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The Strugglers Inn, 83 Westgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Built in 1836 it is purported to have been named after victims struggling while being taken for execution to the north near Cuthberts Yard, but the pub was not in existence when executions took place there. Cobb Hall in the Castle was the setting for hangings (The "Drop") when the pub was built.
The pubs name has slightly altered over the years starting as the Struggler 1838; the Struggler Beer Shop 1857; Bold Struggler in 1863, the Struggler 1877; the Struggler Beer House 1885; before becoming the Struggler Inn in 1899. The s was added to the end of The Struggler in recent years.
Burton and Lincoln Breweries owned the pub in the 1890s before being taken over by Hewitts of Grimsby owned the pub c1900. Alterations took place in 1924 for Warwicks and Richardsons Ltd.
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The Strugglers Inn, 83 Westgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Built in 1836 it is purported to have been named after victims struggling while being taken for execution to the north near Cuthberts Yard, but the pub was not in existence when executions took place there. Cobb Hall in the Castle was the setting for hangings (The "Drop") when the pub was built.
The pubs name has slightly altered over the years starting as the Struggler 1838; the Struggler Beer Shop 1857; Bold Struggler in 1863, the Struggler 1877; the Struggler Beer House 1885; before becoming the Struggler Inn in 1899. The s was added to the end of The Struggler in recent years.
Burton and Lincoln Breweries owned the pub in the 1890s before being taken over by Hewitts of Grimsby owned the pub c1900. Alterations took place in 1924 for Warwicks and Richardsons Ltd.