Hi Ian Many thanks for this. I'd thought that it was probable that The Pilgrim had a different license prior to 1904. I've been corresponding with a chap at the Pub History Society who says that the license The Pilgrim was granted in 1904 was probably a 7-day spirit license, and it was this that was transferred to the Waverley in 1911. best wishes Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ian Wallace Sent: 11 September 2012 10:39 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] Spirit Licenses I am not sure if this is relevant, but remember that there are different types of licence for different beverages and opening hours. In Wales in the 1960s there were still premises with no spirit licence, so they could sell beer, wines and cider but not spirits. A bit before my time there had also been cider houses which could sell cider but not beer. Until recently there was supposed to still be a cider house in Bridgewater. According to what I was told in the 1960s there would be an annual routine for cider houses to apply for beer licences, these applications would be just as routinely refused. In those days a licence was granted in response to a local need and licensing magistrates were easily convinced there was no need to extend licenses, especially if the landlord of the pub with a full license half a mile away opposed the extension on the grounds that his pub already sold beer! So a transfer of a licence to sell spirits to another premises did not mean that the transferring premises ceased to sell beer, wines and cider. Ian. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message