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Saturday, 12 July 2014

Jubilee Inn 1930 - 1934



Folkestone Express 18-3-1933

Local News

The Folkestone Magistrates on Tuesday granted a protection order to sell at the Jubilee Inn, Radnor Street, to Mr. R.P. Rawlings, the Estates Manager for the brewers, who stated that they would put a manager in charge until the transfer sessions, by which time they hoped to find a landlord. The holder of the licence was Mr. William George Taylor. The Magistrates` Clerk (Mr. C. Rootes) said he thought the cause of the transfer was a financial matter.

Note: This does not appear in More Bastions.
 
Folkestone Express 7-10-1933

Council Meeting Extract

The Folkestone Town Council on Wednesday approved of the Health Committee`s recommendations concerning the scheme for dealing with the whole of Radnor Street as a slum clearance, and further progress will therefore be possible in connection with the rebuilding of the area. The scheme include the compulsory purchase of four licensed houses, lodging houses, a restaurant, stores, temporary buildings for amusement, and workshops.

The Health Committee`s recommendations dealing with the matter were as follows: (extract)

Resolved: That Compulsory Purchase Orders be made for the purchase by the Council; that there shall be included in the above-mentioned Compulsory Purchase Orders the under-mentioned properties and such other properties which are surrounded by or adjoin the clearance area, including: Radnor Street, No. 59, public house (Packet Boat Inn); No. 24, public house (Jubilee Inn); No. 30, public house (Oddfellows Arms); No. 38, public house (Ship Inn)

Councillor Dallas Brett said with regard to the four public houses those were matters presenting somewhat of a difficulty. It was a difficulty which had not been got over at the present moment, because it had not been tackled, but he was informed at the Ministry in other schemes throughout the country, where public houses had existed and had to be got rid of, private arrangement with the brewers had been made, which had been more satisfactory than would have been thought possible He proposed to ask his Committee to give instructions to himself and the Town Clerk to see what arrangements could be made. Whatever they did, they had got to realise that the whole area had to be cleared, and that they included in their plans two very valuable sites for public house property, to take the place of one or two or more of the houses which were in existence in Radnor Street at the present time. It was a matter of negotiations.

Councillor Barfoot said he believed that the scheme would be materially reduced if the stores and two public houses on the Fish Market were left as they were, and if the houses which it was proposed to build on that site were built on what was now the amusement park.

The resolution confirming the adoption of the recommendations was almost unanimously carried.

Folkestone Express 14-4-1934

Local News

The Folkestone Magistrates on Wednesday granted a protection order in connection with the transfer of the licence of the Jubilee Inn, Radnor Street, from Mr. Rogers, the present holder, to Mr. Herbert Clement Chawner, his brother-in-law, who has been assisting in the management of the house for the past year. The new licensee was previously at Broadstairs.

Folkestone Herald 14-4-1934

Wednesday, April 11th: Before Mr. R.G. Wood, Mr. J.H. Blamey, Mr. W. Smith, Councillor W. Hollands, Alderman J.W. Stainer, and Engineer Rear Admiral L.J. Stephens.

The application of Mr. Harold Clement Chawner for a protection order in connection with the Jubilee Inn was granted.

Folkestone Herald 26-5-1934

Local News

The licences of the Raglan Hotel and Jubilee Inn were on Wednesday transferred to Mr. Richard Stanley and Mr. Harold Clement Chawner respectively. The licence of the Raglan was formerly held by Mrs. Jane Rosetta Twigg, and the licence of the Jubilee was transferred from Mr. Edward Charles Stanley Rogers.

Folkestone Express 6-10-1934


Council Meeting Extract

On Wednesday the Folkestone Town Council had before them the letter from the Ministry of Health in which they practically approved of the Council`s scheme for making a slum clearance area. They made suggestions, however, for a few properties to be excluded in order to lessen the cost of the scheme.

The Health Committee, in consequence, in their minutes recommended the preparation of fresh plans in order to provide for forty houses on the site, and also that the three licensed houses, which were to be dealt with under the original scheme, should be allowed to remain. The Council, without any discussion, approved of the recommendations.

The Town Clerk submitted the following letter from the Ministry of Health (extract): Ministry of Health, Whitehall, S.W. 1. 30th August, 1934. “At the same time the Council will appreciate that when the inclusion of expensive properties is proposed it is necessary to consider carefully whether the cost of their acquisition does not outweigh their benefit to the scheme, and in this connection the estimated cost of acquiring the licensed premises in the area is of particular importance. The conclusion which the Minister has reached is that the properties reference Nos. 88, 91, and 97 should be excluded”.

Note: It is unclear which three properties this refers to, as originally there were to be four licensed houses cleared. I suspect that it means the Oddfellows, Ship, and Jubilee.
 
Folkestone Express 24-11-1934

Council Meeting Extract

A general scheme for the re-housing of the Radnor Street area was definitely approved by the General Purposes Committee of the Folkestone Town Council at their meeting yesterday (Thursday).

The Borough Surveyor submitted a report and description of the proposed lay-out of the Radnor Street area.

The proposal assumes that the licensed houses will be moved to alternative and more commodious sites, and it is desirable that these premises should be moved, as only by these means can a symmetrical and generally accepted lay-out be obtained.
 

 
 

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