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| Balmoral Castle - 21 Rowlands Road - 1970 to 2024 | |
| Became Bar Next Door | |
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Prior to being a pub, the premises was a
baker's shop but one with a licence to sell alcohol. So, one could buy a large brown loaf and a bottle of Guinness. 'When purchased with a view to changing use to a pub, rather than apply for a licence and risk being refused, this was a ready-made site.' P. Cooper ex ex-landlord Opened in the early 70s by John Bachtiger and later managed by Alf Leaver, then Paul Callister. (Stuart Elms) Peter Cooper recalled that the Balmoral became the Pawn and Castle, Breakers, and then the Bar Next Door. It was also the Concord Bar for a while. |
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1968, Worthing
Gazette: Plans for a cider and wine bar at 21 Rowland Road, a former
baker's and confectioner's shop, came before the town planning
committee and licensing justices. |
The licensing judges approved
the transfer of the licence from Harry Parsons to Thomas McGuckin,
but adjourned for a month pending alterations to the premises. New plans needed to be submitted for toilet accommodation, in particular relation to the women's toilets. The licence dated back to the late 1800s when it was a well-known eating house. |
| 1970 | |
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An outbuilding behind the Balmoral Cider bar in Rowlands Road, described as an old bake house, fell down recently. The proprietor, Mr Thomas McGuckin, decided to tear the old wall down and extend the bar facilities, formally forbidden by fire regulations. |
Mr McGuckin was granted
approval of plans for structural alterations when he appeared before
the licensing justice, subject to fire officers approval. |
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We were lucky enough to have a drink with
Peter Cooper in December 2011 at the Selden Arms. Peter now lives abroad but was over visiting friends, one of whom was Mark, who joined us. We heard many funny and fascinating stories and recollections, but one item came as a complete surprise; it turns out the Balmoral was once known as Fagins, Does anybody remember this? we assume it was a short-lived name? |
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 The signage was painted on glass panels |
2015
while undergoing some renovation work, the front signage was
removed, revealing what we believe to be the original baker's shop
sign. Cathran Smith just happened to be walking by and took this
picture and kindly passed it on to us. Philip Wood has looked a little deeper and discovered that it was a bakery from the mid-1890s to the 1950s and remained in the hands of the Hale family during that time. "He (Hales) had a licence there, but he lost it because he was selling bootleg cider from Somerset. After he died, it changed hands, but up until the 60s there was a baker's there. - A chap called Parsons ran it at the end, and he had a licence - my wife used to go in there and have a coffee and a nip with it if she wanted." David Sumner, chairman of the Worthing Society. |
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| Bar Next Door 2011 to 2019 | |
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Time Line |
2025 Closed |
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1970 - John Bachtiger
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As far as we are aware, Bar Next Door closed sometime in December 2024 |
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