Looking Back – news from the Groat of yesteryear
Looking Back â news from the Groat of yesteryear By Contributor Published: 12:23, 20 December 2020 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Wick voters back prohibition There was a decisive victory for the temperance campaign in Wick. While the remainder of the county had voted against going "dry", the town opted for the prohibition of alcohol with 1438 voting for no-licence as opposed to 851 for no-change and 29 for limitation. In all there were 29 licensed premises in the town â six hotels, 11 licensed g...
Source: johnogroat-journal.co.uk