South Kent Gazette
12-3-1980
Local News
Travellers` cheques and French and Spanish money were
stolen from a customer at the London and Paris pub at Folkestone on Saturday.
Folkestone Herald
25-10-1980
Local News
A cheque for more than £1,000, raised through a sponsored
pub-crawl, was presented to the Kent Association for the Blind on Tuesday.
At the London and Paris pub, in Harbour Street,
Folkestone, the association`s general secretary, Mr. Ted Stratten, received the
money from postman, Mr. Dave Garrod, who organised the event. Last August, 64
people took part in the 10-mile crawl from Folkestone to Hythe and back,
calling at various pubs on the way. A shield was given by the London and
Manchester Assurance Company to the London and Paris for raising the largest
sum of £186.20. Also smaller trophies were presented by Mr Peter Bailey, the company’s unit manager, to members of
the pub’s team who were Sue Garrod, Donny Thiele, Sue Reeve and Sharon Richardson.
A work basket made by the blind was given to Sue Garrod for her individual
effort of raising £129.80. The money will be used to buy talking clocks for the
blind and to help equip a club in Sandwich for blind and deaf people.
Folkestone Herald
18-4-1981
Local News
Charrington Bass pubs in Folkestone have been hit by a
drayman`s strike at the Canterbury depot. Draymen are strijing because of what
a spokesman described as an internal dispute. The strike is expected to last
until after Easter, and deliveries to three Charrington Bass pubs in Folkestone
have been affected.
Mr. Clive Simpson, of the London and Paris said “We are
all right at the moment and we will get through Easter, but I don`t know what
will happen after that”.
Mr. Michael Wildey, manager of the Bouverie Arms, said
“We are well-stocked and will survive Easter, a very busy period”.
Folkestone Herald
16-10-1981
Local News
Bookie Frank Sprenger, who was left lying in a pool of
blood after being attacked outside a Folkestone pub on Saturday, was back at
work on Tuesday. Mr. Sprenger, 55, discharged himself from the William Harvey
Hospital on Monday, after X-rays revealed that he did not have a fractured
skull as was first feared.
He was leaving the London and Paris pub in the harbour
with two friends when the apparently unprovoked attack happened. All three were
beaten to the ground in a hail of punches and kicks. The assailants, who had
followed them out of the pub just before closing time, then ran off.
Still sore and
bruised from the ordeal, Mr Sprenger told the Herald and Gazette on Wednesday
that things happened so quickly he can hardly remember anything about the
attack. He confirmed other eyewitness
reports that the assault was completely unprovoked, but believes there were
four attackers and not three as first reported. They were all aged about 20, and Mr Sprenger says he
is certain they were soldiers with Scottish accents. Despite several nasty cuts
on his head and chin, which needed 15 stitches, Mr. Sprenger discharged himself
from hospital a day early and returned to work rather than sit “moping about”
at home. His companions, 30-year-old David Martin, of the Lancastrian Hotel,
and 26-year-old John Leighead, of Church Street, Folkestone, were allowed home
after treatment for head injuries. He has seen them since the incident and both
are all right.
Mr Clive Simpson,
landlord of the pub, said “It’s a wonder he wasn’t killed. Especially the way he
was left, lying in the road in a great pool of blood”. The attackers, who he had never seen in the pub before,
were “just looking for trouble”. They started making a fuss about 10 minutes
before closing time, but there was no trouble and they were just eased out, he
said. He cannot understand why they picked on
Mr Sprenger and his friends. What happened was completely unprovoked, he said.
“Mr. Sprenger is a regular at the pub and one of the most inoffensive men I
know”, he added.
South Kent Gazette
16-6-1982
Local News
A pre-Christmas drink turned into a brawl, Folkestone
Magistrates heard on Wednesday. Two groups of drinkers at the London and Paris
pub near the town`s harbour were involved in the fight on December 18 last
year.
Gary Porter, 28, of Pilgrim Spring, Folkestone, and Roy
Lockett, 29, of Bedfordshire, were charged with assault causing actual bodily
harm to Marlene Atkins and Peter Warman. Lockett was also accused of breaking a
window. But in order to avoid a lengthy and costly court hearing, both
defendants agreed to be bound over to keep the peace. The charges of assault
and damage were dropped and both men were charged with breach of the peace.
They were bound over for one year to the sum of £50.
Miss Diane Wray, representing Lockett and Porter, said
they both denied the original charges and would have defended along that line.
Mr. Gareth Isaac, prosecuting, said the fight started
when a group of drinkers was asked to move from one table to another in order
to vacate an eating area. The second group of people, who wanted to eat, were
eventually taken to another table after one of the drinkers seemed reluctant to
move. “Words were exchanged, and things got a little out of hand”, said Mr.
Isaac. “One man pushed or fell with one of the defendants through a pane of
glass and a woman was hit”.
Miss Wray said the first group of drinkers felt annoyed
at being asked to move. They decided to drink up and go because they did not
want any trouble. “It marred the pre-Christmas drink, without a doubt”, Miss
Wray said of the fracas. She added the defendants had acted very sensibly in
agreeing to be bound over.
Presiding Magistrate, Mr
George Garnum, said the court was appreciative of Porter’s and Lockett’s
decision. “It could have been a long and dreary case”, he said.
Folkestone Herald
19-11-1982
Local News
Kent Association for the Blind received a £1,194
cash boost on Monday, thanks to a sponsored walk and pub crawl in Folkestone
and Hythe.
Dave Garrod, who annually raises large sums of
money for the Kent Blind, presented a cheque to the association’s general secretary,
Mr. Les Ellis at the London and Paris public
house. The landlady, Mrs, Ingrid Simpson, collected a shield on behalf of the
pub regulars who raised the highest single amount of £295.95. There were 38
money-raising walkers on the 10-mile, 10-pub sponsored walk and they were
joined by 24 others. Highest individual amount raised was £183.80 by Mike
Kingston.
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Folkestone Herald
17-3-1989
Local News
The drink and good cheer was flowing for the re-opening
of the London and Paris pub hotel in the Harbour, Folkestone. Brewers, Charrington,
completely re-designed the interior, creating one large bar. The pub now opens
at 8.30 a.m. for coffee and breakfast, either continental or a full cooked
meal. Both snacks and meals will be served throughout the day, with vegetarian
food available to order.
Folkestone Herald
2-6-1989
Local News
A man is wanted in
connection with an attack on a strike-breaking seaman. It happened at the London and Paris pub in the harbour on
May 1 at 4.30 p.m. He is described as white, six feet two inches tall and clean
shaven. He is
well-built with a pot belly and has black collar-length hair, curled at the
bottom. He spoke with a broad Liverpudlian accent. If you know this man, contact
Folkestone police on Folkestone 850055.
Folkestone Herald
11-9-1992
Local News
Pubs are shutting down tomorrow (Saturday) for fear of
violence after an Anti-Nazi demo. Campaigners say they will demonstrate at
Folkestone Central railway station against an expected rally there by Nazi
skinheads. And some publicans, particularly in the Harbour area, are taking no
chances with their property and staff.
The assistant manager of the Royal George in Beach
Street, who did not want to be named, said “We could be in a prime area for
trouble and we are shutting all day. It is not worth staying open, even if only
a few hundred pounds worth of damage is caused”.
Landlady Sue Welch said her pub, the London and Paris in
Harbour Street, would certainly close during the day and possibly in the
evening. She said “The place could get wrecked. We can`t risk that”. Her son,
barman Alan, 19, said “There could be real danger. This is the area where there
is most likely to be trouble because Fascists from Europe may travel here by
Seacat”.
Some pubs and bars, such as Jolson`s in Tontine Street,
are definitely staying open. A member of staff, who did not want to be named,
said “We didn`t close when the bombs and shells came down during the war. Why
should we close now for a bunch of skinhead idiots?”
Other pubs are taking advice from the police and may make
their decisions tomorrow morning.
A spokesman at the Park Inn, next to Folkestone Central
Station, said “A lot of people are frightened by this. I know of some people
who say they won`t go into work at the town centre tomorrow. But we don`t know
if we will shut because we are not certain the rally will go ahead”.
Last Saturday anti-fascist activists leafleted the town
asking people to attend the demonstration. Anti-Nazi League member Kelvin
Williams told the Herald 4,000 flyers were handed out and 500 names taken on a
petition. He said “I`ve done a few of these in my time and I have never known
such a favourable response. My guess is there will be 400 people turning up”.
Last week a spokesman for the far-right Blood and Honour
organisation, which had hoped to stage a concert in Folkestone, said nothing
was now planned.
But Mr. Williams countered this week; “Our information is
that they will be mobilising in London to come down here”.
Jon Steel, a spokesman for Kent Police, said “People
ought not to be panicking because if there is any disturbance it will be
quashed very quickly. We will have whatever resources are necessary to deal
with whatever happens”.
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