1918

Summary

CHARLIE & PATRICK LAVERY BUY KINAHAN'S SPIRIT GROCER

One week before the end of WW1 the bank advises the brothers to buy Kinahan's, mostly for it's stock of alcohol which was in short supply following years of rationing. Around 15-20 pubs were purchased at this time to guarantee a supply of whiskey for Lavery's customers.

The Spirit Grocers was not seen as a lucrative investment given there was already a successful pub in Shaftsbury Sq. called Moses Hunter