Folkestone Express
27-4-1940
Lighting Order
Folkestone Justices - Dr. F. Wolverson and Mrs. A.
M. Saunders - made light work of a heavy list of “black-out” cases at the
Borough Police Court on Friday.
As one official (whose name we will not reveal)
said, the whole atmosphere was so genial, it was. a pleasure to pay five bob,
or even ten shillings.
Arthur E. Lacey, Black Bull Hotel, Canterbury Road,
elicited the fact that no ray of light could be seen from his room; just a
reflection from a ceiling, and the case was dismissed.
Folkestone Express
18-5-1940
Lighting Order
On Tuesday at the Folkestone Police Court, when there was a
number of summonses for lighting offences in the black-out, the Mayor (Alderman G.A. Gurr), who presided on the Bench, gave another warning with regard lo lights showing during the black-out. Alderman Gurr said “In view of the
altered circumstances regarding the war, greater stringency will have to be observed
with regard to the lighting. The public must understand that the regulations
will be strictly enforced”.
The Clerk (Mr. C Rootes): And penalties
will be heavier.
Arthur Lacey, Black Bull Hotel admitted that a bonfire was
burning in his gardens after the black-out time.
P.C. Atkins said on May 1st at 11.55 p.m. he saw a heap of garden refuse on
fire in the garden of the hotel and it was lighting up the surrounding area. He
went to the hotel and the fire was extinguished by buckets of water.
P.C. Binding said he saw the defendant on the
following morning and he told him that he would accept the responsibility for
the fire being seen. He informed him that the fire had been lighted two days
previously and that it had rained incessantly therefore he did not expect it
was burning.
Defendant said the heap was not more than two or
three feet high. It was not conceivable that the fire should be alight 36 hours
after it was first lighted and before there was a very heavy thunderstorm with
a downpour of rain, after which it appeared to have died out. He would see that
such a thing did not occur again.
The Bench ordered the defendant to pay a fine of
5/-.
Folkestone Herald
18-5-1940
Local News
When Arthur E. Lacey, of the Black Bull Hotel, Folkestone, was summoned
for a breach of the black-out restrictions on Tuesday, the light which showed
during the night was stated to come from a bonfire.
P.C. Atkins said at 11.55-p.m. on May 1st he saw a fairly
large bonfire in the garden of defendant’s hotel. He called at the hotel and
the fire was extinguished with buckets of water.
P.C. Binding said when he saw defendant the next day he said: “I will accept
responsibility for the fire”. Defendant informed him that the bonfire had been
lit two days earlier and it had rained incessantly on the day the fire was
lighted. He did not think it would have burned up again.
Defendant told the Magistrates that the bonfire was lit 36 hours before.
That it should have blazed ud
again seemed more like an act of God than negligence on his part because in the
meantime there had been a terrific downpour of rain.
The Magistrates fined defendant 5s.
Folkestone Herald
10-10-1942
Local News
The licence of the Black Bull Hotel, Folkestone, was transferred by the
Folkestone Magistrates on Tuesday from Mr. Lacey to Mr. Christopher Charles Bew
of Wickhambreaux.
Folkestone Herald
24-11-1945
Local News
A young man who damaged
an automatic machine in a public house was fined 10/- for wilful damage by
Folkestone Magistrates last Friday.
Defendant was Timothy
Falvey, who pleaded Not Guilty.
Albert J. Keen, manager
of the Black Bull Hotel. Canterbury Road, said on November 9th just
before 10 o’clock when he called “Time” Falvey was playing on an automatic
machine and he shouted out that a ball had jammed. He told
Falvey it was too late as it was closing time. Defendant then turned
round and smashed the glass of the machine.
P.C. Duke said he saw Falvey,
who stated that he asked the landlord to fix the machine as a ball had jammed.
As he refused to do so he (defendant) smashed the glass. Falvey added “I admit
I did it; he should have fixed it, then I would not have done it”.
Falvey told the court
that he did not deliberately smash the glass. He was tapping the machine and
trying to bring the ball into play when the glass broke.
The Magistrates fined
Falvey 10/- with 2/6 costs to pay for the damage.
Folkestone Herald 13-11-1948
Local News
A very enjoyable evening was spent at the Black
Bull Hotel on Thursday last week when the saloon bar played the Black Bull
darts team. Despite reinforcements by Tommy Fox and some of his friends, the
saloon bar lost 8-3. Fox
gave a brilliant display during the evening. He hit the lighted end of a
cigarette held in a colleague’s mouth, scored nominated doubles with a paper
held over the dart board, knocked coins off fingers, palms and glasses held by
onlookers, and played darts with four-inch nails.
The licensee of the Black Bull, Commander C.N.
Jones, has arranged for Fox and his colleagues of a miners’ team from Aylesham,
to play a very strong side next Friday evening. Fox will give an exhibition at
the end of this game. The
newly furnished lounge will be used for the occasion. All darts players will be
welcome.
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