Military Road/Hill

Sandgate

Above photo, circa 1955, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo 1963.

Above Google image, June 2017.

Above photo circa 2017.

Starting off as two cottages this opened as a public house in 1868 by Henry John Maclachlan on his 18th birthday, this was locally known as "The Hole In The Wall."

The premises eventually closed June 1963, the licensees at the time a Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fieldsend, moving on to the "Fleur de Lis."

LICENSEE LIST

MACLACHLAN Henry John 1868+

REYNOLDS Anne 1871-81 (widow age 47 in 1871)

McLACHLAN George 1892+

McLACHLAN Mrs (widow)

MILTON Horace A 1901+ (age 30 in 1901)

PRICE Henry G 1939+ (age 71 in 1939)

FIELDSEND Jack to June 1963

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