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 c1910 Lot No 2 at auction 11th November 1875, then in the occupation of Samuel Cooper, with 17 years lease remaining. 37ft 4in frontage, Front Bar, Bar Parlour, Porter Room, Kitchen, Storeroom, Scullery, Five Bedrooms, Seven Horse Stable and Chaise House. ~ There was no objection to the licence being referred at the East Harling Brewster Sessions held Monday 12th February 1906 where the trade was said to be 81 barrels of beer and 32 gallons of spirits per year (Average over 6 years). ~ The first meeting of the creditors of John Bayfield Abbs, licensed victualler of the White Hart, was held on Wednesday 8th May 1907. It was heard that being unable to make a living at the White Hart he had taken out a hawker's licence, by which time he had lost all of his capital and was in debt. His deficiency was £165 9s 10d. Mr. Abbs said his failure was due to bad trade, the death of a horse, sickness in the family and the loss, 7th March at Hingham Fair, of a purse containing £28 in sovereigns. He had previously been licensee at the CURRIERS ARMS and then the DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Norwich. When the White Hart closed in 1906, he received the sum of £51 in compensation of which the brewers Messrs. Morgans demanded £24 in rent. Another writ was then issued by them for goods. The money he lost at Hingham was the remainder of his assets and included the remaining compensation money. He swore that he had not given the money to his brother to buy a horse. He had given up hawking. ~ On 21st June 1906 Superintendent Lowe said that the house had changed licensee five times since June 1894. The magistrates had inspected the house and reported that trade was very small, with only one cask a week being sold. The licensee being a hawker, he was often away. The house was small and the least suitable of the houses in the area and did not provide such good accommodation. The licensee, Mr. Abbs said he had been at the house for about four and a-quarter years and was always at the house on market days. He claimed sales of 81 barrels and 32 gallons of spirits a year. It was said that the poorer classes required as much accommodation as those of a better class and this house was a poor man's house compared with such places as the Railway Hotel. Renewal of licence refused 21st June 1906 ~ |
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