Stonewell Spring Delicatessen & Wine Bar

29/07/2026

30/06/2026

📆 Born on this day in 1792, Thomas Edmondson. As a young man Thomas worked initially for the famous local furniture manufacturers Gillow, before moving on to employment in the emerging railway industry. 🚂

It was whilst working as a station master on the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway that he devised a small pre-printed railway ticket, replacing the common handwritten bills of the time, and later a machine to easily print these tickets in large batches. These tickets eventually became a standard issue on railway lines around the globe. 🎟

By the time he died in Manchester in 1851 his inventions had made him quite a wealthy man. An example of Edmondson's revolutionary ticket machine can be found on display at Lancaster City Museums. 🏫

The site of Thomas' birthplace on Moor Lane in Lancaster was, for many years, in a very poor state of repair. In more recent times Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone have helped restore many properties in the area, giving the building a new lease of life. It is now occupied by Stonewell Spring Delicatessen & Wine Bar! 🥂

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26/06/2026

Join us at Stonewell Spring on Wednesday 8th July for a special World Cup Wine Tasting.

The draw has been made and their are some tasty match-ups in the first round. Can this Golden generation of English Wine get through a tricky tie against the Germans for a place in the semi-final against either Portugal or Uruguay? Buy a ticket to find out! 

Eight wines, from eight countries, facing off in pairs for a place in the semis, and eventually thr final! 

£35 per person. Ticket link in bio, limited spaces

7pm arrival for 7.30pm kickoff

22/06/2026

All this week we have some lovely English wines from , we'll be cracking open a different one each day available to buy by the glass and we'll have the whole range available by the bottle or to take home!