The Premier Arms was another
example of a corner shop making the transition into a beerhouse. The first
mention of the pub is in the 1871 Bolton Directory. By then it had just become
licensed premises, though in the census return of that year landlord James
Richardson is described as a provision dealer. Presumably that was his main line of business. James Richardson remained at the Premier
Arms until his death in 1886.
The Premier was bought by the
Bromley Cross brewery Hamers. But it was in the tough district of Little Bolton
bounded by Folds Road, Kay Street and Turton Street – a particularly
well-pubbed area of the town.
Hamer’s closed the Premier Arms in
1920 and by 1924 it was back in use as retail premises of sorts. Instead of
being a shop it was a fish and chip shop with John Millington the proprietor. It
remained as such until its demolition in the 1960s.
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