Folkestone Herald
3-4-1954
Local News
Sir Harry Mackeson
has been asked to help persuade the Ministry of Transport to give a decision
about the provision for a car park in the Harbour area. (Yesterday afternoon Sir Harry visited the area with
officials of the Ministry and British Railways.)
Delay in obtaining
approval from the Ministry is delaying the completion of the scheme for the
redevelopment of the area, the Borough Engineer, Mr. E. L. Allman, told members
of Folkestone Chamber of Trade on Monday evening.
Mr. Allman said in redeveloping the area they had not only to contend
with natural difficulties but man-made difficulties. In the area they had no
less than 13 public-houses, of which six were to remain. They had agreed with the brewers
that a site adjacent to the Harbour Hotel should be made available to improve
their premises. The
existence of the railway line to the Harbour, and trunk sewers, which had to
remain, added to the difficulties of planning the area. Then there were
awkward levels. It
seemed that some type of housing was required and also a car park. The Tram
Road would be brought into Harbour Street to keep traffic away from the railway
arches, leaving a space free for pedestrians using the arches. Seagate Street and a small length
of Beach Street would be disposed of, and Dover Street would be brought round
in a bold curve into the Tram Road above the arch. The Borough Engineer said he
thought the scheme for South Street would be pleasing, reproducing as far as
possible the conditions that existed before the shops were built 300 or 400
years ago.
The Royal George public house would remain in an altered form, but there
was difficulty about the site adjoining the Ark Cafe. The Ministry seemed to
think that a cafe would do well there. During the scheme they had moved some 10,000 cubic
yards of earth, quite an achievement on a restricted site.
He said the units of accommodation being built would accommodate 120 - 130
people. The Lifeboat public house would remain but the corner from North Street into the
Durlocks would be improved by utilising a site adjoining the public house.
Mr. G. Balfour asked whether the new development would blend with the houses built
before the war.
Mr. Allman said he was afraid the present-day restriction on money made
it impossible to follow the type of building in Radnor Street, but as far as
their limited resources allowed they would select tiles and bricks to blend. Referring to Dover Street, he
said there were still some substandard houses there which should come down. In
future, when the street was widened, there would be no necessity to interfere
with the Quakers’ Meeting House, an old building which was set well back.
Folkestone Gazette
5-12-1956
Local News
The owners of the Harbour
Hotel have informed the Housing and Town Planning Committee that they hope the
extensions to the property would be well under way by next summer.
The Committee resolved
that the owners be informed that they were of the opinion that every endeavour
should be made to have the work completed by the beginning of next summer and
that in the meantime adequate measures should be taken to clear up the site
adjoining the premises.
Folkestone Gazette
2-1-1957
Local News
Fremlins Ltd., owners of the Harbour Hotel, have informed
Folkestone Corporation that it is hoped to commence building operations in
connection with the rebuilding and development of the site early in 1957.
Folkestone Herald
13-6-1959
Local News
As draymen were
delivering supplies to a public house in the harbour area two men passed by and
took a quart bottle of cider.
One of them, John
Norman Alfred McGuinness, of 43, Millfield Estate, Hawkinge, pleaded guilty at
Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to stealing the cider, worth 2/6, but
the other man, Anthony Jesse Cleaver, 101, Oakley Park Drive, Leigh-on-Sea,
Essex, did not surrender to his bail, and a warrant
was issued for his arrest.
McGuinness, who
apologised to the court, was told by the Chairman (Ald. N.O. Baker) “This was a
silly thing to have done; pay £1 for your stupidness”.
Chief Inspector L.A.
Hadlow said at 4 p.m. on June 15th the licensee of the Harbour Inn
was taking in supplies from a brewer’s lorry. The cellar flaps were open. One
drayman was in the cellar, and the other was on top handing down the supplies. He went away for a short time, and on his return a
quart bottle of cider was missing.
W.P.C. Smith and P.C. Ritchie searched the area and saw
the defendants in two boats on the boating pool. They signalled Cleaver to come
to the side and took a part empty bottle of cider from the boat. Both men had
been drinking but were not drunk. McGuinness said he did not know where the bottle had come from. Later, McGuinness made a statement to W.P.C. Smith in which
he said they went past the Harbour Inn, where there was a pile of stuff on the
pavement. He took a bottle for a lark. He had the money to pay for it. He
offered to pay for it, and the licensee was willing to accept.
“I am sorry I caused
so much trouble”, McGuinness told the magistrates.
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