Opened as a pub in 1830 and was behind the present building. It was a beer house and in the early days was called the Malt Shovel. The name was changed when a new Malt Shovel was built in Commercial Street. It received a full licence in 1887, the present building was opened in 1938.
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1897 – Timothy Thompson.
1905 – Mrs. Mary Thompson.
1909 – Mrs. Mary Thompson.
1913 – Mrs. Mary Thompson.
1921 – Mrs. Mary Thompson.
1925 – Mrs. Mary Thompson.
1933 – Mrs. Mary Thompson.
1937 – Jas. Paxton.
