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Saturday, 22 November 2014

White Lion (2) 1950s



Folkestone Herald 29-7-1950

Local News

Mr. and Mrs. H. Samway retired on Tuesday after 21 years in the licensing trade.

They spent nine years at the Fleur de Lis, Sandgate, and have just completed 12 years, to the day, at the White Lion, Cheriton. Mrs. Samway said that she and her husband had spent only one week and five days together on holiday in 27 years. “We shall be sorry to leave our cus­tomers, as we have been very happy here, but we feel we need and nave earned a rest”.

They have received presents from customers and from clubs which hold their meetings at the hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. Samway reside in Tedders Leas Road, Etchinghill.

Folkestone Herald 23-3-1957

Local News

Three days before he was due to sail for the Far East, Pte. James William Grier, R.A.M.C., Royal Military Hospital, Shorncliffe, pleaded Guilty at Folkestone Magistrates` Court on Tuesday to stealing a tankard from the White Lion Hotel, Cheriton.

“I was foolish”, he said. “I had too much to drink, and I do not know what made me take it”.

An R.A.M.C. officer said Grier took the tankard after attend­ing a farewell party.

Chief Inspector L.A. Hadlow told the magistrates that on February 23rd Mr. William Floydd Care went to the hotel, where he was a regular customer and had his own tankard. He left at 10.20 p.m. and when the barmaid collected the dirty glasses the tankard was missing.

Giving Grier a conditional discharge on payment of 15/- costs, the Chairman (Ald. W. Hollands) told him “Don’t do such a silly thing again”.

Folkestone Herald 16-11-1957


Local News

Plans of proposed alterations at the White Lion Hotel, Cheriton, were approved by the Justices at Folkestone Licensing Sessions on Wednesday.

Folkestone Herald 31-5-1958

Local News

The licence of the White Lion Hotel, Cheriton, was transferred at Folkestone Transfer Sessions on Wednesday, from Mr. T.E. Moore to Mr. R.B. Peters, former electrician, of Rochester.

Note: No record of Moore in More Bastions.
 

 
 

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