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| Jetty`s Bar, 2002. Photo kindly supplied by Paul Skelton |
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| Jetty`s, date unknown. Image by Chris Whippett |
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| Jetty`s, 1999. Credit Martin Easdown |
Licensees
Philip Godden 1994 1999
Kenneth Beedle and Patricia Beedle 1999 2000
Kenneth Beedle, Patricia Beedle and Patricia Whittle 2000 2003
Thomas Guiver 2003 2004 Also Pipers
Thomas Guiver and William Guiver 2004 2004 +
Folkestone Herald
4-8-1994
Local News
A pub landlord has lost his fight for longer opening
hours after Magistrates decided Folkestone fishmarket is not a working market
any more.
Phil Godden, landlord of Jetty`s, asked Folkestone
Magistrates to extend his Sunday hours. He claimed “According to the law a
licensed premises in the immediate neighbourhood of a public market area can
have an exemption order to sell alcohol while the market is working”.
But Chairman Jeanette Apps refused the application
because the Magistrates considered that a market itself no longer operates.
Mr. Godden said “Sundays are no different for the
fishermen; they bring their fish in seven days a week. We get traders and
people coming to buy fish down there on a Sunday and there is a facility for
the fishermen to auction fish. They come in when the finish work, but if they
want a drink they have to go to La Parisienne or Bonkers, who won`t let them in
because of their wellies. We serve snacks all day Sunday and get fishermen and
other people all wanting drinks. Foreigners don`t understand that we are open
but can`t sell alcohol”.
Licensing Officer, Insp. Chris Keely, opposed rthe
application, arguing the working fish stalls were in The Stade, not the fish
market, and the auction facility was rarely used.
Mr. Godden referred to a Royal Decree of 1545 concerning
the fishmarket, which stated the market would “stand and abide by law and
continually lie”. He understood this to mean the site would always be a market
area.
Afterwards Mr. Godden described the decision as a shame.
“The market has been established since the reign of Henry VIII. La Parisienne
and Bonkers have got all day licences, but their market area was only formed in
1984. By saying it is no longer a market they have over-ruled Henry VIII. It`s
back to the drawing board for me, and I may appeal”.
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