The Lamplighter was originally called the Station Hotel, which was built in 1902 by local builder William Ball on the site of the Moorland Battalion Inn (see Closed Pubs section). Presumably it was named Station Hotel, because Cheadle’s Railway Station had opened the previous year.

 

The site was possibly chosen as it was relevant to the original Cheadle Railway scheme selected, which had stated the Railway Station would be on Charles Street. However the station was eventually built quite a distance away.

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William Tipper was likely the first landlord, in 1908 an advertisement for Showells Brewery Co. Ltd, lists him as one of their agents, his address was given as the Station Hotel. Tipper often advertised for entertainers to perform at the hotel, this was usually pianists or singers.

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The Cheadle and District Football League was formed here in 1943, the first President elected was Mr. W. Podmore.

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In May 1961 the Cheadle and District Skittles League staged the semi-finals and finals for the Premier Individual Cup Tournament; the guest of honour was ex-Stoke City footballer Neil Franklin.

 

In the July of 1968 a piano in the Smoking Room was damaged along with a chair; in a fracas between three young men. A policeman was quickly on the scene as he had seen a raised chair through one of the windows while on patrol.

 

In 1980 a winner in Cheadle Town Council’s lottery scheme was a part-time barmaid at the Station Hotel; she received her cheque in May at the pub.

 

In the 1980s (?) the name changed to the Lamplighter, which is also when Cheadle’s railway closed to freight traffic (it had stopped carrying passengers in 1963) and was shut down.

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The brewery 'Ansells' owned the pub in 1988 and they installed a post for a lit up pub sign.

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In recent years the pub has changed licensees a lot and has been closed for long periods of times in-between.

 

The pub reopened again early 2011 and closed through much of March for refurbishment, having stayed open while work was not taking place in the bar area. Mid-April when work was nearing completion it was revealed that the brewery had not secured planning permission for a revised version of their plans. Local residents then filed a number of objections to the pub reopening and local councillors supported them.

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The Evening Sentinel reported the pub was banned from re-opening by the Staffordshire Moorlands Council until the matter was fully resolved. Rather than keep the pub shut the brewery at a high cost “undid” the changes made to the pub (access to the rear smoking area most notably),  the doors then opened at the end of April.

 

Shortly afterwards the planning permission was approved and the changes could be completed.

 

Past Proprietors:

William J. Tipper (Staffordshire Sentinel 1908, 1911 Census, Kelly’s Directory of Staffordshire 1912)
George Edwards (Cheadle and Tean Times 1914, Kelly’s Directory of Staffordshire 1921)
Robert Mallows (Kelly’s Directory of Staffordshire 1924, Staffordshire Advertiser 1926)

Walter Bingham (Staffordshire Sentinel 1929)
Albert John Whitehouse (Kelly’s Directory of Staffordshire 1936)
David (Dai) Davies (Kelly’s Directory of Staffordshire 1940, Staffordshire Sentinel 1957) (until around 1955)
Mr. H. Young (Cheadle Post and Times 1959) [until August]
Mr. J. Smith (Cheadle Post and Times 1959) [from August]
Mrs N. Smith (Cheadle Post and Times 1961)
Florence and Aubrey Wright [?] (Cheadle Post and Times 1979) [until 1967?]
Henry Richardson (Cheadle Post and Times 1969) [until 1969]
H. Cartlidge [from 1969] (Cheadle Post and Times 1969)
Sidney Knight (Cheadle Post and Times 1974 and 1980)

Norman and Pam Bayne [?]

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Joseph Brindley (Staffordshire Sentinel 1991)

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Michael Nicholls (Cheadle Post and Times 2009)

Peter Savage (The Sentinel 2011)
Shaun Millington and Becky Stevenson (2017)

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