Some history of The Cock on Brasshouse Lane at Smethwick in the county of Staffordshire.

More information on The Cock at Smethwick to follow. I probably created the page as I had a link to The Cock 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 Cock. There is information on Smethwick and Staffordshire dotted around the website - click here for a suitable starting place.

Licensees of The Cock

1904 - John William Haines
1904 - 1915 Clara Haines
1915 - 1917 William Henry Davies
1917 - 1918 Robert Powell
1918 - 1919 Jane Powell
1919 - 1921 Arthur Morris
1921 - 1923 George Albert Green
1923 - 1924 Alfred Samuel Hemming
1924 - 1927 Alfred Whittle
1927 - 1930 Arthur Harvey
1930 - 1935 Samuel Johnson
1935 - 1939 Albert Hemming
1939 - 1940 James Frederick Ashdown
1940 - 1952 Walter Edgington
1952 - 1954 Kenneth William Lake
1954 - 1956 Joseph Beresford
1956 - 1957 Leslie Alfred Whitehouse
1957 - 1958 William Herbert Parton
1958 - 1959 Richard Henry James Reeves
1959 - 1960 Henry Anthony Taylor
1960 - Dragoljub Jurisic
Note : this is not a complete list of licensees for this pub.

Related Newspaper Articles

"Mr. F. Chapman prosecuted at Smethwick Police Court today in a case in which three men - Joseph Marshall [40], 83, Mornington Road; John Cotterill [37], 195, Rolfe Street; and James Smith [34], 8, Alexandra Terrace, Dibble Road - were charged with what he described as a particularly paltry and contemptible theft. The prosecutrix was Mrs. Clara Haines, of the Cock Inn, Brasshouse Lane, and evidence was given that on the 7th inst. the defendants went into bar of the house, on the ceiling of which there were several packets containing money thrown up in the cause of charity. The daughter saw Marshall, lifted up by Smith, take three packets from the ceiling, and Cotterill was seen to open one of the packets and throw the paper into the fire grate. Smith denied that they took the money from the ceiling, but said the packets fell down. There was a penny and two halfpennies in them. He offered them to Miss Haines, but she would not take them, and he put the money in his pocket. Alderman Adams said the magistrates thought there was doubt about the case, though Smith had acted unwisely in putting the money in his pocket. The prosecutrix did not wish to press the case, and they were quite willing to dismiss it if the defendants would pay the costs. Smith: "But what about our characters?" Alderman Adams: "There will be no conviction against you, and no stain on your character."
"Money On The Ceiling"
Birmingham Mail : May 11th 1914 Page 5