Looking Back â news from the Groat of yesteryear By Contributor Published: 12:23, 20 December 2020
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Wick voters back prohibition
There was a decisive victory for the temperance campaign in Wick.
While the remainder of the county had voted against going dry , the town opted for the prohibition of alcohol with 1438 voting for no-licence as opposed to 851 for no-change and 29 for limitation.
In all there were 29 licensed premises in the town â six hotels, 11 licensed grocers and 12 public houses â and as from the following May all their licences would be cancelled without the right of appeal, with the hotels the only places that could possibly sell limited alcohol at the discretion of the licensing court.