Above photo, circa 1910.

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Michael Norman.

Above photo 2013.

Above photo, August 2017, kindly sent by Ian Goodrick.

Above sign left, 1965, sign right, May 1991.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

From an email sent 27 August 2017.

Here is what I know about the original "Papermakers Arms."

I used to live in 2 Leigh Place, the row of houses which were attached to the original pub, to the left of it in the 1910 picture, before that, my mother born 1922, and my Grandmother born 1885. The original two houses numbers 1 & 2 together with the pub, were built in 1880, numbers 3-6 Leigh Place were added, I believe in 1883.

The construction of the building had no real foundations, built on 6 courses of quadruple row bricks that went down only about 2 feet below the ground surface.

The roof was not actually fixed to the rest of the building, sitting on thin wood plates on top of the solid 9” brick walls.

The original pub was demolished I believe, around 1922, together with the two houses in the picture. The only surviving piece of the original pub is the left hand side wall, which borders 1, Leigh Place.

Where the original pub stood, plus the two houses, form the car park of the current building.

I would date the picture you have around 1910 but I have no proof of that. I believe the original pub was Style and Winch until it was demolished and Courage from when the replacement was built.

Regards,

Ian Dalton.