Seemed to have come about after the 1930 Beer Act. Jan 1833 Edward Glover charged by Moses Pegg with his sidekick Joseph (Barky Jack) Arms . Pegg had been doing his rounds on the new beer shops informing on licensing laws being broken. This time he bit off more than he bargain for as he was threatened and chased off by customers, it didn’t deter Pegg as he deposed a charge on Ed Glover, Pegg came away disappointed as the magistrates dismissed the case. So Pegg and Arms departed empty handed. (any fine Pegg was paid his expenses out of the fine) In the same week Joseph Arms whilst in the employ of Moses Pegg was convicted of embezzling 30lbs of wool from Wood & Greys work business.
A couple of doors away from the Pointsman stood the Belvoir Castle. Little is known of the pub other than it had its own brewery but it had an earlier pedigree than the Pointsman as it is recorded in a 1835 directory, and again in Whites’ 1846 directory with Edward Glover still as licensee.
The next mention known is of Richard Day transferring the licence to Thomas Moore in September 1856. Thomas’s wife, Sarah, was to die at the Belvoir Castle a year later in December 1857, aged fifty-eight.
1871 Joe Goode to John Gardner
It did get in the news in September 1887 when an inquest was held here after the death of Francis Brewin, aged fifty-nine. Brewin’s friend, William De Board, found Brewin lying outside in the causeway, insensible with drink. William fetched a truck and carried Brewin to his lodgings where he found that Brewin was dead. De Board confirmed he had seen Brewin worse for drink earlier, although his landlady suggested Brewin was teetotal.
Obviously not.
In October 1891, the F& F with brewing plant was put up for auction as the building was to suffer the same fate as the Pointsman and be demolished by the railway company. The 1883 map above shows the close proximity to the railway.
