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glaciermint
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I can't see reference on the site to the Licensed Victuallers Asylum so thought it was worth mentioning, it may be of particular interest to any members who have been in the Licensed Trade.
At the anniversary dinner of the Licensed Victuallers Society in 1845 it was proposed that an asylum be founded. The dinner was presided over by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Phillips, and it was agreed that an asylum be founded for decayed members of the trade and their widows. Mr Phillips started the fund with a £50 donation, subsequently increased to £100, and other members subscribed a further £600 at the dinner towards the project.
Land was purchased on Bristol Road at a cost of £1,118 3s, Mr D R Hill designed the building in Elizabethan style, and the first stone was laid by Mr Phillips on 30 August 1848. It was opened shortly afterwards in 1849 to accomodate ten families. A widow or widower was granted 7 shillings a week and a married couple 10 shillings, in addition to which all medical attention was provided.
Claims for admission greatly exceeded the accomodation available so payments were extended to include 'outdoor allowances' for those who could reside with relatives.
I don't know if the greatest risk to ex publicans was poverty or ill health but clearly it was a problem, though apparently demand for help fell towards the end of the century. Perhaps somebody can take the thread forward and pinpoint the exact site and advise when both the building and the institution disappeared.
Bob
At the anniversary dinner of the Licensed Victuallers Society in 1845 it was proposed that an asylum be founded. The dinner was presided over by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Phillips, and it was agreed that an asylum be founded for decayed members of the trade and their widows. Mr Phillips started the fund with a £50 donation, subsequently increased to £100, and other members subscribed a further £600 at the dinner towards the project.
Land was purchased on Bristol Road at a cost of £1,118 3s, Mr D R Hill designed the building in Elizabethan style, and the first stone was laid by Mr Phillips on 30 August 1848. It was opened shortly afterwards in 1849 to accomodate ten families. A widow or widower was granted 7 shillings a week and a married couple 10 shillings, in addition to which all medical attention was provided.
Claims for admission greatly exceeded the accomodation available so payments were extended to include 'outdoor allowances' for those who could reside with relatives.
I don't know if the greatest risk to ex publicans was poverty or ill health but clearly it was a problem, though apparently demand for help fell towards the end of the century. Perhaps somebody can take the thread forward and pinpoint the exact site and advise when both the building and the institution disappeared.
Bob