Drunkard's Row.
Today's "Saturday Timewatch" returns to Castletown, Portland, Dorset. The terraced dockyard street still has several boozers. However in the late 19th and early 20th century there were 7 pubs plus hotels, almost next door to each other. Rowdy behaviour, drunkeness and fighting, mostly from sailors on shore leave, gained such a reputation that the locals coined the name Drunkard's Row, still commemorated by a modern sign.
Below is a old photo (date unknown) taken off an interpretation board in the area.
Drunkard's Row.
Today's "Saturday Timewatch" returns to Castletown, Portland, Dorset. The terraced dockyard street still has several boozers. However in the late 19th and early 20th century there were 7 pubs plus hotels, almost next door to each other. Rowdy behaviour, drunkeness and fighting, mostly from sailors on shore leave, gained such a reputation that the locals coined the name Drunkard's Row, still commemorated by a modern sign.
Below is a old photo (date unknown) taken off an interpretation board in the area.