 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
ANOTHER THREE PUBS
INTRODUCTION I have decided it is perhaps time to introduce another three licensed premises from Hull’s Old Town. As with the previous three at http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/3pubs/index.htm none of these three have survived in any form whatsoever, but their histories are quite extensive, and of considerable import to the history of the Town in more general terms. While the previous three were all on Whitefriargate, these three were all on Market Place, a wide street in its day running north-south from Lowgate to Queens Street, and one of the town’s oldest. Also, as with the earlier three, these are from my once in-depth researches to provide histories for ALL the lost licensed premises of the Old Town, a project then entitled – Last Orders Please. These three houses encompass a large amount of the history in Hull as far as time goes, reaching back to the late 14 th century right up to the 20 th century, and therefore they are as telling as any other research into the history of the town itself. In order from north to south they were the White Horse Inn, the Cross keys Inn, and the Tyger Inn. I make no apologies for the length of some newspaper passages included, there should be I think, no short cuts when presenting such items. Not only that, but of themselves they present windows into the past; the way business was conducted; and the way our language was written and printed so long ago. The story of the Cross keys takes up most of this article. This is because so much more is recorded about it than the other two. Also, because of the nature of its trade as a coaching inn at the very apogee of coach travel, the Golden Age, as some would have it, it is another aspect of the inn which has to be explored. I would here like to thank Paul Gibson for his generosity in sharing some of his vast collection of images relating to licensed premises in Hull. They are not only evocative, but show the Old Town as it really was, a rather dingy, possibly smelly place of smoke and grime with only an occasional lick of paint to brighten an otherwise dismal appearance. So then, let’s begin with an overall look at what other licensed premises were on the same street, these from my own: http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/pubs_J_m.htm MARKET PLACE
| |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Designed by Richard Hayton 2006 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
