So far, all the contemporary newspaper reports have come from the Folkestone Chronicle, but even by the date we`re up to at present (1869) there were other newspapers being published in the town. By this time the town was also being served with the Folkestone Observer and the Folkestone Express.
Whereas I would have liked to - in an ideal world - keep the reports running chronologically, and to have had stories from these other two papers inserted already, the permissions I need to be able to do that are not yet in place. (I have 6 years or so of the Observer already transcribed and ready to be put here, for example).
To avoid readers having to go through a lot of older postings to find the updates, as and when there are new items on the blog I`ll make an update post - the next will be over the weekend, hopefully, when 1869`s Chronicle is finally ready to be viewed. When the time comes that reports from the other papers are ready to be posted they`ll be put in the correct date order amongst the posts.
As you would expect, there will be a lot of "repeat" type postings, but the way in which things are reported in different sources will also lead to more information becoming available. It is certainly also the case that there are stories that have appeared on the Observer which are not reported in the Chronicle and vice versa. We can only assume that the same will hold true for the other papers as and when they make it here.
Memories from the pubs in and around Folkestone, with contemporary newspaper reports.
Thanks And Acknowledgements
My thanks go to Kent Libraries and Archives - Folkestone Library and also to the archive of the Folkestone Herald. For articles from the Folkestone Observer, my thanks go to the Kent Messenger Group. Southeastern Gazette articles are from UKPress Online, and Kentish Gazette articles are from the British Newspaper Archive. See links below.
Paul Skelton`s great site for research on pubs in Kent is also linked
Other sites which may be of interest are the Folkestone and District Local History Society, the Kent History Forum, Christine Warren`s fascinating site, Folkestone Then And Now, and Step Short, where I originally found the photo of the bomb-damaged former Langton`s Brewery, links also below.
Paul Skelton`s great site for research on pubs in Kent is also linked
Other sites which may be of interest are the Folkestone and District Local History Society, the Kent History Forum, Christine Warren`s fascinating site, Folkestone Then And Now, and Step Short, where I originally found the photo of the bomb-damaged former Langton`s Brewery, links also below.
Welcome
Welcome to Even More Tales From The Tap Room.
Core dates and information on licensees tenure are taken from Martin Easdown and Eamonn Rooney`s two fine books on the pubs of Folkestone, Tales From The Tap Room and More Tales From The Tap Room - unfortunately now out of print. Dates for the tenure of licensees are taken from the very limited editions called Bastions Of The Bar and More Bastions Of The Bar, which were given free to very early purchasers of the books.
Easiest navigation of the site is by clicking on the PAGE of the pub you are looking for and following the links to the different sub-pages. Using the LABELS is, I`m afraid, not at all user-friendly.
Contrast Note
Whilst the above-mentioned books and supplements represent an enormous amount of research over many years, it is almost inevitable that further research will throw up some differences to the published works. Where these have been found, I have noted them. This is not intended to detract in any way from previous research, but merely to indicate that (possible) new information is available.
Contribute
If you have any anecdotes or photographs of the pubs featured in this Blog and would like to share them, please mail me at: jancpedersen@googlemail.com.
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