| Licensees : |
JAMES WEGG
worsted weaver |
1760 - 1777 |
| JOHN MINNER |
1802 - 1811 |
| ROBERT KIRK |
1822 |
| JOHN PUMMELL |
1830 |
JOHN THWAITES
age 42 in 1851
(age 1861 given as 50 and profession as publican & maltster
2 doors away from Rainbow - He died 1882) |
1836 - *
1861 |
| WILLIAM
GREEN |
1862 - 1864 |
| Fine of 1s and 11s costs on Friday 7th November 1862 for having house
open for sale of beer, on the previous Sunday, at illegal hours. |
| Old licence set aside owing
to previously being fined for offences against the tenor of licence -
Renewal considered Tuesday 25th August 1863. |
JOHN WILDE
age 61 in 1871 |
by 1864 |
Convicted
19.05.1877 of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine £1 plus 17/6d costs or 14 days detention. |
| WILLIAM SLOPER |
04.10.1878 |
ALFRED BAILEY
age 50 in 1881 |
10.10.1879 |
SAMUEL JOHNSON
died Q1 1901 - age 63
(Mrs Emma Johnson given in 1890 directory) |
27.03.1886 |
Convicted
24.10.1888 of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine 10/- plus costs. |
Convicted
09.03.1899 of keeping open out of hours.
Fine £2 plus 7/- costs or 14 days detention. |
WILLIAM JOHN CROWE
age 49 in 1901
(died Q3 1906 - age 63) |
10.10.1899 |
| WILLIAM GEORGE BALDRY |
27.11.1907 |
| ALBERT JONATHAN CORK |
01.12.1908 |
ALBERT EDWARD HORNER
age 35 in 1911 |
07.02.1910 |
| ROBERT ARTHUR HORNE |
07.05.1912 |
| WILLIAM RICHES |
25.11.1913 |
| ARTHUR CHARLES STEWARD |
05.04.1923 |
| JOHN SUMMERS |
10.03.1931 |
| GEORGE JAMES JENKINS |
05.04.1952 |
| EDMUND WALTER DURRANT |
17.11.1953 |
| SIDNEY ARTHUR BOLINGBROKE |
04.10.1955 |
STANLEY ARTHUR BROWN
(Went to Beehive - Sprowston) |
31.11.1957 |
| PERCY SHEPHEARD |
17.11.1959 |
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For Sale by Auction Saturday 30th August 1777.
In occupation of James Wegg.
A large metal ring was attached internally at one corner, this was said to be for
restraint of a performing bear in the late 1800's.
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The Eastern Daily
Press of Monday May 21 1877 reported :-
John Wilde, landlord of the Rainbow public-house, King-street, was
charged with allowing intoxicating liquors to be consumed on his
premises at twenty-five minutes past eleven on Monday night. The
Town Clerk supported the information. Police-constable Goldsmith on
visiting the house at the time in question found three men drinking,
who said they were lodgers, in which they were corroborated by the
landlord. To-day the defendant admitted this was false, and said he
was very sorry. The Bench told him he had made the case worse by
telling a falsehood, and fined him £1 and 17s 6d costs. The license
would have been endorsed had not the house received a good
character.
Horace Aldgate,
shoemaker, Mill-street, Lakenham, and George Snelling, labourer, Ber-street,
for being at the Rainbow at the above unlawful time, were each fined
10s and 12s costs.
Thanks
to Maureen Rust for the transcription. |
Although licensed as a beerhouse, wines and spirits are reported to have been on sale
after 1920. It is further reported that the house was fined several times for breaking the
terms of the licence.
Hours of opening in the 1940's were:-
6:00pm to 10:30pm Monday to Saturday
12:00pm to 2:00pm and 7:00pm to 10:00pm Sundays.
Bullards confirmed to the Magistrates by letter dated 12th
October 1959 that the house had
closed 30th September 1959
Harvey Gooch, nephew of Stanley Brown, advises September 2014, that
following closure, the beer pumps were removed from the bar and reinstalled
at the Beehive.
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