The Sefton Arms dated
back to the 1860s. The first record we have is when John Lewis is listed as
licensee on the Bolton Directory of 1869. The pub was situated on Brougham
Street, a short side street that linked Pen Street with Lune Street off
Halliwell Road. It was a typical street-corner local standing on the corner of
the junction with Thwaites Street.
In October 1869, landlord
John Lewis was caught selling booze beyond his permitted opening time of 11pm.
It was only 11.15 and Lewis claimed that his clock showed the time as being
nine minutes past, but the magistrates took the evidence of the policeman
concerned, Constable Woods, and fined the unfortunate Mr Lewis 10 shillings
(50p) plus costs. That's the equivalent of around £60 today. [1]
By the start of the
twentieth century The Sefton was owned by Halliwell’s brewery situated just a
few hundred yards away Mount Street. Halliwell’s were bought out by Magees in
1910 and the Sefton became a Greenall’s pub after they took over Magees in
1958.
The Sefton closed in 1971
as part of the clearances in the Halliwell area. Brougham Street, Pen Street,
Thwaites Street were all demolished and Halliwell Health Centre now stands on the
site.
[1] Bolton Evening News,
2 November 1869.
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