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Special Topic (Paras. 1 to 8) |
Norwich Pubs in 1914The Directory Listings |
| 2. The Leader : 3. Other Breweries |
5. The Hotels
: 6. Other Free Outlets
: 7. Summary
8. Footnotes |
1. : Historical Juncture1914 was chosen as a benchmark yearfor obvious reasons :
This benchmark has been used as the Classic Tie
There had already been some nine years of
Where a pub closed before 1914, the brewery
2. : The LeaderThe runaway leader in the 1845 List, amongst the'Big' breweries, had been Steward & Patteson : 183 houses and almost 44% of all ties. By 1914, however, Bullard's had edged ahead : 133 to 126. Plus some intermediate figures for August 1890 :-
- by far - had fallen to under 17% of the total*, despite a useful upsurge since 1890. Conversely, the "upstart" brewery had advanced remarkably - from the comparable figure of only 8.2% in 1845; ignoring Lacon's. Note : The total* is for the five breweries only,
3. : Other BreweriesAs for local breweries in 1914, the answer is just two :Cooper-Brown of East Dereham, who were at the St. Giles' Gate Stores; and T. S. Bidwell & Sutton of Thetford, at the Corn Exchange, St. George's Bridge Street. However the latter pub closed in February 1915. (Also see Grapes Hotel in para. 4 below). In 1914 Allsopp & Co. (Burton on Trent)
The identical total for Lacon's is, in fact, an amalgamation of 25 pubs under Grimmer's and 6 under Arnold's. In the 1845 List Grimmer's pubs were recorded under Seaman's. Also 7 pubs had been listed in 1890 under Cann & Co.
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4. : The MerchantsWines and Spirits merchants, some being importantbusinesses, have always formed a significant part of the free licensed trade. In 1914, these were principally :-
Bidwell & Co.; but also had owned, for some 9 years, the said Grapes Hotel. However the latter was still listed in 1914 under Allsopp; who had taken over in 1890. Premises formerly occupied by merchants, which had
^Top^ 5. : The HotelsHotels rightly tend to cherish their status asFree Houses, which in 1914 were listed as follows :-
^Top^ 6. : Other Free OutletsHeading the more general list are three establishmentswhose principal function was that of a licensed restaurant :-
Thorpe Station and City Station. Other free pubs - even back in 1914
7. : SummaryThe number of pubs tied to the 5 main brewerstotals 450, as per the percentage table in para. 2 The various categories of Free Houses, detailed above, total 35, i.e. only 7.2 % (This compares with a mysterious figure of 18 in the 1890 survey). The grand total for 1914 is therefore 485.
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