Drivers Arms, 1 Lawton road, Mile End E3 4RA
Mile End Pubs history
Drivers Arms, 1 Lawton road, Mile End E3 on June 26th 1970
Ian Roberts on right and Tony Case, lab technician, on left, wearing college scarf. Think he came in by motor bike from Ilford or maybe Romford. I remember the room on the left had a table football game. I remember John Bradshaw, who shared a room with Ian, was unbeatable if the ball entered “The Bradshaw Zone”.
Kindly provided by Maggie Roberts
The address is given as Longfellow Road in the 1882 Directory, and as 9 Lawton Road in the 1881 census. * Bill Lovelock, whose brother remembers drinking in this pub in the late 1970s; when it was called the Drivers Arms, as it was also referenced in 1950. It was burnt down in around 1980. ** It was also named the Drivers Arms in 1891 when a beer house, at 1 Lawton road.
Through the winter lockdown I got interested in Drovers and Drove Roads. Only just thought that the Drivers could have referred to Drovers. After selling the beasts at market, they would have been responsible for taking the money back to the farmers so they had to be completely trustworthy.
My interest arose from a Somerset dialect poem describing how a farmer escaped from highwaymen while riding home from London in the early 1700s. ***
Residents at this address.
Mrs Franxes Louisa Arnold (nee Keasley) appears to have been married to a James William Arnold in July 1853. His father is a dyer, hers is William Keasley, Licensed Victualler.
She was a servant, aged 20 in the 1951 census at 31 Coleman street which is the Fountain and Star.
1881/Frances L. Arnold/Beer House Keeper (Widow)/46/Ratcliffe, Middlesex/Census *
1881/Sarah Joslyn/Servant/18/Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1882/Mrs Frances Louise Arnold/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1891/Mrs F L Arnold/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1891/Frances Louise Arnold/beer retailer, Widow/60/Ratcliffe, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth Wakefield, Servant/25/Bow, London/Census
1895/James Capon/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1899/George Talbot/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1901/George Talbot/Licensed Victualler/55/Suffolk/Census
1901/Julia Talbot/Wife/55/Marylebone, London/Census
1910/Thomas Doran/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1911/Thomas Doran/Beer House Keeper/38/Marylebone, London/Census
1911/Alice Maud Doran/Wife, Assistant/36/Bloomsbury, London/Census
1914/Thomas Doran/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1915/Thomas Doran/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Egbert V Phillips/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 1, Lawton Road, Mile End Old Town,
Harold Thomas Beleiu Dixcee, Publicanr, aged 29 years 7 months and born in Forest Hill, Middlesex, Own Account
Hilda Lilian Florence Dixcee, Wifer, aged 24 years 5 months and born in Middlesex
Daphne Maureen Dixcee, Daughterr, aged 7 months and born in Middlesex
1934/Albert V. Baulk/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1938/Albert V Baulk/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
In 1938/Frederick John Cain and wife Flora Cain are at the
Peacock, Hopton street
1939/Frederick J Cain/Licensed Victualler/Born 23 Dec 1876/Electoral Rergister
1939/Flora Cain/Domestic Duties/Born 10 Feb 1884/Electoral Rergister
1942/Frederick John Cain/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1944/Frederick John Cain/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1950/F J Cain, Drivers Arms, 1 Lawton road E3/../../BT Telephone Directory [ADVance
2987]
1952/F Cain, 1 Lawton road E3/../../BT Telephone Directory [ADVance 2987]
1961/Drivers Arms 1 Lawton road E3/../../Pub Directory
1971/Drivers Arms 1 Lawton road E3/../../Pub Directory
1981/Drivers Arms 1 Lawton road E3 4RA/../../Pub Directory
* Provided By Ewan
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Maggie Roberts