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Picture source: National Brewery Heritage Trust

The British Queen was situated at 62 Basire Street. The pub was bomb damaged in 1940 but closed on 17/10/1940 due to bad trade. Re-opened on 9/2/1943 as a lock-up but was again badly bomb damaged [possibly by the V1 noted as landing in the area] and closed for good on 3/8/1944. The whole area was later cleared and in the 1960’s was redeveloped.

Source: Tony Wilson

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