| Licensees : |
JOSEPH THOMAS MORTER POWELL
( died 1926 ) |
by c1880 |
| LOUISA OCTAVIA POWELL |
04.01.1918 |
| MAURICE WILLIAM DREWERY
RAINER |
19.07.1927 |
| EDITH RAINER |
08.02.1935 |
| HARRY BURGESS |
08.03.1946 |
| CHARLES
THOMAS BANHAM |
18.08.1953 |
| RONALD
HUTCHINSON |
10.05.1955 |
| JOHN RICHARD
McBRIDE |
10.02.1956 |
| PHILIP
HORACE HAMMOND |
11.06.1957 |
WILFRED
JAMES GORDON EDWARDS
( Mr & Mrs GORDON EDWARDS 1966 ) |
05.11.1963 |
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Roger Harvey, unknown, licensee Gordon Edwards, Sonny Harvey, unknown
& Ivan Harvey.
1960's image thanks to Robin Harvey.
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c1930
Joseph Powell became licensee of the GARIBALDI TAVERN c1880.
The house was then said to be so insignificant that it was often obscured
by smoke from trains at the nearby Beach Station.
Mr Powell extended the property to allow accommodation and by 1899 it was
a boarding house with four floors.
The Victorian building initially offering accommodation to men only.
Cheap holiday accommodation was a specialty.
Apparently the male guests were known as ` The Yarmouth United Lambs ' who
had a captain to respond claims of rowdiness. By 1883 the first annual
dinner of `Joe Powell's Lambs ' was held at the Holborn Restaurant,
London, Joe Powell being the principal guest for many years.Closed for the duration of WWII according
to a letter dated 26.07.1940.
Severely damaged by enemy action.
Reopened 01.07.1946.
Bar known as PATCHES in 1980's. |
