Sawmakers Arms , Neepsend Who Remembers It?

[crookedspire 10]

Did anyone go in this pub it closed in 1996, an usual name perhaps a one and only such named pub . Was their a tool makers who possibly were noted for their saws in the area hence the name. The building still stands on a corner all boarded up though the brickwork has been cleaned up?

[harvey19 541]

Whereabouts at Neepsend was it ?

In my youth I worked in the saw trade but never went in this pub, went in many others though.

[Jon26 10]

Did anyone go in this pub it closed in 1996, an usual name perhaps a one and only such named pub . Was their a tool makers who possibly were noted for their saws in the area hence the name. The building still stands on a corner all boarded up though the brickwork has been cleaned up?

 

One of my grandfathers was a saw maker, he worked for Slack Sellors. I think there locations were either around Owlerton dog track or Neepsend, or probably both. I'll ask my mother and see if she can remember.

[retep 69]

Did anyone go in this pub it closed in 1996, an usual name perhaps a one and only such named pub . Was their a tool makers who possibly were noted for their saws in the area hence the name. The building still stands on a corner all boarded up though the brickwork has been cleaned up?

 

It closed earlier than that Bedford's (spanners) had it as a store, Picture Sheffield has a pic s21952 the two cars outside belonged to Sam and his son from the garage opposite.

[crookedspire 10]

Whereabouts at Neepsend was it ?

In my youth I worked in the saw trade but never went in this pub, went in many others though.

1 Neepsend Lane

 

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It closed earlier than that Bedford's (spanners) had it as a store, Picture Sheffield has a pic s21952 the two cars outside belonged to Sam and his son from the garage opposite.

The closing date comes from the website ' Closed Pubs Project' maybe just a guess by someone.

[retep 69]

1 Neepsend Lane

 

---------- Post added 05-08-2015 at 15:04 ----------

 

The closing date comes from the website ' Closed Pubs Project' maybe just a guess by someone.

 

Possibly 1969.

[hillsbro 33]

The Sawmakers' Arms was on the corner of Ball Street and Neepsend Lane, a short distance from Lancaster Street where the saw manufacturers Slack, Sellars & Co, mentioned by Jon26 in post #3, had their works. The pub had a long history – it had been slaking sawmakers’ thirsts as long ago as 1878, as it appears in a directory compiled in that year, when William Heppenstall was licensee. Here is the relevant entry from the 1881 census return..

Edited August 5, 2015 by hillsbro

[retep 69]

The Sawmakers' Arms was on the corner of Ball Street and Neepsend Lane, a short distance from Lancaster Street where the saw manufacturers Slack, Sellars & Co, mentioned by Jon26 in post #3, had their works. The pub had a long history – it had been slaking sawmakers’ thirsts as long ago as 1878, as it appears in a directory compiled in that year, when William Heppenstall was licensee. Here is the relevant entry from the 1881 census return..

 

Burton Road?

[hillsbro 33]

Burton Road?

Yes, Burton Road..