworks in the three counties."
"Ironworks' Meeting at Smethwick"
County Express : September 27th 1884 Page 7