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174 BER STREET St. JOHN SEPULCHRE FULL LICENCE  
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTER PS 1/8/3 to 1/8/4 (1925 - 1965)
MORGANS  by 1927 
BULLARDS  1961
WATNEY MANN    
NORWICH BREWERY  
BRENT WALKER    
PUBMASTER     
Mr. & Mrs PHAM Owners from 2002
Licensees :
ROBERT VICTOR REEVE from 1935
JOHN THOMAS WATSON 09.05.1950
ARTHUR LEEDER 21.11.1950
FREDERICK CECIL PALMER 15.07.1952
HAROLD EDWARD KEMP 06.04.1955
JOHN WILLIAM GOSS 17.11.1959
RICHARD FORDER 14.03.1961
LESLIE CHARLES RACKHAM 11.02.1964
SIDNEY KENNETH RANT 24.07.1973
GEORGE ERNEST MEADE 26.11.1974
RICHARD GEORGE OLDMAN 13.06.1978
BERNARD EDWARD JOHN GRIGGS 02.09.1980
DENISE GRIGGS 18.10.1983
WENDY THORPE 23.07.1985
PETER WILLIAM CLARKE 21.07.1987
THOMAS JAMES FARRELL 04.02.1994
JIM KIDNEY 15.06.1999
JIM KIDNEY & STEPHEN LINES 14.09.2000
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LYNN & BILL LOADER September 2012
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GARY HARVEY 08.2020
Closed January 2024
HANG PHAM 01.06.2024
November 1987 - Image thanks to Barry Wilkinson
November 1987 - Thanks to Barry Wilkinson.
The KINGS ARMS to 1st June 1937

Morgans sales for 1960 were :-
146 barrels of beer
33 spirits (gallons)

Closed 2007

Operating as a takeaway restaurant from
9th May 2007....

But back to a pub by September 2012.

Advertised September 2022 as stocking only bottled or canned beers and cider, plus spirits.

  In 1961 the BYSTANDERS FILM CLUB commenced a survey of Norwich public houses.
Unfortunately, by 1968 the challenge remained unfinished and Watney Mann had taken over the local breweries....Toilet facilities (Conveniences) were rated on cleanliness and general standard.
This house was rated as follows:-		  
 
Morgans No Draught Cider
Darts Conveniences 3 (5 being the best)
  Canned Music
Fine piano and darts team, record player, Piscatorial club, the lot.
Patriotic dart board
Spider for sale (In showcase)
Lots of neo-panelling.
 

  The Norwich Pub Survey of 1986, compiled by the Norwich Society, in association with Norwich City Council, assessed the house:-  
 
Approx date of building Listed Quality Pre-war fittings surviving
External Internal
Mid and late 19C No 6 7 Yes
Exterior - plaster panel of Ber Street Gate.
One of a series planned for Morgan's Brewery.
(See Coachmakers Arms)
Panel made by Moray Smith and added 1938.
Ground floor leaded glasswork 1920's
Interior: Interesting 1920's period interior with many original fittings, including wall panelling, Draught screen of wood and glass next to door.
Fireplace of moulded brick with billet moulding and sunburst design.
Some fitted wood furniture.
Two period bars - Lounge bar and smoke room.
Good period details and fittings in both.
Large rectangular bar counter in lounge bar - modern but sympathetic to period feel of the bar.
 

 

 

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