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Situated on the corner of a twitten (Hopper's Passage) between West Street and George Street at number 22 West Street, the Queen Adelaide perhaps has the distinction of being the last public house in the Old Town that had an early opening time of 6AM to serve the men employed in the fishing industry.
Although the building itself is older - having been two linked buildings previously, the Queen Adelaide opened in 1830 as a beer house, taking its name from either Queen Adelaide- King William the Fourth's wife or a cutter built by Ransom and Ridley's Shipyard around the same time as the opening. A full license was granted in 1870, with permission to open from 5AM to service the fishing population following in 1872.
By 1910, Mary Smith is noted as being the licensee - this giving the Hopper's Passage address for the premises. A screening wall dividing the two bars was removed in 1936 at the request of the police to enable the whole of the premises to be observed by looking through the windows.
Following the closure of the pub in 2008, the building was converted to a single dwelling[1], an application to create two dwellings having been previously been withdrawn[2].
Images[edit]
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George Woods circa 1890
George Woods circa 1890
References & Notes
- ↑ Hastings Borough Council Planning application ref HS/FA/11/00939
- ↑ Hastings Borough Council Planning application ref HS/FA/10/00558
