WE know that the Red Lion Hotel puzzle pub in an old photograph featured in the newspaper on March 22 was run by "A. Gilleade from Blackburn" - because it said so on the side wall.
But Ribchester reader Judith Ball comes up with a clue that strongly suggests he was the man she found listed in the 1891 Blackburn and District issue of Barrett's Directory - that priceless source for local history researchers. For one Albert Gilleade was then living at 30 Gibraltar Street, Blackburn, and his stated occupation as a wine lodge manager would tie in with a move to a pub.
According to my 1900 edition of Barrett's, Albert had left town by then.
But to where? Let me know if you know where his "Red Lion" was.
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