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Tealeaf · 01-12-2004, 16:55

One peculiar thing that stands out is the number of pubs that lost their license prior to WW1 / around 1905. Does anyone have any idea why this was the case? Was it possibly competition from the Working Mens Clubs? Or possibly were some of the pubs being built at the time the equivalent of a Witherspoons establisment, thus putting the ale houses out of business?

The list does say "lost" their license; was there a temperance movement revival at the time? Anyone know the answer? I don't.

01-12-2004, 16:55	#5
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4264	Re: Pubs in Oswaldtwistle One peculiar thing that stands out is the number of pubs that lost their license prior to WW1 / around 1905. Does anyone have any idea why this was the case? Was it possibly competition from the Working Mens Clubs? Or possibly were some of the pubs being built at the time the equivalent of a Witherspoons establisment, thus putting the ale houses out of business? The list does say "lost" their license; was there a temperance movement revival at the time? Anyone know the answer? I don't.