Portsmouth pubs remembered in pictures | Nostalgia
Published 24th Nov 2020, 16:59 BST
The Kingston Tavern in Kingston Road, Portsmouth, was known as 'the hanging pub'.
It's an old story from the days of wooden ships and concerned a sailor, who after a long time at sea was returning to his family with the much-needed money he had saved.
But, after leaving his ship, he visited a pub in Portsmouth, got drunk and was robbed.
When he sobered up he was too ashamed to go home so he booked in to the Kingston Tavern for the night – where he was found the next morning hanging from a large hook in the ceiling.
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