Bradstone Tavern 1950s - 1980s

Bradstone Tavern 3-1-1983. Credit Alan Taylor

Folkestone Herald 21-1-1950

Notice

To: The Clerk to the Licensing Justices of the Borough of Folkestone

The Clerk to the Rating Authority of the said Borough

The Superintendent of Police Kent County Constabulary (Folkestone “J” Division)

And to All whom it may concern

I, Norman James Rhodes, now residing at the Bradstone Tavern, 8, Bradstone Road in the said Borough, beer and wine retailer, do hereby give notice that it is my intention to apply at the General Annual Licensing Meet­ing for the said Borough to be holden at The Town Hall in the said Borough on the eighth day of February 1950 for the grant to me of a Justices Licence author­ising me to apply for and hold an Excise Licence to sell by retail spirits and sweets for consumption off the premises situate at 8, Bradstone Road in the said Borough, known as the Bradstone Tavern, of which premises Emily Mary Roberts, of 50 Denmark Street in the said Borough is the owner, and Bushell, Watkins and Smith Ltd., of Westerham, in the County of Kent, are the lessees and of whom I rent them.

Given under my hand this Thirteenth day of January, 1950.

N.J. Rhodes.

Folkestone Herald 14-2-1959

The off licence at 8, Bradstone Avenue, Folkestone, was transferred to Mrs. Edith Mary Rhodes. Mr. S.J. Moss, applying for the transfer, said unfortunately his client`s husband, who was the licence holder, died suddenly on January 8^th, but she was continuing the business.

Folkestone Herald 17-12-1981

Local News

Thieves smashed the win­dow of an off licence in Bradstone Road, Folkestone, on Sunday night and stole two large cans of beer worth £5.62.

South Kent Gazette 6-10-1982

Local News

A sixteen-year-old shop assistant was held at knifepoint by youths who raided a Folkestone off-licence on Friday night. Two thugs, aged about 16 and 17, burst into Rhodes Stores, the off-licence and grocers in Bradstone Road, produced a knife and demanded cash from the till. The girl, Michelle Jeffrey, the only person in the store at the time, opened the till and gave the youths cash amounting to £180. Moments before, the owner Mr. Francis Rickard had gone upstairs to make a cup of tea. The youths entered the shop and it is believed a third waited outside and kept watch.

Police have appealed for witnes­ses or anyone who was in the area between 6.45 and 7 p.m. on Friday to contact Folkestone CID, telephone 54611. A police spokesman said “We are treating this as a serious incident particularly in view of the fact that a weapon was used in the course of the robbery”. Michelle was shaken but unhar­med by the incident. The police are looking for three youths, aged about 16 or 17.

One youth who entered the shop is described as five feet ten inches tall with short mousy-coloured hair, wearing grey corduroys, a black donkey jacket and dirty white plimsolls. The other is younger-looking, slightly shorter, with short dark hair, wearing blue jeans and a camouflage jacket. The youth who waited outside is of similar description.