| Licensees : |
THOMAS MUSK
age 38 in 1851
(to 1888 according to White) |
*1846 - *1883 |
CHARLES ARTHUR TOOMBS
& hairdresser |
*1885 - 1896 |
Mrs JEANETTE TOOMBS
(Confectioner & Tobacconist at market Place in 1904) |
1900 |
EDWARD POPE
& hairdresser |
1904 |
WILLIAM WILSON
& Tobacconist
(At Well Street in 1912) |
*1908 |
| WALTER WILLIAM BEARDS |
1912 |
| Mrs DAISY BEARDS |
1916 |
| FREDERICK CHARLES MORTLOCK |
by 1921 |
| GEORGE THOMAS PALMER |
16.11.1922 |
| JOHN BARNABY |
05.02.1924 |
DOUGLAS ARTHUR OLIVER BAKER
(Brewery representative) |
07.11.1929 |
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As at Magdalen Street 1851.
Little Magdalen Street 1854, 1861, 1868 & 1871
Castle Street 1881 & 1891.
For Sale by Auction Thursday, 30th April 1885 upon the instructions of
the Proprietor. Including Two Cottages adjoining, the whole having a
frontage to Castle Street of about 45 feet.
"Offers to an enterprising man a chance seldom to be met with".
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At the Petty Sessions held in Thetford, Monday 5th September 1887, Mr. Toombs
applied for a full licence.
It was heard that he had been running the
HOOPS for two years as a beerhouse and had been asked
many times to provide spirits and wine. A rent of £25 was paid yearly.
Messrs. Bullards said that hundreds of pounds had been invested in
improving the premises and that no complaint had ever been made against
the house.
The GREEN
DRAGON was the nearest public house, 95 yards away, there
was no other fully licensed house within a quarter of a mile along
Castle Street.
More than 100 respectable inhabitants of the town had signed a memorial
in favour of the application.
<Another report of events claimed
nearly a hundred persons had signed the memorial>
Mr. Bidwell, who ran 21 fully licensed houses in Thetford, opposed the
application since it would disturb the monopoly.
Mr. Toombs said that he carried on the business of a hairdresser as well
the beerhouse.
His hairdressing shop was apart from the beerhouse. The beerhouse was
assessed at £15 10s and the shop at £4.
The representative of Mr. Bidwell said that there were no stables
or coach-house and no accommodation for the travelling public. There
were 5 fully licensed houses within 300 yards,
If anything, there were already too many public houses, the
BELL recently being
for sale by auction, but was not sold, until Mr. Bidwell bought it.
Messrs. Bullards could have purchased the
BELL, but instead
choose to purchase dilapidated cottages and convert them into the
HOOPS. This was an attempt
by Bullards to gain a foothold in Thetford.
The Bench refused the application for the reason that there was already
ample accommodation in the town for those seeking wine and spirits.
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The Norfolk Chronicle of 7th September 1889 reported that Bullards had been in occupation
of the house for some 4 years and made application for a spirit licence. The application
was refused by the Magistrates.
The occupant at the time was C. A. Toombs.
Referred for Compensation 24.12.1930
House closed before 5th July 1931 |
