Loughborough Pub Licence Transfers

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been so busy on the blog, sharing the story of the Barkers the Builders, and Remembrance 2024, that I had forgotten that the first anniversary of the publication of my book ‘Loughborough Pubs’ – inspired by and dedicated to my friend Bill Wells, who was one of a few people who encouraged me in the early days of my local history journey – was mid-November 2024!

Around this time last year, I shared some relevant legislation around pubs, and the use of pubs as meeting spaces. This time, let’s have a look at a few selected licence transfers …

Half Moon to Hunters Moon 1959 / 1961

Half Moon (previously the Half Moon Inn) on Pinfold Street, closed in 1959 and the licence was transferred to the Hunter’s Moon which opened on Monday 11th September 1961, on the junction of Walnut Road and Poplar Road in Shelthorpe. It was opened as an Ind Coope house, and that brewery had just joined a group of other brewers – Ansells (Birmingham) and Tetley (Leeds) – to become Allied Breweries. Hunter’s Moon closed and was re-opened first as a Nisa then as a Spar mid-2015, but the pub name remains on the side of the building.

Bull’s Head to Bull’s Head 1927 / 1928

The Bull’s Head on High Street had originally been a coaching inn. It closed in 1927, and the licence was transferred to the new Bull’s Head in Shelthorpe in 1928. The Shelthorpe pub itself closed in X and is now a fast-food burger restaurant.

Nelson to Maxwells 1986 / 1987

The Nelson closed in 1986, and since that time has been home to various retail shops, and is currently a mobile phone shop. The licence was transferred in 1987 to Maxwells on Maxwell Drive, which was built to serve the residents of the new housing estate in that area.

Stag and Pheasant to The Beacon 1962 / 1963

As reported in the 'Loughborough Echo' of 6th December 1963, when the Stag and Pheasant on Nottingham Road closed in 1962, the licence was transferred in 1963 to The Beacon on Beacon Road, which served the growing population of that area. In recent years, The Beacon has had a major refurbishment, a side extension, and marquees erected in the grounds. However, both The Beacon and the Stag and Pheasant are listed in the 4th edition of a CAMRA listing - 'Real Ale in Leicestershire and Rutland' - which was published in November 1981 by the Leicester and Loughborough branch of CAMRA. Was the Stag and Pheasant still operating beyond 1962? Was a licence transferred from another pub to keep the S&P going for a while? Conversations with friends leads us to believe the licence really was transferred from the one to the other, and they were not open at the same time!

Nag's Head, Swan Street to the Ring O' Bells, Derby Road 1956 / 1956

Along with the Half Moon, the Nag’s Head is the only other pub mentioned here which no longer stands. It was situated where the former Wilkinsons building is now. Of course, the Wilkinsons building was only built around 2000, and replaced a Co-operative food store which had only been built around 1960, after the demolition of the Nag’s Head. The licence was transferred to the Ring O’ Bells on Derby Road when the Nag’s Head closed in 1956.

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