Folkestone Herald 15-5-1971
Local News
When 1,400 continentals visit Folkestone next Thursday
the doors of local pubs will be open to them all afternoon. On Tuesday local
Magistrates decided in favour of a second application to allow 17 pubs to
remain open especially for the visitors. They had vetoed a previous
application. The second made by publicans was amended to allow for a half-hour
break at 5.30 p.m. before their premises opened for the evening session.
Mr. J. Medlicott, for the publicans, told the Magistrates
that the visitors were delegates attending a conference in Bruges. One of its
highlights was to be a visit to England. He referred to a letter received by
Folkestone Corporation from the British Tourist Authority supporting the
publicans` application. The visit – by Dutch, Swiss, Belgians and Germans – was
a special occasion, not just a shopping expedition, said Mr. Medlicott. It had
been arranged by a Bruges tourist organisation which had particularly asked
that pubs should be open in the afternoon.
Police Inspector R. Sanders made no formal objection to
the application – but doubted whether the visit was a special occasion.
The Chairman of Folkestone Chamber of Trade, Mr. Alan
Stephenson, said later “The cross-Channel visitors` committee of this Chamber
is very pleased that this has been seen as a special occasion by the Justices. When one is reminded that this
extension is no more than happens in many market towns every week of the year,
it seems a fair request, especially as Folkestone’s image abroad could be much
influenced by the original decision not to allow the pubs to open”.
The pubs which will stay
open are; Jubilee, Ship, Oddfellows, Royal George, London and Paris, True
Briton, Harbour Inn, Princess Royal, Clarendon, Brewery Tap, Earl Grey, Prince
Albert, George, Globe, East Kent Arms,
Guildhall and Shakespeare.
Folkestone Gazette
15-6-1977
Local News
Beer supplies in 70 Shepway pubs slowed to a trickle this week as many
licensees in strike-hit Whitbread houses could only offer wines and spirits to
quench heat-wave thirsts And there is no end in sight to the two-week unofficial action by draymen
at Faversham which has brought local beer deliveries to a standstill, says the
company. Landlords in Shepway have battled to keep open by buying beer from
rival brewers, or in cans from supermarkets.
Mr. David Hourahane, acting licensee at the British Lion pub in
Folkestone, said “It is appalling. Everything is on a day-to-day basis. Draught
beer ran out on Friday. We are thinking of opening at lunchtime only – and we
will be really pushed if this hot weather continues”.
Most pubs keep enough supplies for two weeks. Many will now be in a
crisis, especially following the jubilee celebrations Supplies of bottled beer
at the Globe Hotel in Folkestone can last for another two days, said landlord
Mr. Ron Letts. The pub’s draught beer has completely run dry.
Draymen at Faversham, who belong to the Transport and General Workers’
Union, want assurances that hired vehicles will carry two Whitbread employees.
Management at the company says the demand is unacceptable.
South Kent Gazette
8-2-1978
Local News
Two former barmaids
were committed to stand trial at Grown Court on Friday.
They are Julie Dianne
Willis, aged 20, of The Deerings, Lydd, and 19-year-old Vicky Anne Edwards, 19,
of Coronation Street, Blackpool, formerly of Pilgrim Springs, Folkestone, who
appeared at Folkestone magistrates court. Both
girls are alleged to have stolen from the landlord of the Globe, public house,
Mr. Ronald Letts, on five different occasions between June 25 and July 22.
The sums of money involved are; £217.13, between June 26 and July 22;
£3.46, on July 18; £16.92 on July 19; £36.46 on July 20, and £11.39 on July 21.
Bail of £100 in her
own recognisance was extended for Willis.
South Kent Gazette
5-4-1978
Local News
Angry publicans are threatening to boycott an
organisation which raises thousands of pounds for charity. Matters came to a
head at the weekend with Folkestone`s first beer festival. Jointly organised by
the charity fundraising Lions Club and local members of the Campaign for Real
Ale, the event was staged at the Leas Cliff Hall.
Now landlords are working themselves into a ferment
because, they claim, customers deserted their pubs in favour of the cask
conditioned collection. Licensee of The Globe, in The Bayle, Mr. Ron Letts,
said “As far as I`m concerned that`s the last time I`m having a Lions
collection box in my pub. The festival was bound to take trade away from pubs.
I know many landlords are angry about it. There`s no difference between
so-called real ale and the beer in here”.
Organiser Robin Mitchell, a past president of the Lions,
said “I heard there had been complaints. The chap is entitled to his opinion,
but while some publicans objected to the festival I doubt if the majority would
be particularly bothered”. Mr. Mitchell said he was “a bit disappointed” more
people hadn`t turned up. “We have set out to raise £6,000 this year for a
mini-bus”, he said. “The Little and Large concert we organised raised £1,900,
but at best I doubt if we`ll get more than a couple of hundred pounds from the
beer”.
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