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    VICTUALLERS’ LICENCES

    Dec 15, 2020 3 minutes

    Rowdiness in pubs is nothing new. Nor are the attempts of the authorities to stamp it out. One of the traditional solutions to control unruly behaviour remains popular today: the licensing of publicans, who are obliged to run an ‘orderly house’ (as the phrase went) or risk losing their licence.

    ‘There were several types of licence depending on what was sold in the pub’

    Since 1552, anyone who has wanted to sell beer and other alcoholic beverages

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