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One of the principal effects of the 1869 Licensing Act was a steady erosion of the number of pub licenses. Which it seems had been one of the Act's intentions.
Clubs, on the other hand, were regulated differently. And that difference could be seen in the growth of the number of clubs. In the quarter century between 1905 and 1930 their number doubled. With the majority of that growth coming in the last decade. I suspect that WW I slowed down the growth between 1914 and 1920.
Over the same period the number of pubs fell by 25%. Meaning that the percentage of clubs in the total number of on-licences rose from 6% to 15%. This, along with the fact that in many districts clubs had their own brewery, must have had an impact on brewers.
Though, as we'll see later, clubs became important outlets for some big brewers.
The rise of clubs 1905 - 1930
Date
Full
Beer / wine
Total Pubs
Registered clubs
total
% clubs
1905
99,478
6,589
106,067
6.21%
1910
64,129
28,355
92,484
7,536
100,020
7.53%
1914
62,104
25,556
87,660
8,738
96,398
9.06%
1915
8,902
1920
60,021
23,411
83,432
8,994
92,426
9.73%
1923
58,887
22,100
80,987
11,471
92,458
12.41%
1924
58,610
21,810
80,420
11,780
92,200
12.78%
1925
58,336
21,524
79,860
12,138
91,998
13.19%
1926
58,103
21,227
79,330
12,481
91,811
13.59%
1927
57,896
20,907
78,803
12,775
91,578
13.95%
1928
57,896
21,524
79,420
12,755
92,175
13.84%
1929
57,465
20,356
77,821
13,526
91,347
14.81%
1930
57,525
20,080
77,605
13,947
91,552
15.23%
Sources:
1924 – 1972: The Brewers' Society Statistical handbook 1973”, page 50.
"Brewers' Almanack 1971", page 83.
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One of the principal effects of the 1869 Licensing Act was a steady erosion of the number of pub licenses. Which it seems had been one of the Act's intentions.
Clubs, on the other hand, were regulated differently. And that difference could be seen in the growth of the number of clubs. In the quarter century between 1905 and 1930 their number doubled. With the majority of that growth coming in the last decade. I suspect that WW I slowed down the growth between 1914 and 1920.
Over the same period the number of pubs fell by 25%. Meaning that the percentage of clubs in the total number of on-licences rose from 6% to 15%. This, along with the fact that in many districts clubs had their own brewery, must have had an impact on brewers.
Though, as we'll see later, clubs became important outlets for some big brewers.
The rise of clubs 1905 - 1930
Date
Full
Beer / wine
Total Pubs
Registered clubs
total
% clubs
1905
99,478
6,589
106,067
6.21%
1910
64,129
28,355
92,484
7,536
100,020
7.53%
1914
62,104
25,556
87,660
8,738
96,398
9.06%
1915
8,902
1920
60,021
23,411
83,432
8,994
92,426
9.73%
1923
58,887
22,100
80,987
11,471
92,458
12.41%
1924
58,610
21,810
80,420
11,780
92,200
12.78%
1925
58,336
21,524
79,860
12,138
91,998
13.19%
1926
58,103
21,227
79,330
12,481
91,811
13.59%
1927
57,896
20,907
78,803
12,775
91,578
13.95%
1928
57,896
21,524
79,420
12,755
92,175
13.84%
1929
57,465
20,356
77,821
13,526
91,347
14.81%
1930
57,525
20,080
77,605
13,947
91,552
15.23%
Sources:
1924 – 1972: The Brewers' Society Statistical handbook 1973”, page 50.
"Brewers' Almanack 1971", page 83.
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