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ROSE & CROWN, Bankfield Lane, Stannington.
Known as "Minnie's." The structure of the old Rose & Crown
would have indicated that it was built for a private residence but there are
no records available to confirm this or to say when the sale of beer first
took place. However, it was a free house up to June 1918. Up to that date
the owners for a considerable number of years were the WILD family and they
sold out to Tomlinson's Anchor Brewery. During the year 1920 Mr. & Mrs. Irvine
LEE took over the tenancy and after Mr. Lee died in 1953, Mrs. Minnie LEE
carried on as tenant for a number of years until just before the building
was altered. Mrs. LEE could claim nearly a lifetime's connection with the
Rose & Crown as she can remember as a girl standing on a box to wash glasses
whilst the WILD's were tenants.
Information taken from:"Stannington" by Stannington Local History Group.
