Licensees :
JOSEPH THOMAS MORTER POWELL (died 1926)	by c1880
Saturday 14th August 1915 - Fine of 20s for not obscuring indoor lights. Two visitors were fined 5s each for the lights shining from their bedrooms.
Tuesday 4th December 1917 - Fine of £20 or 2 months' imprisonment for stealing 2 lbs of beef, the property of His Majesty's Forces. Mr. Powell had helped himself of a slice of beef  from a forequarter of beef stored for soldiers billeted at the hotel, "for his breakfast". Mr. Powell immediately paid the fine by cheque.
LOUISA OCTAVIA POWELL	04.01.1918
MAURICE WILLIAM DREWERY RAINER	19.07.1927
EDITH RAINER	08.02.1935
HARRY BURGESS	08.03.1946
CHARLES THOMAS BANHAM	18.08.1953
RONALD HUTCHINSON	10.05.1955
JOHN RICHARD McBRIDE	10.02.1956
PHILIP HORACE HAMMOND	11.06.1957
WILFRED JAMES GORDON EDWARDS (Mr & Mrs GORDON EDWARDS 1966)	05.11.1963
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See p. 8 of `Gt. Yarmouth In Old Postcards - Vol 2 '. pub. 1992.

See p. 67 of `Gt. Yarmouth - A Second Selection ' pub. 1996

 
c1930

Joseph Powell became licensee of the GARIBALDI TAVERN c1880.
The house was then said to be so insignificant that it was often obscured by smoke from trains at the nearby Beach Station.
Mr Powell extended the property to allow accommodation and by 1899 it was a boarding house with four floors.

The Victorian building initially offering accommodation to men only.
Cheap holiday accommodation was a specialty.

Apparently the male guests were known as ` The Yarmouth United Lambs ' who had a captain to respond claims of rowdiness. By 1883 the first annual dinner of `Joe Powell's Lambs ' was held at the Holborn Restaurant, London, Joe Powell being the principal guest for many years.

Joseph T. Powell applied for the spirit licence to be transferred from the WILLIAM TELL Thursday 22nd August 1888 - Granted.

Closed for the duration of WWII according to a letter dated 26.07.1940.

Severely damaged by enemy action.

Reopened 01.07.1946.

Bar known as PATCHES in 1980's.

DEMOLISHED during 2006



Roger Harvey, unknown, licensee Gordon Edwards, Sonny Harvey, unknown & Ivan Harvey.

1960's image thanks to Robin Harvey.