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Beccles Fleece

Beccles Fleece

also traded as Wool[e]y Pig Inn

North East, 52.45463,1.56683

Closed: some time between 2001 and 2007.

last owner/operator: Free House

56-58 Blyburgate, NR34 9TQ

grid reference TM 424 900

It's shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)

old OS map

The present building is a 1930s rebuild of a much older Fleece. Though it was also used as a pub.

Planning applications in 1996 and 2001 refer to this pub as the Wool[e]y Pig Inn.

Owner/operator: JV Trading
1930s single bar town pub with much wood panelling. The current building replaced a much older inn, which stood at the rear until it was destroyed by fire.
Beer: Scott's Blues & Bloater; Whitbread Boddington's Bitter; Whitbread Flowers Original.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide

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Historical interest

Historical interest

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Landlords

Landlords

Footnote

The fleece is a common reference to the wool trade that was very important in Suffolk, particularly in 17th & 18th cent. until cheap imports from the colonies undermined the trade.

(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

(** information from Stuart Ansell)

Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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