Portsmouth pubs history index
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Residents at this address
1901/William Fell/Beer Retailer/46/Wandsworth, London/Census
1901/Annie Fell/Wife/44/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1901/Ellen Fell/Daughter/21/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1901/Sydney Fell/Son, Clerk Commercial/14/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1901/Grace Fell/Daughter/12/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1901/Elsie Fell/Daughter/10/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1920/Mrs Harriett Stone/Beer Retailer/../../Kellys Directory
In 1921 census at 124, Church Road, Landport, Portsmouth
Elizabeth Barnes, Licenced Beerhouse, aged 45 years 2 months, and born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Own Account
Charlotte Barnes, Sister, Home Duties, aged 43 years 4 months, and born in Portsmouth, Hampshire
Alice Barnes, Sister, aged 41 years 5 months, and born in Portsmouth, Hampshire
John Douglas Barnes, Nephew, Reporter, Evening News Co Portsmnouth, aged 19 years 3 months, and born in Portsmouth, Hampshire
My great grandparents, Charles and Amelia Clifford had the licence for, and lived onsite at the King Alfred in the 1920s and early 1930s. I knew this from my dad's memory of family conversation, but I have recently found detailed evidence in newspapers of the period. Charles held the licence from 1923 or 1924 and was supplied by Brickwood & Co's Portsmouth Brewery on Admiralty Road. *
The King Alfred was described as a beer house. Charles had previously had a licence to run an off-license beer shop at 36 Harley Street in the early 1920s, supplied by Courage. Prior to that in 1911 he was a 1st class Petty Officer in the Royal Navy in 1911. *
Charles died in December 1932 after an accident. The licence passed to Amelia as 'executrix' and she tried to keep the business going. *
Just over a year later in early 1934, the King Alfred was considered 'redundant'. *
Amelia appealed against an objection to the renewal of her licence. It seems she was successful as she still held it a year later when she died in March 1935. Again, the licence passed to my grandfather, Harold Clifford, who immediately passed it on to a new licensee.
* Provided by John Clifford
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