Castle Hill's pub history; Mailbag.I AM finding it very hard to understand the council's decision regarding the hotel on Castle Hill. As far as I am aware, 1812 saw the erection erection /erec·tion/ (e-rek´shun) the condition of being rigid and elevated, as erectile tissue when filled with blood. e·rec·tion n. 1. of the original building which was a temperance Temperance Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) organization founded to help alcoholics (1934). [Am. Culture: EB, I: 448] amethyst provides protection against drunkenness; February birthstone. hotel (can't see many people walking up that hill with no alcohol available) and then rebuilt in 1852 with both dates preceding the tower by a great number of years. Perhaps the fact that a business flourished there for 200 years means nothing but, historically, the pub has a right to be there and should be a focal point focal point n. See focus. for locals and visitors alike. At the time the Thandi partnership acquired the building it was a 10 bedroom hotel, restaurant and bar which had been extended twice (and not too sympathetically) so perhaps a new hotel, built in stone would actually help to draw people to the area and return the hilltop to what it was. JANE LOCKWOOD Ex- licensee Castle Hill Hotel |
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