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Date of photo: 1897	Picture source: Malcolm Ackland
The Spain Arms was situated at 1 The Spain. This pub closed in the early 20th century and is now used as a bed & breakfast establishment.
My grandfather's uncle, Thomas Kimber was for a few years the landlord up to 1892. It was a fairly rough pub. Thomas landlord is in the local papers for an affray against the landlord of the Bricklayers Arms. He was probably there about 6 years when the licence was transferred to George Smart, who in turn lost it to Edwin Daughtrey half a dozen years later. In 1903 Daughtrey's wife was in court for allowing drunkenness on the premises. But in 1904 a man lodging at the pub was murdered by a fellow resident, an Italian , following an argument. Daughtrey promptly lost the licence to Arthur Shepherd. The murderer ran off and was not apprehended till 1907, when the man, an Italian itinerant organ grinder was caught in Manchester and returned to face trial.
Geoff Kimber (November 2023)
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Picture source: David Fisher