Video: Andrew Ludlow from Nottingham CAMRA doesn’t think the pub should close
A pub in Sneinton could lose its alcohol licence after police said there had been too many violent incidents and lock-ins.
Officers say the Queen Adelaide, on Windmill Lane, has broken its terms of licence too often, according to a report submitted to Nottingham City Council.
The authority will review the pub’s licence on Tuesday after reports a man suffered a broken jaw after being attacked outside the pub in May.
In another incident, police say a man was knocked out in a brawl and left on the ground without anyone contacting them – officers say CCTV later showed one customer lying down and taking a selfie next to the victim.
However the pub has received support from customers – with 129 people signing a petition against it losing its licence.
And campaigners say whatever happens during the review the venue should continue as a pub.
Soon there won’t be any of them left
Secretary of Nottingham CAMRA Andrew Ludlow said: “My sincere hope is that it will continue to be a pub as we can’t afford to lose that many more pubs in the city of Nottingham.
“Nationally, we are still losing 29 pubs per week and you can’t sustain that.
“Sooner or later there won’t be any of them left and then people will think back and remember the good times.”
The licence holder, Marilyn Lee, will find out the pub’s fate tomorrow at 10.30am at a special licencsing panel meeting at Nottingham City Council’s Loxley House offices.
Local drinkers told Notts TV News they will be devastated if the pub loses out.
Pub goer Karl Younger said: “It would be terrible because both young and old people come here and it’s central to the community.
“I come here about three or four times a week, mainly after work because everyone comes in and has a chat; I’ve personally never known any trouble here.
“If it went, I don’t know where we would all go.”
The report says a lack of willingness for staff to call police has put “customers at significant risk of harm”.
It adds: “It is therefore appropriate and proportionate to seek a review of the licence with a view to revocation of said licence.”
