Unity Inn 1900s

Folkestone Express 11-8-1900

Hythe Petty Sessions

Thursday, August 9^th: Before Capt. Mansell and W. Wightwick and A.S. Jones Esqs.

William Hobday, a carter in the employ of Messrs. Mackeson and Co., brewers, Hythe, was summoned for unlawfully obstructing Risborough Lane. He pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Haines appeared for defendant.

Sergt. Amos Stone deposed that about 10.10 a.m. he was in Risborough Lane, and saw defendant`s cart with many barrels opposite the Unity public house. He kept observations for thirty minutes, and during that time defendant was down in the cellar and did not go to his cart once. All carts and traffic had to go on the wrong side of the road. The cart caused an obstruction. The road was only about 14 feet wide where the obstruction was caused.

A fine of 5s. and 9s. costs was inflicted.

Folkestone Programme 12-11-1900

Notes

The Unity Inn in Risborough Lane some time ago became War Department property, and the authorities at Shorncliffe Camp have now allowed the licence to lapse. General Hallam Parr has conceived the idea that it would be a splendid thing to convert the old inn into a coffee palace. The structural alterations will cost several hundreds of pounds, and the Commandant has appealed for monetary assistance in this work, which is really a work of Temperance.

The coffee palace would be used by soldiers, and mechanics who are employed on the Camp, and it is proposed that dinners would be provided, while there would also be reading rooms and rooms for recreation. The idea is a capital one, and should receive the heartiest support from all who desire to promote the cause of Temperance.

 

Folkestone Herald 8-2-1902

Felix (extract)

After partaking of lunch with the Colonel and officers of the Royal Artillery mess, the Commander-in-Chief looked over at the Unity Temperance Inn, lately acquired by the Army Temperance Society.