Belfast, 15&17 Belfast Street, Hove, Brighton
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Belfast Tavern, Belfast Street, Brighton - circa 1965
Bell, Belfast Street, Brighton - in 2005
Both kindly provided by Lawrie Trask
Residents at this address.
1890/George Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Geo Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1913/David Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/David Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Mrs Emily Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Mrs Ellen Betts/../../../Post Office Directory
The Trask family
Kindly provided by Samuel Trask
My grandfather Samuel Ernest Trask was landlord of the Belfast Tavern (now
just called The Bell) from the early 1930s. I know he was there in 1933 as I
have a postcard to him at that address, but it may have been earlier. He
died in 1943 but his wife Miriam Trask then ran it, with his sister Rose
Trask, until the late 1950s. ***
My grandfather, Samuel Ernest, was a Wine Cellarman when he was young. My
father told me that he was the head Cellarman at The Grand Hotel in Brighton
before he took over The Somerset Arms in Somerset Street, Brighton. He then
moved on to run The Burton Arms, at 32
Russell Street, Brighton where I believe that my father was born in
1917. Then sometime between then and 1934 the family took over the Belfast
Tavern, but it might be significant that my father couldn’t remember much
about Russell Street.
Another member of the family on that census return took a pub in Brighton
for a time. Both Robert and William joined the Grenadier Guards on 4 Sep
1914. Surprisingly, they both survived WW1 and Robert took on The
Northumberland Arms for a while
before becoming a caretaker at Tamplins Brewary – I’ve no idea of the dates
though.
1938/Samuel Ernest Trask/../../../Post Office Directory
*** Provided By Lawrie Trask
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