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In contrast to on-licences, there was considerable growth in the number of off-licences during the 1970s. Between 1970 and 1979, after a long period of relatively stable numbers, off-licences increased by not far short of 30%. A significant enlargement.
You can see exactly how this went in the table below.It wasn’t just pubs which were tied by brewers. Many off licences were. This was a combination of pubs – where a on-premises licence usually also granted an off-premises one, too – and stand-alone shops.
The simple explanation for this, as with pretty much anything to do with brewing history, is licensing legislation. Temperance-tinged licensing authorities weren’t only in a tizzy about the number of pubs. They didn’t want an expansion of any licences. Including those for off sales.
Brewers reacted by taking control of as many off-sale locations as they could. The lack of licences given to shops is why some pubs had a dedicated out-sales entrance.
The pub closest to our ancestral home on Wilfred Avenue, the Turk’s Head, was demolished and rebuilt in the 1950s. The layout of the new pub was an archetype of the time. Two rooms, either side of the entrance, lounge to the left, public bar to the right.
But, tacked on behind the public bar bogs was a single-storey extension. Which was an off-licence. Not just a door and a counter, but a dedicated, stand-alone shop. The pub is now a Vets. The off-licence closed many years before the pub.
Some off-licences had cask beer. I can remember a couple in Leeds with hand-pulled Tetley’s Mild and Bitter. I wonder if they were tied?
It might seem odd now, but most supermarkets weren’t licensed in the 1970s. And, in those that were, the alcohol was in a separate, gated section only accessible by adults.
England and Wales Number of off licences 1970 - 1979
Date
Off Licences
1970
27,910
1971
28,166
1972
28,808
1973
29,710
1974
30,556
1975
31,644
1976
32,595
1977
33,758
1978
35,009
1979
36,182
change
29.64%
Sources:
Brewers' Almanack 1971, page 83.
2011 Statistical Handbook of the BBPA, page 74
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In contrast to on-licences, there was considerable growth in the number of off-licences during the 1970s. Between 1970 and 1979, after a long period of relatively stable numbers, off-licences increased by not far short of 30%. A significant enlargement.
You can see exactly how this went in the table below.It wasn’t just pubs which were tied by brewers. Many off licences were. This was a combination of pubs – where a on-premises licence usually also granted an off-premises one, too – and stand-alone shops.
The simple explanation for this, as with pretty much anything to do with brewing history, is licensing legislation. Temperance-tinged licensing authorities weren’t only in a tizzy about the number of pubs. They didn’t want an expansion of any licences. Including those for off sales.
Brewers reacted by taking control of as many off-sale locations as they could. The lack of licences given to shops is why some pubs had a dedicated out-sales entrance.
The pub closest to our ancestral home on Wilfred Avenue, the Turk’s Head, was demolished and rebuilt in the 1950s. The layout of the new pub was an archetype of the time. Two rooms, either side of the entrance, lounge to the left, public bar to the right.
But, tacked on behind the public bar bogs was a single-storey extension. Which was an off-licence. Not just a door and a counter, but a dedicated, stand-alone shop. The pub is now a Vets. The off-licence closed many years before the pub.
Some off-licences had cask beer. I can remember a couple in Leeds with hand-pulled Tetley’s Mild and Bitter. I wonder if they were tied?
It might seem odd now, but most supermarkets weren’t licensed in the 1970s. And, in those that were, the alcohol was in a separate, gated section only accessible by adults.
England and Wales Number of off licences 1970 - 1979
Date
Off Licences
1970
27,910
1971
28,166
1972
28,808
1973
29,710
1974
30,556
1975
31,644
1976
32,595
1977
33,758
1978
35,009
1979
36,182
change
29.64%
Sources:
Brewers' Almanack 1971, page 83.
2011 Statistical Handbook of the BBPA, page 74
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