Lowestoft Jubilee Stores
Lowestoft Jubilee Stores
also traded as Grenwick Gardens
52.48439,1.75622
Closed: unknown era
177 High St
grid reference TM 551 940
The pub is listed at number 174 in 1865, 173 from about 1873 to about 1892, and 177 from about 1900. It stood on the site of the current Lowestoft Tandoori; the pub was destroyed when it was hit by a 500Kg bomb on May 12th, 1943, killing 16 people including sailors attending a birthday party. That night's raid was the biggest of the war on Lowestoft, with twenty–four Focke Wulf 190 fighter bombers attacking the town.
Royal Falcon 0.02 mile
Edge of Town 0.10 mile
First & Last 0.17 mile
Old Blue Anchor 0.22 mile
Marilyn's 0.24 mile
Oak Tavern 0.25 mileHistorical interest
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1865: Benjamin Bussey ((Beer retailer, 174 High St., pub not named))
1869: Benjamin Bussey ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (174 High st))
1874: Benjamin Bussey ((Beer house, 173 High St., pub not named))
1881: George Fisk ((Beerhouse Keeper, Grenwick Gardens, Head/Married/33y/born Surlingham, Norfolk))
1881: + Eliza Fisk ((Grenwick Gardens, Wife/Married/37y/born Lowestoft))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
