Shoreditch index
The address was earlier given as 84 Curtain Road and 113 or 114 Curtain Road. The Pub first established in 1700 - re-built 1876 in current form - remains open **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Shoreditch, East London.
Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street - circa 1930's - The four gentlemen standing at the front of the pub (Old Blue Last) are Harold Seear (2nd from right) and three of his sons, William, Arthur and Frank.
Kindly provided by David B Seear
Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street - circa 1950
Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street EC2 - in April 2006
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1805/Robert Greenaway, Blue Last, Curtain road, Shoreditch/../../Holdens Directory
1808/Robert Greenaway/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1812/Robert Granaway/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1816/William Blundell/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1820/Joseph Fearne/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1824/Joseph Fearn/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1825/Mr Joseph Fearn/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1828/Joseph Fearn/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1833-34/Joseph Fearn/../../../Pigots Directory
1836/Henry CossonVictualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1839/Henry Cosson/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1841/Henry Cosson/../../../P.O. Directory **
1842/Henry Cossen/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1843/Henry Cosson/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Henry Cosson/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/Henry Cosson/Licensed Victualler/53/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1851/Jane Cosson/Wife/43/St Lukes/Census
1851/Henry Cosson/Son/7/Shoreditch/Census
1851/Ann Green/Servant/26/Norfolk/Census
1851/Emma Pritchard/Servant/25/Shoreditch/Census
1851/Mary Ann Jeffrey/Servant/32/Shenfield, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Parsons/Servant/24/Norfolk/Census
1851/George Hall/Servant/31/Mile End/Census
1851/Charles Welbourne/Servant/18/Hertford/Census
1856/Henry Cosson/../../../Post Office Directory
1858/Henry Cosson/../../../Post Office Directory
2nd July 1860/W Hubble and John Robert Burleton executors of the late Peter Henry Deakin/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1863/Peter Henry Deakin/../../../Post Office Directory
September 1867/Elizabeth Deakin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1867/Thomas Taplin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
16th May 1868/Thomas Taplin/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
16th May 1868/Samuel Coombs/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1869/Samuel Coombs/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Eliza J Coombs/Licensed Victualler, Widow/37/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1871/William F Coombs/Son, Barman/17/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Samuel E Coombs/Son, Apprentice to Printer/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry A Coombs/Son/12/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thomas H Coombs/Son/11/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary A Pipe/Visitor/24/Oxford/Census
1871/Eliza Clark/Domestic Servant/24/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sidney Blackly/Visitor, Retired Builder, Widow/38/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1872/Mrs E J Combs/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1874/Eliza Jane Coombs/../../../H D Miles Directory of Licensed Victuallers **
6th March 1875/Eliza Jane Coombs/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
6th March 1875/George Abraham Riley/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
November 1875/G A Riley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
November 1875/G Hewitt/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1881/Francis Bryan/Licensed Victualler/47/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Matilda Bryan/Wife/43/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Adelaide Bryan/Daughter/18/Newington, Surrey/Census
1881/Thomas Statell/../23/Kennington/Census
1881/Jane Satchell/Boarder/23/St Botolph, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sydney Wheeler/Barman/22/Reading/Census
1881/Frederick Gaulder/Barman/23/Wittersham, Suffolk/Census
1881/Frederick Newman/Barman/17/Mereworth, Kent/Census
1881/Goerge Chack/Barman/21/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Stevenson/Domestic Servant/28/Huntingdon/Census
1881/Ann S Davis/Domestic Servant/28/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas Satchell/../2 months/Finchly, Middlesex/Census
1882/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Francis Brien/Licensed Victualler/57/Spitalfields/Census
1891/Elizabeth Rousham/Manageress/32/Walworth/Census
1891/Sarah E Gray/Domestic Servant/26/Lincolnshire/Census
1891/Sarah Lewis/Domestic Servant/22/London/Census
1891/Bessie McArthur/Domestic Servant/22/Kerry, Ireland/Census
1891/William H Clark/Barman/20/London/Census
1891/John McGibbons/Barman/22/St georges East/Census
1891/William J Bowers/Barman/25/Bethnal Green/Census
1891/Frank Harrison/Potman/22/Bermondsey/Census
1895/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Samuel Goddard/Licensed Victualler/25/Great Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1901/Ellen Goddard/Wife/26/Marlow, Buckinghamshire/Census
1901/Henry Goddard/Barman/21/Great Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1901/George Batterham/Barman/22/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1901/Sydney Darby/Barman/18/Lynn, Norfolk/Census
1901/Albert Rogers/Potman/20/Shoreditch, London/Census
1901/Jenny Say/Cook/18/Shoreditch, London/Census
1903/Francis Brien / Licensed Victualler, deceased / Died 8 April 1903 /../../London Gazette, 3 July 1903 **
Hackney and Kingsland Gazette, July 1909 - Transfer of Licences:
Blue Last, Great Eastern street, Matilda Sarah Stockton (wife of Frank H Stockton), Agnes Mary Brien and Edith Eleanor Brien to Matilda Sarah Stockton (wife of Frank Herbert Stockton), Agnes Mary Arnold (wife of John James Arnold), and Edith Eleanor Brien.
1910/Brien & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Brien & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 38 Great Eastern street, Shoreditch,
Ernest Percy Bird, Manager, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 44 years 4 months, and born in North Kensington, London
Annie Maude Bird, Wife, Manageress, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 41 years 2 months, and born in New Cross, London
May Eliza Smith, Cook, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 27 years 1 month, and born in Newington, London
Rhoda Cecilia Mabel Smith, Barmaid, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 33 years 8 months, and born in Bow, London
Lilian Adelaide Nunn, House Maid, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 20 years 6 months, and born in Edmonton, London
Cecilia Margaret May Nunn, Kitchen Maid, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 17 years 1 month, and born in Lea Bridge road, London
James Albert Cadby, Barman, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 33 years 3 months, and born in Shoreditch, London
Reginald John Allen, Barman, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 20 years 7 months, and born in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire
Ivy Lilian Wootton, Barmaid, Brien & Co, Licenced Victuraller, aged 25 years 1 month, and born in Walthamstow, Essex
Percy George Robert Bird, Son, aged 14 years 9 months, and born in Shoreditch, London
1934/Harold Seear/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Hy Jn Poll/../../../Post Office Directory
1952/Mr & Mrs F E Beaton/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***
Mrs Lobham, wife of Mr J A Lobham, died on May 14th, 1963 - Black Eagle Journal ***
1983/Old Blue Last: 38 Great Eastern Street EC2. Trumans./../../Pub Directory
1991/OLD BLUE LAST: 38 Great Eastern Street EC2. Grand-Met Truman. Built 1700 rebuilt 1876./../../Pub Directory
+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Alex Wilkinson