`More than 200 men and women were taken for a ride on the evening of Saturday 4th May 1970. They were entertained by "Gloria Glamour '', a former bus driver who performed the first drag act seen in a Kings Lynn pub...... '

Famed for being the first public house in East Anglia to have a topless female singer as entertainment in the lounge bar - Friday 13th November 1970
As a result `the best Friday night ever ..... It went down very well...... In this day and age people accept it. We hope to put on more of these shows.'
The story even made the National Press - well the Daily Sketch at least.


Address as Fernlea Road in 1971

Renamed WINSTONS (by April 1984)

RAFFLES by July 1989 to when closure confirmed in August 1990 owing to unsocial behaviour by customers.
In July 1989 it was announced that entry into the function room would be by membership card only. "There were no plans to extend the restriction to the main bar area."

February 1991 - " House will remain closed until a resident licensee can be found."

A fire was deliberately started in the empty "Raffles Pub" in early April 1991.

June 1994 - still closed.

The FAIRSTEAD Public House as advertised February 1997.

A members only club by July 1997?


Closed by 2000