The Golden Arrow, 1978 |
| The Golden Arrow, May 2012 |
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| The Golden Arrow, 2022 |
Licensees
Gordon Jones 1968 1986
Colin Laurent 1986 1993
Steven Smith and Jacqueline Chitty 1993 1994 Renamed Jester. Reverted to Golden Arrow c2009
Gordon Jones 1968 1986
Colin Laurent 1986 1993
Steven Smith and Jacqueline Chitty 1993 1994 Renamed Jester. Reverted to Golden Arrow c2009
Folkestone Herald 31-12-1966
Local News
A start is to be made in March on the development of a
public house and shops on the Golden Valley estate by D. and G. Mills, the
Hythe building contractors. The amenities will serve the vast housing estate
which is being built there. The public house will be let by the Martello
Housing Society, for whom it is being built.
Folkestone Herald 11-2-1967
Local News
People who are to live in the 1,000 new houses to be built in the Golden
Valley Estate area of Folkestone before the end of next year, will have their
own inn.
At Folkestone Licensing Sessions on Wednesday, an application for a
provisional licence was granted by the justices to Mackeson’s Brewery for a
public house on the estate. The public
house, it was said, would be ready for opening next January.
Folkestone Herald 13-4-1968
Local News
Folkestone police are investigating a spate of
vandalism in the Folkestone area which occurred over the weekend. On the Golden Valley estate windows at a public house which is being
built were smashed.
A senior police officer at Folkestone said this week: "Attention is
being given to the matter. Officers have been made extremely mindful of the
situation”.
Folkestone Herald 20-4-1968
Local News
The brewing of the last 70 barrels of beer at Mackeson’s brewery, at
Hythe, started on Thursday. Once the brew has been completed and the 20,160
pints of beer bottled, the brewing and bottling sections of the brewery will
be closed down - after 300 years. About 50 employees are being made
redundant by the closures. Present to watch the start of the last
brew were all the surviving head brewers who have worked with the company,
with the exception of one, who was ill. The valve to start the brew was opened
by Mr. W.C. Lasman, an assistant director of Whitbread’s and formerly the
group’s head brewer.
Immediately after the brewing there was a second ceremony - some miles
away, to mark the opening of a new public
house, the Golden Arrow at the Golden Valley Estate, Sandgate. The inn has been named after the crack British Rail boat train, and the
first pint was pulled by Mr. W.T. Webb, British Rail`s assistant marine
catering manager. First licensee of the Golden Arrow is Mr. Gordon Jones, who
will be assisted by his wife. They come from Looe, in Cornwall.
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| Photo from Folkestone Gazette |
Folkestone Gazette
24-4-1968
Local News
At a ceremony on the
Golden Valley Estate, Sandgate, a new public-house, the Golden Arrow, was
opened.
Licensee is Mr.
Gordon Jones, who will be assisted by his wife.
Folkestone Gazette
10-8-1977
Local News
Pulling pints is not
usually associated with literary talent. But
writing has opened up a new way of, life for Mrs. Carole Jones, landlady at the
Golden Arrow pub, Folkestone. The blonde
Carole was married at 17 and has two children. Travelling abroad and a busy life in the hotel trade in Wales and
Cornwall, combined with her role as mum, left Carole few hours for her own pursuits.
Now her children are grown
up, and running the pub with husband Gordon has left her more time for
creativity. The flood
burst when Welsh-born Carole took an O level course in English, and finished with
a grade A. She went
on to do a creative writing course at Shepway’s Adult Education Centre, and at
the end of the year won first prize for a short story. Encouraged by her husband, Carole tried to find a market
for her work. Finally she succeeded and is a regular contributor to Kent Life
magazine, writing articles about local golf courses.
“I`ve always been
interested in words, but never had time to do anything about it”, Carole told
me after a busy evening session at the bar. “I found the creative writing
course very stimulating, and started submitting short stories and plays to
radio, television and magazines. I’ve
got a drawer full of rejection slips to prove it”. Carole is a member of Sene Valley Golf Club, but she makes
her golfing articles interesting to non-players by including histories of
courses, and personality pieces. At the moment
she is writing a non-commissioned television play, about a misunderstanding
within a marriage. She admits she has to discipline
herself to write after the hum-drum life of the pub, in a profession when
public holidays and weekends are the busiest times. “I have to make time to write”, she said. “But in a lot of ways the pub has helped, especially with
dialogue. One hears speech from all kinds of
people, and it is easy to pick up the current speech patterns”.
What does Mr. Jones think about his wife’s
new-found talent? ‘‘I get every encouragement from him. He’s very proud. He’s always
trying to sell me”, said Carole. Writing about golf has meant Carole has had to
specialise to a certain extent, but her mind is still open to new ideas.
“I am writing anything and everything at the
moment. The only thing I don’t write is poetry. I prefer verse. Writing is
different to the life I lead in the pub. It is a form of self-expression and very satisfying”.
As for the future, she says
“I shall just keep writing for my own pleasure, and try to sell my work.
At least my rejection slips
are getting better. I
have something written on the bottom now, in the way of a formal note”.
Regulars may hear one of Carole’s plays on radio soon. “I spoke to speech
editor at BBC Radio, and he said my work showed promise, but it was not yet up
to the standard to be broadcast”, said Carole.
Folkestone Herald
24-5-1985
Local News
Kind-hearted darts players raised more than £200 to help
sick children on Sunday. Regulars at the Golden Arrow pub in Folkestone held a
12 hour marathon to get funds for the Les Evans Holiday Fund, a charity which
gives a dream holiday in Disneyland for courageous ill children.
Folkestone Herald
24-7-1987
Local News
A pool team captain who had been playing an away match in
a pub smashed its window when he was thrown out, a court heard.
Jonathon Rowlands, 22, of Roman Way, Cheriton, went to
play pool in a pub he had earlier been banned from, the prosecution said. But
when he was asked to leave he refuse, and the landlord of the Golden Arrow pub
in Folkestone had to physically eject him. Furious, Rowland threw his pool cue
through the pub`s window and caused more than £50 damage, Magistrates at
Folkestone were told.
Mr. Michael Howard, prosecuting, said Rowlands had
carried on drinking despite numerous attempts to get him to leave by the
landlady of the pub. Shortly after last orders, the landlord, Mr. Colin St.
Laurent returned home and again asked the defendant to leave, the court heard.
Mr. Howard said “Eventually Mr. St. Laurent forcibly removed the defendant. The
defendant picked up the pool cue and hurled it towards Mr. St. Laurent, who was
in the process of shutting the door”. “The cue smashed the window”, he said.
Defending solicitor, Mr. Barry Keating, said the
defendant did not dispute the charge of criminal damage, but wanted to outline
the circumstances leading up to it. He said “It seems Mr. Rowlands was barred
for the pathetic reason of holding a pint of beer over the pool table. The
reason why he had gone to the pub on the second occasion with his friends from
the pool team was to make peace with the landlord and drink with his friends who
attend the pub regularly”. Mr. Keating said his client claimed Mr. St. Laurent
had immediately grabbed him on entering the pub and pushed him out of the
doors. “This caused Rowlands to fall over a wall. Obviously he felt irked since
he had only been drinking in the pub”. This really is a storm in a tea cup. Mr.
Rowlands is simply hot-headed at times”, he added.
Rowlands, who was previously convicted of two previous
offences, including leaving a restaurant without paying, was ordered to pay £42 costs and £50.71
for the window.
Folkestone Herald
22-1-1988
Local News
An armed robber, who stormed into a pub just before
closing time, held regulars at gunpoint, threatening to kill them. The masked
man shouted at darts players in the Golden Arrow pub, Golden Valley, “I`m not
joking, I`m deadly serious”. But he panicked when he saw brave landlord Colin
St. Laurent dive for the telephone to alert police. As the raider backed off he
was followed by Colin`s wife, Sue. Immediately he turned the gun on her. Sue, a
smartly-dressed blonde, said “I expected a bullet in my back. I thought I was
going to die”. The man then ran off into the distance.
The hold-up happened just before 11 p.m. at the pub in
Enbrook Road. Only the darts players were still on the premises.
“It was absolutely petrifying. It only lasted about 30
seconds, but it seemed more like a lifetime”, said 40-year-old Colin. “At first
I wondered what all the commotion was about, then I rang for the police”, he
went on.
As the masked man walked into the public bar, he
threatened customers and ordered them to stand together at one end of the bar.
He levelled the gun at the darts players, who thought he was getting ready to
fire. Then a cartridge “shot out” to the ground. It was later found to be an
imitation gun.
It`s not the kind of thing you expect to happen in a
local pub. I`ve certainly had no trouble in here before”, Colin told the
Herald.
The pub is situated in the middle of the Golden Valley
housing estate.
A man was being questioned as the Herald went to press on
Wednesday lunchtime.
Folkestone Herald
29-1-1988
Local News
An Irishman is due to appear in court today charged with
causing an affray and carrying an imitation gun. Michael Patrick O`Hare has
spent the previous eight days in custody. He was remanded by Magistrates at
Folkestone last Thursday.
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