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Picture source: David Gray

The Marine Hotel was situated at Freiston Shore. This Soames Brewery pub was sold to Steward & Patteson in 1949. It closed 2nd December 1959. Originally known as The Anchor until renamed in 1856.

Source: Adam Cartwright

I have a memory, a rather eerie one, of trying in vain to get a drink at the Marine Arms, Freiston Shore, on a May day in 1958, shortly before it closed for good. I wondered at the time why it seemed to have a large entrance all, with numerous closed doors leading off, but I realise that this must at one time have been the reception area for the hotel. Anyway, not a soul was about. I opened one of the doors - again, not a soul in sight, though my memory is of a fire burning rather badly in the grate. To all intents and purposes, the whole place was deserted, though it still had all the outward appearance of being open for business. Had it been a dark day in winter, it would have been more scary, but since the sun was shining brightly, I abandoned the search for a drink with light heart.

David Kirby (December 2020)

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