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Echoes from the Past
Article 50 of 111
This article first appeared in the "Echoes from the Past" column of the The Low Down to Hull and Back News.
Reprinted with permission. Search complete list of Low Down Articles.
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No Bars Open Sat. Night in W. Hull
"Meet you at Dean's bar at 4 o'clock Monday morning".
The above could have been the outcome of a bylaw enacted at a General Session of the West Hull Council on April 3, 1876 - and one had better keep a "clean mouth".
It is hereby enacted and ordained that the bars of all inns, taverns and other places of public entertainment in this Municipality be closed from seven o'clock on Saturday until the following Monday at four o'clock in the morning. It is hereby ordered not to use any profane oaths and blasphemous and obscene language on roads, squares or in their vicinity. Any person not complying with the provision of this bylaw shall upon conviction thereof incur a fine or not less than three nor more than ten dollars and costs or imprisonment of from five to fifteen days."