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Details of pub: Promenade Pier, Aberystwyth

Other names: Royal Pier Pavilion
Address/Location: Marine Terrace SY23 2AZ
OS Grid Ref: SN5815081809
Opened: c. 1872      
Closed: NOT KNOWN       Type: Pub
Summary: Probably in the pier

Notes: 1872
"Mr Pell deserves our thanks for the improvements which he is making on the pier. A refreshment room and a platform for the band will add to the attractions of this favourite promenade" AO 24 May 1872

1873
"An application made by Mr Jonathan Pell, for a full licence to sell in the refreshment-room on the Promenade Pier was granted" AO 29 Aug 1873

1876
"ABERYSTWYTH PIER COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE Directors are prepared to let by Tender, for Three years or less, the TOLLS of this Pier, from the 31st March instant. The Company undertake all repairs. There is a Refreshment Room at the head of the Pier licensed to a respectable tenant, a spacious covered Band Stand, three Shops, and Toll House, and the whole well lit with Gas.—Further particulars, with conditions, can be obtained of the Secretary, Mr. Thos. James, 27, Coley Hill, Reading."
AO 11 March 1876

1877
Reference to a "Miss Elizabeth Whitehead, a lady in charge of the
refreshment-room at the end of the promenade pier" in another court case. #AO 30 Jun 1877

1898
"CONSERVATIVE CLUB CONVERSAZIONE The annual entertainment in connection with the Conservative Club was held on Wednesday evening, at the Royal Pier Pavilion. Over eight hundred persons were admitted, and it is understood that a number of tickets were sold but not used, so that the proceeds will amount to a considerable sum, especially as the refreshments were given by the ladies, and the expenses of the professional entertainer were defrayed by some of the gentlemen connected with the movement. The large room was practically filled with a. delighted audience, many fair Radicals being included, having accompanied their friends. " AO 24 Feb 1898

1905
Petty Sessions: Aberystwyth; number on list: 30; name of premises: Promenade Pier; Parish / Place: Aberystwyth; Licensee: Musk, Maud Henson, ; owner or tenant : managers; registered owner : A.I. Co Ltd; free or tied: free; tied to: [blank]; type of licence: full; on or off licence: on; number of licenced days per week: 6. (1905 list)

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Postcard:

Aberystwyth Pier

Date: 1910 (approx)