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HALFWAY HOUSE Gt. YARMOUTH Gorleston
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10 HIGH ROAD
SOUTHTOWN
St ANDREWS WARD FULL LICENCE CLOSED 14.09.1968
Gt. YARMOUTH LICENCE REGISTERS Y/CJ/31 & Y/CJ/32 (February 1903 - February 1953) & PS 18/14/2 (1953 - 1973)
STEWARD & PATTESON  
Licensees :
HARRY DANIEL FORSDICK (1883) - 1888
WILLIAM MARJORAM 1890 - 1892
Mrs. FRANCES MARJORAM by 1896
CHARLES SWANN 18.06.1915
CLAUDE ARTHUR ANDREWS 02.01.1923
FREDERICK ARTHUR LEECH 04.10.1955
RAYMOND JOHN ALBERT HAYLETT 13.12.1960
NORMAN GREEN 31.10.1968



In February 1907, a gentleman complained that at midnight, he had walked from the railway station to the Half Way House, without seeing a single policeman.
 
Built 1882 at a cost of £900, on the site of the GUARDIAN ANGEL.

Location was the half way point between Gt. Yarmouth Haven Bridge and Gorleston Feathers Plain.
Used as a stopping place for horse drawn trams.

Frontage changed 1938.

Sales in the final year of trading were 300 barrels of beer.

Demolished 27.09.1968
Licence not renewed 1970

Some times listed under Gorleston.
 
 See page 15 of `Gt. Yarmouth - A Second Selection' published 1996.