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Someone on another Genealogy site has a photograph of her gg grandfather in 1860` outside an etablishment named The Seven Stars ...
I was wondering if anyone knew what this was ...was it a Masonic Hall ?
thanks
allan

Quite possibly. Where was this photo taken, do you know?

There is a Seven Stars pub at Thornton Hough of course.

Thanks Fledge ...her gg grandfather was a successful Engineer and had his business in Park Lane ...I have told her to join this site ...so hopefully she will add a post to this thread
allan

It's used as a pub name but it could also be connected to old fraternal organisations. Looking at Gore's Directory 1860 there are the following Liverpool pubs:-

Samuel Booth, 35 Cleveland Square - Seven Stars
Ellen Mack, 27 Regent Road - Seven Stars
Benjamin Stockwell, 92 Shaws Brow - Seven Stars


Blue

The Seven Stars pub in Cleveland Square is near to Park Lane:-

http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co. ... np1013.htm


Blue

thanks very much Blue...appreciate your help ....I will inform the lady concerned of your post ...cheers
allan

Hi Allan
I am sorry I did not get back to you before now, thank you for adding this to the forum, the photo of my GG grandfather and six other men I think was taken in side a Masonic lodge not out side, going by the back ground of the photo, it has the seven men and printed at the bottom of the photo it says The Seven Stars, as I said I know he was a mason and would like to find more information but I don't know where to look if any one can help I would really appreciate it.
Thank you again for your help
kind regards Sue

slewis wrote:Hi Allan
I am sorry I did not get back to you before now, thank you for adding this to the forum, the photo of my GG grandfather and six other men I think was taken in side a Masonic lodge not out side, going by the back ground of the photo, it has the seven men and printed at the bottom of the photo it says The Seven Stars, as I said I know he was a mason and would like to find more information but I don't know where to look if any one can help I would really appreciate it.
Thank you again for your help
kind regards Sue

Hello Sue,
Any chance you could post that photo here so more eyes can have a look at the detail?

Hi
I will if i can find how too do that i will have a go when I get home
Kind regards sue

slewis wrote:Hi
I will if i can find how too do that i will have a go when I get home
Kind regards sue

PM sent, together with a set of L plates!

This picture is the best I can do and it is difficult to highlight the banner behind them on the right hand side of the picture!
http://s1272.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... a.jpg.html

My GG grandfather is middle back row, as this photo was sent to Boston to his brother they could all be family member's and not a think to do with the masons, I just don't know, but I don't think the photo will help much, but thank you for your kind help, and now I know how to post a photo
Kind regards Sue

Hi Sue,
First thing I noticed is that there are 7 men posed with the title The Seven Stars. There is no masonic regalia, either in their dress or in the background, just what appears to be a table lamp with a fringed lampshade. I think it is posed in a photographic studio and the men are the stars of something. Perhaps a singing group or bowls team?

Incidentally if you retain the

Hi
Thank you for your all your help
Kind regards sue

I am no expert on photos but I think there's a possibility that the words THE SEVEN STARS were added later and were not on the original because the words are printed outside the picture and they don't line up precisely with the bottom edge of the photo.