Harry Tudor and the Temperance Hotel

Broomhall's past connections to the entertainment industry

Researched by Rob Marston

Hannah Unwin ran the famous Temperance Hotel on Victoria Street and gave lodgings to many Sheffield entertainers of the time. On the 1911 census we can see a Harry E Tudor lodging there with his wife Isobel and daughter Isla, listed as being born in America. Harry was a famous character in the national circus scene but in 1911, age 41, his profession is listed as ‘Amusement Catering’.

From the 1911 Census:

Name:

Hannah E Unwin

Age in 1911:

Estimated birth year:

abt 1865

Relation to Head:

Wife

Gender:

Female

Birth Place:

Grenoside Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish:

Sheffield

County/Island:

Yorkshire-West Riding

Country:

England

Street address:

56 and 60 Victoria Street Sheffield Yorks

Marital Status:

Married

Occupation:

Temperance Hotel Proprietress

Household Members:

Name	Age
Hannah E Unwin	46 married, Temperance Hotel Proprietress
Frank Steas Unwin	22 son, Temperance Hotel Clerk
Winifred E Unwin	19, daughter, Training College Student
Molly Bennett	22, student, Hotel Waitress
Mary E Duffey	25, servant, Hotel Chambermaid
Alice Stokes	15, servant, Hotel House Maid
Gladys Evelyn Mercer	20, servant, Hotel Kitchens Maid
Harry E Tudor	41, visitor, Amusement Catering, British
Isobel Tudor	27, visitor, wife, British
Isla Tudor	7, daughter, American
Annetie Sawers	19, visitor, British

The website www.magictricks.com explains more about Harry Tudor:

“Harry E. Tudor was a colorful personality in both the aviation and the show business worlds. As a show promoter, he was the manager of Frank C. Bostock’s Bostock Jungle, a wild animal show that gained its greatest fame by staging a number of legal wedding ceremonies inside a steel cage, with human brides and grooms attended by wedding parties made up of lions and tigers. From about 1908 until 1912, Tudor travelled extensively in the U.S. and in Europe with the show. When Frank Bostock died suddenly in 1912, Tudor moved into the amusement business, selling rides and devices for J.W. Zarro Co. This experience led to his next position as manager of the famous Rockaway Playland Amusement Park on Long Island, NY, then called the L.A. Thompson Amusement Park.”

Keywords:

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