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This is one of the sequence of pubs in Terrace Road. There are no illustrations of this Pub, nor does it appear on any maps.
In 1865, a police officer was ordered by his superintendent to go around the town ‘in coloured clothes’ (presumably work clothes rather than a uniform) to find out which pubs were selling drinks after hours. One Saturday night, after midnight, the officer entered the Black Bull pub, ordered a glass of ale and saw others doing the same. The landlord told him that the police could never catch them selling anything after hours, as they always let the police knock three times before they admitted them, and by that time they were able to remove the glasses.
In 1866, the landlord called the police to the pub to apprehend John Evans who was very drunk and had been fighting. The Mayor said that as this was the second time the prisoner had been brought up for this offence and they must make an example of him, hoping that would cure him. He was fined £5, or in default of payment, to be imprisoned with hard labour in Cardigan Gaol for two months.
In 1899, Thomas Davies of the Black Bull was preparing to rebuild numbers 2 and 4 Terrace Road, suggesting that this was where it was.
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