“Landlord of Modbury Inn declared ‘Temperamental’ !”
“Eli Owens, the landlord of the Modbury Inn, was summoned before the Plymouth Petty Sessions on 10th March 1916 for being drunk on licensed premises – he pleaded guilty. PC Watts said that he visited the Modbury Inn on market day and found the defendant in a drunken condition and rambling about. Mr. Spear, acting on behalf of Mr. Owens, said that the defendant had been suffering from ‘temperamentality’ for some months, and practically one drink now upset him…. Eli Owens was fined ten shillings.”
Excerpt from Modbury Through Time – a History of the Devonshire Town and its People by Helen Charlesworth.
Join us on Thursday 23rd May for the guided Modbury History walk ending at the Modbury Inn where the current landlord Craig (entirely sober!) will be serving lunch.
Meanwhile get up to speed with these three fantastic episodes showing Time Team’s visit to Modbury, where archaeologists uncover thousands of years of fascinating history.
Kingston Local History Society 