{"id":10378,"date":"2023-07-16T23:13:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/?page_id=10378"},"modified":"2023-08-06T18:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T18:07:32","slug":"4-locomotive-steamboat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/?page_id=10378","title":{"rendered":"04 &#8211; Locomotive\/Steamboat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Licensing record for the Locomotive Inn dates back to 1850 with Emmanuel Hayton the licensee. Maria Pike held the licence in 1856.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-01-Ron-Lawson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10325\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Locomotive, c1950 (Ron Lawson, Sunderland Antiquarian Society)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the 4<sup>th<\/sup> December 1947 it changed its name from \u201cLocomotive Inn\u201d to \u201cThe Locomotive\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-02-Ron-Lawson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10326\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1970s (Ron Lawson, Sunderland Antiquarian Society)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It changed its name from The Locomotive to The Steamboat in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-03-1983-Lubi-STH0004507.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10327\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1983 (Lubi, South Tyneside Libraries, STH0004507)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-04-Ron-Lawson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10328\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1989 (Ron Lawson, Sunderland Antiquarian Society)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Mooney was the Landlord from about 1990 for over 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-06-Landlord-Joe-Mooney.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10330\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joe Mooney, 2019 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pub extended into the old Post Office which had belonged to John Gaddes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-10-Post-Office-DSC-0306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10334\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ex Post Office, 2023 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-09-Gargoyles-All-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10333\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Four old Post Office gargoyles merged 2019 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the many characters in the pub was Erasmus Bottle also known as Dave Walker a former BBC man who used to give humorous and interesting talks in the Steamboat.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-05-DSC-0836.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11168\" style=\"border-width:4px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-05-DSC-0836.jpg 600w, https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-05-DSC-0836-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 Bar (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-06-DSC-0842.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10927\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 bar (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-07-DSC-0829.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11172\" style=\"border-width:4px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-07-DSC-0829.jpg 600w, https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-07-DSC-0829-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Side room 2023 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-08-DSC-0820.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11174\" style=\"border-width:4px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-08-DSC-0820.jpg 600w, https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pubs-Heritage-04-Steamboat-08-DSC-0820-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Back room 2023 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 2008 and 2018 it won the Local CAMRA Pub of The Year 8 times! In 2020 Kath Brain became Licensee.<br><br>It is a Grade II listed building. The Steamboat is still a great pub now.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pubs-Heritage-05-Steamboat-10-DSC-0476.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10335\" style=\"border-width:4px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2023 (Terry Ford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources:<br>British Newspaper Archives<br>Licensing Records<br>Terry Ford<br>Trade Directories<br><br>Photos:<br>Ron Lawson, Sunderland Antiquarian Society<br>South Tyneside Libraries<br>Terry Ford<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Licensing record for the Locomotive Inn dates back to 1850 with Emmanuel Hayton the licensee. Maria Pike held the licence in 1856. On the 4th December 1947 it changed its name from \u201cLocomotive Inn\u201d to \u201cThe Locomotive\u201d It changed its name from The Locomotive to The Steamboat in&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/?page_id=10378\" class=\"readmore\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;04 &#8211; Locomotive\/Steamboat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10238,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11334,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10378\/revisions\/11334"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritagepubs.sst.camra.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}