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PRN | 8818 | ||||
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Site or location name | Blue Bell Inn | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Public houses and breweries in the Carlisle, Gretna and Annan area were taken over by the State in 1916 to control drunkenness among construction and production workers at the new armament factories at Gretna, Eastriggs and Longtown. Four of the five breweries were closed with pubs closed or remodelled as restaurants to discourage stand-up drinking. The State Management Scheme ran the Carlisle pubs until the 1970s. The pub-restaurant format and new pub designs by Harry Redfern in the post-war period influenced the large inter-war road houses and estate pubs. The Scottish pubs were managed under their own district and like the Carlisle pubs were privatised in the 1970s. Controversially the restrictive licensing conditions prevented other hotels outside the scheme from being granted full drinks licenses and could only serve alcohol with meals. | ||||
Monument Type | HISTORICAL SITE;REQUISITIONED BUILDING;HISTORICAL SITE | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | |||||
Location |
Country | SCOTLAND | ||||
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County | Annan | ||||
Site Location | North side of High Street beside River Annan. | ||||
Postcode | DG12 6AG | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: NY1914666561 (319146, 566561) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (19-11-2016) | ||||
Related Sites | |||||
Queens Head Springfield, Ecclefechan Hotel, Commercial Inn | |||||
Source | |||||
Historic England (2016) The 'Carlisle Experiment' - government takes control of public houses. Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/research/current/discover-and-understand/military/the-first-world-war/first-world-war-home-front/what-we-already-know/land/state-control-of-pubs/ | |||||
UK Parliament (1970) Gretna State Management District. Hansard. London. 800 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1970/apr/29/gretna-state-management-district | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (07-08-2014) | ||||
Copiled On | 19-11-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 19-11-2016 |
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Blue Bell (High Street, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway), west elevation. Public houses and breweries in the Carlisle, Gretna and Annan area were taken over by the State in 1916 to control drunkenness. (File name: 8818_924.jpg) |
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