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| A Unique Photographic Record of Matlock & District, 1910-1915, and World War One Soldiers |
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| Place: | Dale Road, Matlock |
| Property / Street / Road: | Queen's Head Hotel |
| Date: | 1910 - 1913 |
| Description/Historical Information: | Meetings of the Devonshire Lodge of the Matlock
Buffaloes were held at the Queen's Hotel. Wm.
Squires was the hotel's proprietor, and was also a member. The man
in the centre was Wm. Evans, who was made K.O.M. (Knight Order of
Merit) of the Florence Nightingale Lodge at the Crabtree Inn on Thurs
10 May 1911 (this was the second of the three Lodges in Matlock
at the time). Three men were wearing aprons which have C. P. (Certified
Primo) embroidered on them. It is possible that amongst
those here were Brothers. F. Moate, W. Squires,
C.P., J. Kersey, C.P., J. W. Cook, C.P., G. Smith, C.P., W. Shaw,
C.P., J. Taylor, C.P., A. W. Holling, O. Whittaker, J. Whittaker,
E. Whittaker, A. Vallance and A. Shaw. These men were all listed
as going on annual outing of the members Devonshire Lodge of the
R.A.O.B. (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes) in 1911. The licence for the Queen's Head Hotel was transferred from William Squires to Tom Bridge, son of Andrew Bridge, at Matlock's Brewster Sessions in February 1913. There is a studio portrait of the man seated to the left of Wm. Evans on VLA4845. |
| Further information elsewhere on this site: |
See Dale Road & the Queen's Head Hotel |
| Image Reference: | VLA5054 |
| Copyright: | © The Vernon Lamb Archive and Robert White. See About the Archive and About Vernon Lamb, Photographer. |