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Bopeep Hotel, West Marina, St Leonards, Sussex

Hastings and St Leonards have a long history of smuggling and the Bo Peep area of St Leonards was once a popular place to land contraband. It is often said that the famous nursery rhyme was really about smuggling: Bo Peep was the excise men, the sheep were the smugglers and their tails were the contraband, which the smugglers often threw overboard in an attempt to avoid arrest. This contraband was often washed up on the beach later and recovered. The lesser known later verses refer to Bo Peep finding her sheep without their tails and then discovering the tails hanging out to dry. ***

An earlier picture of the Bopeep Hotel is here

Bopeep Hotel, West Marina, St Leonards - in July 2010

Bopeep Hotel, West Marina, St Leonards - in July 2010

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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hastings, Sussex . The Hastings, Sussex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

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Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1918/Charles Webber/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Frank Luck/../../../Post Office Directory ****

*** Provided By Terry Huggins

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