Saturday, September 17, 2016

MEN ONLY BRIGG BARS

Former Brigg resident Cliff Turner, 91, was interested in Brigg Blog's recent post about the long-running  requirement (now removed) for the licence holder's name to be on display above the main entrance to a pub.
Cliff emailed us to say: "I can remember many of the names that were above pub doors around 1939. "

  • Britannia - Ernest Simpson
  • Queens Arms - George Jobson ("Jobbie")
  • White Horse - Mrs Goates
  • Butchers Arms - Oglesby
  • Red Lion - Streatfield
  • Black Bull - Mrs Jones
  • Woolpack - Hilliier
  • Gladiator - Cyril Clark (Clarke?)
  • Angel - Miss Tong
  • Woolpack - Hillier
  • Nelthorpe - Bell
  • Yarborough Hunt - Sid Bell. 

Can’t give names for White Hart and Brocklesby Ox.
Cliff adds: "Another feature that has probably gone was rooms for men only. The Angel, Queens Arms and the White Horse certainly had men only bars and there may have been others. I remember Jobbie refusing to relax the rule even on Christmas Eve."  
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4 comments:

  1. Ken Harrison17 September 2016 at 22:47

    The converse of this was played out in the early episodes of Coronation St.
    In the 1960's, Ena Sharples, Martha Longhirst and Minnie Caldwell used the ladies' only snug of the Rovers Return.
    If the Rovers Return was true to its stage floor plan.....those going to the toilet would end up in Ken Barlow's fireplace.....

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  2. Ken Harrison17 September 2016 at 22:48

    The converse of this was played out in the early episodes of Coronation St.
    In the 1960's, Ena Sharples, Martha Longhirst and Minnie Caldwell used the ladies' only snug of the Rovers Return.
    If the Rovers Return was true to its stage floor plan.....those going to the toilet would end up in Ken Barlow's fireplace.....

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  3. Ken Harrison17 September 2016 at 22:57

    I wonder whether the 1939 CLARK at the Dying Gladiator was related to Mathew Clark
    ...MC initially lived at the DG as a private house; later developing into a pub.....and carving the DG sculpture.
    At the turn of the C19th/C20th centuries....the premises attracted members of Wrawby Brass Band for practice session...in about 1903, the band changed its name to Brigg Brass Band.

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  4. Ken Harrison17 September 2016 at 22:57

    I wonder whether the 1939 CLARK at the Dying Gladiator was related to Mathew Clark
    ...MC initially lived at the DG as a private house; later developing into a pub.....and carving the DG sculpture.
    At the turn of the C19th/C20th centuries....the premises attracted members of Wrawby Brass Band for practice session...in about 1903, the band changed its name to Brigg Brass Band.

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