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17th March 2012: Folkestone Express Reports for 1877 Added

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Little Raglan, The Warren 1877

A new photo showing the works during the repairs has recently surfaced. Could it be that the Little Raglan was the building centre right on this photo? My sincere thanks to the Annie and Peter Bamford Collection for allowing me to use this photograph.

After the landslip at The Warren, 1877. Two gentlemen stand outside a building at top left. Could this be the Little Raglan? Photograph kindly supplied by Alan Taylor.

Inspection of the works to clear debris after the Warren landslip in 1877.

 

Licensees:

Arthur Langton 1877
William Summers 1877
 

Folkestone Express 10-2-1877

An addition of 400 men has been made to those now working on the tunnel and slips, and it is now almost certain that the tunnel will be clear in about 28 days. So nearly have they got through that the sound of the men working on the outside is plainly heard by those clearing on the inside of the tunnel. It is proposed to make an open cutting of part of the Martello Tunnel, from the Dover end, for about 150 to 200 yards.

The men do not have to travel very far for their beer, Messrs. Langton and Co., of the Imperial Brewery, Tontine Street, having erected a shed near the works and taken out a license to sell intoxicating liquors there. Those who have charge of the beershop are very often placed in a very awkward predicament. For instance, on one occasion, just as they had “turned in” for a little rest, some of the excavators called for beer, and upon being refused, threatened to burn the “shanty” down, and actually kindled a large fire on the outside with the intention of so doing, but the inmates having become alarmed, they supplied them with beer.

Folkestone Express 3-3-1877

Local News

Extract from a report on works to clear landslip at the Warren

The shanty which was used by Messrs. Langton & Co. has at last received a name. Messrs. Langton & Co. have transferred the business to Mr. W. Summers of the Raglan Tavern, near the Station, and he has christened the shanty The Little Raglan.