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The Friendship Tavern was situated at 100 Ashmoor Street.

Source: Darren

I was told long ago that my second great-grandfather William Toulmin 15 Nov 1821 – 25 Aug 1895 bought the Shakespeare Tavern and handed in the licence. He then turned it into a working men’s temperance coffee house. He was a shopkeeper at 106 Friargate, and a Methodist minister. There was a Free Gospel Chaple between 38 and 100 Ashmoor Street which might also have included the Friendship Tavern. I understand that the area was demolished for redevelopment after the Second World War.

John Toulmin (April 2025)

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