Behind Closed Doors | Explore a forgotten Hotel with a fascinating social history with me. 

Hi Lucy! I stumbled across your wonderful YT channel about 3 weeks ago, and have been watching your videos ever since. I am a major fan of social history so appreciate all you do, I also love your calm delivery and that sometimes you just let the places you visit speak for themselves. No mugging the camera, no distracting music,. Well done. I was entranced with the 'old' when I was a child, and as a teenager picked up some wonderful finds at jumble sales. I have 1930s curtains in my bedroom, and lots of old 'brown' furniture that I love and would not part with. All bought from charity shops before people started to realise there was big money in buying and selling them! I'm a working class girl from South London, married to a Black Country lad, we now live in Cornwall (probably the only people living here who didn't come down by choice) and I do miss so much about urban living, except for the noise. Love today's video. There used to be a Temperance Hall in Wednesfield where I used to live, sadly it was finally demolished some time around 2011, to make way for yet more shopping facilities. I only knew what it was because there was a ghost sign on the side of the building. You have inspired me to look at undertaking a degree in social history with the Open University, if indeed they offer such a degree. I never got the chance to enjoy education post 16 years of age, so now maybe is the time to do it. Keep up the fantastic work, I look forward to every video you share with us. xxx

Only found your channel recently. I loved hearing about the history of building. We lived in an old house in the late 1950’s. My father was decorating one day and as he pulled the old wall paper off he saw a small hole in the wall. He started to make the hole bigger and realised it was a false wall that led to steep steps and a very large cellar. At the back of the cellar he found two huge ovens that had been partly bricked up. I have researched the house and found it used to be a bakery. In 1901 the baker, his wife and seven children lived there. Two of the children sadly died in the house. I am fascinated by the lives of those who went before. Thank you for all your hard work

We’re so lucky to live in a country where there is literally history to be discovered all around us. Thank you for your research.

Thank you for showing so much respect for the poor souls who felt that there was only one way out of their situation. So many people have no regard for the suffering of others. Respect to you for being so gentle in telling their stories. History is not just about Wars, Battles and Kings. Individual experiences carry much more impact. Beautifully done. Cheers.

Poor souls, times were indeed hard. I love your videos Lucy, it’s like you’re talking with a mate ,I am fascinated with old buildings,it was awesome you looked through census records too. Looking forward to more content

Fabulous building, so beautifully restored and your dogged detective work amazing, thank you!

My goodness this really was fascinating Lucy. Bet the spirits of the long gone are pleased you’ve told their story so their not forgotten 😊

All this AND a couple of floor plans! (I am obsessed with floor plans) and yay Edith! I’ve always been puzzled by people who aren’t curious about what is and what was, what was here, what happened. Thank you.

Thanks Lucy another great video for us social history fans. I often think we are lucky to live in a country that does not knock down all it's old buildings and people still love living in old properties and visiting historic places.

What a beautiful old building, Lucy. Such a shame about it's sad history, but interesting.

That was such and interesting watch! Who would have thought a building like that would have so much history connected to it! Some tragic stories but the building still has a life to it and will no doubt be around for years to come,collecting more history and (hopefully happy) stories. Lots of research for an interesting,beautifully restored,characterful building.

Thank you , and thank you to the owners/tenants, for the tour and history of this lovely building 💜 Pubs in Oz often featured inquests, too, and I know of one pub that was renovated in the 1990s where they actually found a bloke buried in the floor - called the police, nought to be done, buried him again with the current paper and a bottle of whisky.

Lucy you are a darling ! You reach out to so many of us who can still remember our Grandparents homes. l am from Wirral, Cheshire, but so much of what you show us, is repicrocal. Go Go Lucy, we love you ! xx

My mother-in-law worked in a “fancy” hotel and apparently deaths are fairly common in hotels. Not every day common, but enough that if you work there for a bit you’re likely to encounter one. Ghosts everywhere? Anyway, thank you Lucy, for a fascinating video. You put in a lot of work to uncover these bits of history. Hope those souls found peace.

Fascinating locations, real research, and your style and charm!!! You go girl!!! Love it!!!

We live round the corner, I remember this as a sweet shop in the seventies ! We used to shop at the greengroces and butchers in Station Rd until they sadly closed in the mid 1990s. I think the roller rink was at the back of the cafe/hairdressers. This was a DIY shop until the early 1990s, and in the last war it was a hand grenade assembly factory.

Amazing billards. Looking forward to seeing the locked door open..

Just found you, fortunately as I share your fascination with the auras of these old yet unimposing buildings. History isn´t only about royalty and upper classes. It´s the average everyone that makes the world go round. Love yourwork anddelivery.

Really interesting video! Like you say, you would walk past and not give it a second thought. I found out the other week that one of the houses near to where my granny used to live was a convalescent and holiday home for blind children. They are beautiful big Edwardian town houses with stained glass, sash windows, original tiles and huge rooms with high ceilings, ornate ceiling roses and coving.

You have a real talent Lucy, as a story teller and a presenter in your own right. I’ve been a broadcaster for 25 plus years, so i know a good one when i see one. Brilliant.

I loved this and such a fascinating look into something that I would never even think to wonder about, if I lived near the building or not!

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Lucy you are fast becoming my favourite person to watch on RU-vid! Your videos are always so interesting 🙂

Thanks Lucy for all your wonderful investigative skills to bring us all such a wonderful account of the social history of this building, you made it so interesting and insightful of old ways in days gone by and there must be a lot of residual energy left in the building. I could watch more of this type of video thank you x

Very interesting thanks ,for showing me somewhere I'll probably never get to see. Old buildings are fascinating ,full of history.

Awww those sad stories Poor souls You have empathy Lucy ❤ Beautiful building

Absolutely fascinating. Another great video. Thank you 😊

Absolutely fascinating, I love learning about social history 😊

Thumb up for this video😊😊

Absolutely fascinating, a gorgeous building with energies too. Thank you for showing us this.

Another excellent video, thank you as always.

What a lovely way to look into a building and bring it to life I’m really enjoying your channel and this video in particular is very interesting thank you❤

Hi Lucy im glad I found your channel a few weeks ago it's so lovely to hear your brummie accent you show so much interest in the local history of the Midlands i love hearing about the history of the cotswolds where i come from although I now live in denmark i never forget my roots we working class people have so much history to tell that it was us that made Britain what it was keep up the good work Lucy, best wishes roy copenhagen denmark. 😊

Thank you again for this so very interesting video& for letting us take part 🤗

Amazing history! If only walls could talk! I rarely feel alone in this place but not in a threatening way. How very sad all those souls 💖 Amazingly put together video and research bab 🌟

your intuition paid off and you got hold of so much information and history mind blowing really .the building is beautiful i love the pool room my mind time travel again i just see pepole of the time in there .but one last thing keep this going Lucy what you are doing is so interesting

I love it when you just have a feeling that there's more to an area or certain buildings and you can find out there was 😄 Would love to know whats hiding in the top room. Love the secret room. Interesting history. 💗

Another gem for us to enjoy! Thank you so much for sharing. And how lovely that you also work in that environment.. so rich in personal and social history. 🙏💎🌷

Brilliant utube channel with so much researching on each video vlogg a truly amazing channel a fan of the amazing channel 😊

The stained glass and fireplace tiles 😍😍😍

Another fantastic video Lucy thank you so much it’s fascinating 🥰

Enjoyed this so much, very interesting! Just shows how most of us walk around with blinkers on, you Lucy are not one of those people! Look forward to the next video ❤X

I really enjoy your content, having an avid interest in social history and architecture myself. You have such a positive, enthusiastic and open manner, that it is a pleasure to listen and watch.

Another interesting video Lucy, right on your doorstep. Thank you for sharing the real history of life (and death), as I find this far more interesting than the school book history. x

The green tiles in the billiards hall are absolutely gorgeous

Another quality video as always, very interesting

I love that you do your research. Home genealogy is interesting.

Thank you for sharing such interesting places, so sad in the past but must have had some happy times? Look forward to more😅

I love this series, I think you hit upon something really good with it

A fascinating video, I hope you’re able to enter the locked room at some point. 😍

Lucy Absolutely fantastic, watched one or two of yours before now subscribed. I do well with shorts but still trying to find success with longer blogs. This was terrific and a lot of research. Well done 👍👍👍

Fabuolous loved this.😎

Despite your brilliant research and the stories you tell so well ; Imagine if those walls could speak themselves. They could talk to us for hours I bet. This has inspired me to see if there is anything I can find on google regarding our own local Temperance Hotel, 'The Gate', in Nuneaton town centre. The ground floor is now shops, but the building itself is amazing. I'd love to see inside that one, if there's anything left of course. Thanks, Dave xx

Thank you Lucy, a great video.

Wow! Just discovered your Channel! I really enjoy your adventures and the history you are sharing!

Absolutely love your channel, this is exactly the sort of thing I love and always want to know more about, thanks so much for this. I am dying to know about the secret room!

I have just discovered your channel, I found it absolutely fascinating, I must have past that place a million times and never knew any of its history, thank you so much for telling it to me! Take care from your new subscriber!

Great tour! Thanks!!👍🇨🇦

So informative Lucy, you really dug deep into the history, and what a history it has, you defo have a gift for unfolding stories associated with these beautiful building. fascinating and so enjoyed it, and its still holding secrets. Thank you.😊 and still holding secrets

Thank you Lucy, I enjoyed every second. That is such a handsome building, I wonder if its survival is due to it being in private hands for most/all of its past?. The owner did a super fine job on the place, tastefully beautiful and so very interesting.

Impresive sesearch on this one👍

I'm Australian and absolutely love this channel.

Oops! Only found you today, I’ll be watching you root around Birmingham and enjoy every minute of the adventures! Specially (we are in the USA) I believe my father in law, born about1896, was the oldest of a very catholic family, 9 living kids, working class family. I love these historical snipets❤❤❤

Thank you so much for sharing this Lucy. An interesting watch. We enjoyed it so much ❤

It was really fascinating, thank you! By telling the story of those people you gave them recognition and respect. ❤️ I have a very curious nature so I can hardly wait until the mysterious room shall open itself to reveal it's secrets. 😂

Just found your channel ❤ love it love the stories

Fantastic Lucy! Walked past many times. Very interesting and love your work. ❤xx

So informative.... Great video. Thank you

I so love your channel. So atmospheric. Just love to listen to all you have researched. What places you find. Thank you so much for another amazing find and the history that accompanies it. So well researched, your a one man band, researcher, great story teller and producer awesome. Thank you🐞

What a great story! And isn't it special to learn that your feelings about these building was right? You've got a excellent feeling to catch the atmosphere from long time ago and get the people, once living there, a bit back to life. Thank you for that. How often we/I walk through streets thinking about how it was 100/200 years ago.You've put a lot of time and effort into the research of this project. And I loved it, even I've never been there. Have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you for this amazing video, Lucy, and for the astounding research you made. Best wishes from Buenos Aires.

Nice to see your hunch about a building prove to be so fruitful, I'm sure anyone with an ounce of curiosity has passed similar older buildings and felt there is just something special about it without knowing why. thanks for an enjoyable 20 odd minutes of entertainment and education.

I love it when you get your teeth stuck into something like this. It’s so clear how attached to the place you are. You did an amazing job sharing the story of the building and so many of the poor souls who encountered it.

Wow, what's hidden behind closed doors we pass without thought. Thanks Lucy for another amazing upload ❤️

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That was great, I live around the corner from the place and I often wandered about its history, my mechanic (Dave) occupies the next archway along from the one you said was a slaughter house, I also believe there was a laundry there which makes sense, linen comes in by train from hotels in central Birmingham and water from the rea, there was also a Iido that was opened by Gracie Fields, that was used to store munitions by the army in WW1 but there was an explosion that destroyed the place

That was very interesting all those sad stories, You did a lot of research thank you . I love history and old buildings that have been restored and brought back to life.

Love this! There are so many old buildings here too and they definitely have a feeling of lives lived in them. My house was built in 1901 and we are only the 3rd family to have lived in it which is crazy when you think about it. I don’t believe in ghosts as such but I do feel that there’s a vibration of energy left in a home. Your work is so interesting and I love your style of presentation. It’s very respectful. Thankyou 😊

Thank you this was so interesting

I love your videos. I left England at 5 yrs old; not been back and I’m 61 now, so I love it 😻

Public Houses, similar to this club would be used for coroners.. have one near where I live.. next to the grand union canal where many died in the locks. So I agree with you.. the club would likely be the location

I think I'd keep away from that place if I were you Lucy haha. Great video again, thanks.

hi lucy 👋 that was really interesting i enjoyed that 😃 and i like that you look out windows so we can see too 😀 and r i p to all them souls 🙏🙏🤗

Do you ever go down to Portsmouth? They have some nice B&Bs on the quay and the Spinnaker Tower?

So glad I found your channel! Right up my street. If you pardon the pun 😂 I love social history especially working class history and all your vids are so interesting! ☺️ Can I ask what you use to search newspaper records?

The town where I live (Tillamook, Oregon, US) had a "temperance saloon" in the early 1900s. I don't know exactly what that is but I'm guessing it was a drinking establishment where you could socialize but they only served non alcoholic drinks.

Hi Lucy found you a few weeks ago and really enjoyed this one as to the poor souls who were brought to the building if it as cellars I'd of thought they would put the deceased in there because of it being a cold area as knowing this from an old coach public house built near to our local church St Mary's Stockport Historic Market place we still have an original prison! A music Hall.. Never been opened that I know of .. The flu epidemic were place in the church being the biggest building for the area at the time there is a tunnel now buried where the bodies were taken to the Thatch Travern in the cellar and omg it's spooky down there I actually didn't know about the history until I went into the cellar Chris the bar staff took me down there and I freaked him out the owner and one of the worst things I channelled was a young man wasn't dead but died from suffocation and he was not heard shouting for help 💜🙏💜 just one of our Town heritage and like most pubs it's apartments now

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Hi Lucy great videos tks me back love it I come from burning ham castle vale most of my life lived in dudley for a year wen ty built first Barrett flats new build going bk forty years now neally live in Milford haven wales now bummer hate it got the money I'd move bk any way just saying lol xxxx margy ❤

I swear to you this is true - when you panned the camera up at the start and said 'I was drawn to this building' I *immediately* heard 'top room, top room'. I got goosebumps, and saw a picture of a thin woman dressed in simple Edwardian clothes, clutching her throat. When you said there was a room no one could get into I was shook LOL - someone's got to get in there! But then you bought up that attempted suicide, my goosebumps went nuts. Whether she left her energy there or even if it was in that room, it was eerie to have those sensations (as I often do) seeming to line up with info you gave. A fascinating little history, it's no wonder they stopped it being a hotel, there was no doubt a lot of other things that never made it to the paper. Thank you so much for sharing! There's no way I could know a building with an inaccessible room, I'm too nosy!

I live in Northfield too❤😂

I'm so fascinated to know why they can't get into that top room?

9 children! He might have been temperant with alcohol, but he wasn't temperant in the bedroom 😂

Oh I reckon that man reported to have slit his own throat could have been murdered. Can you imagine cutting your own throat 😵‍💫 Fascinating history 😘🫂💚

Having a cuppa 🍵 in bed 🛏️ Great 😃 video 🎥😊

Also, what’s a “lock up”?

What is a lockup? Im American, and its not a term we use here. Thanks!

Is this a club that's open to women applicants.. not about to join, too far for me 😂 but just out of interest ❤

You know what struck me? You were handling such a heavy topic when discussing all of the people who passed away in that old building, but you have a shirt on that says “YES”. Hoping it will remind your viewers that just a small, three-letter word can be a little beacon of positivity. 🤍