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Folkestone Herald 17-3-1973
Local News
News that the Gun Tavern, Cheriton Road, is scheduled for
demolition under Folkestone`s town centre redevelopment scheme has come as a
bombshell to landlord Mr. John Rogers. Before he moved into the pub in July,
1971, Mr. Rogers went to the Civic Centre to find out whether the 128-year-old
inn would be affected by the development. He said “I was told that the houses
in Gloucester Place would be coming down in about five years, but that the Gun
would remain. The brewery, Whitbread Fremlins Ltd., was obviously of the same
opinion. We have had the premises decorated and altered at a cost of about
£2,500. This money would never have been spent had anyone realised that the pub
had a limited lifespan”. Mr. Rogers said that Whitbread Fremlin had indicated
that the council`s decision would be opposed.
The brewery will be supported by customers at the Gun who
have already organised a petition to save the pub. One customer told the Herald
“This is ridiculous. Folkestone has already lost the Foresters Arms and the
Shakespeare to this development scheme”.
A Folkestone Corporation spokesman said on Thursday that
he had every sympathy with Mr. Rogers. “Until about three months ago the Gun
was not part of the town centre redevelopment”, he said. “It is included now
only to enable a much more viable unit to be built on the Jenner`s site”.
Folkestone Gazette
24-7-1974
Local News
After 125 years of helping to quench thirsts in
Folkestone, one of the town`s oldest pubs –the Gun Tavern at the junction of
Cheriton Road and Gloucester Place – closed last week. The premises will be demolished
in a redevelopment scheme. Shops and a multi-storey car park are planned for
the site. Last orders came on Tuesday. And on Friday the
pub’s last barrel of beer was rolled out. Now - like the gun it was named
after, which was once embedded in the roadside at the junction of Cheriton Road
and Guildhall Street - the pub is to become another part of the town`s history
to disappear.
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Folkestone Gazette
31-3-1976
Local News
The old Gun Tavern building in Bouverie Road East, Folkestone, may be
opened again ... as temporary headquarters for a sea safety school. The Tavern was closed after it was bought by the local council as part
of the town centre redevelopment plan. But last week Shepway's development committee heard that the building
was not needed for demolition in the immediate future and the Triton Sea School
at Folkestone had asked if it could use it. Members agreed that, as the school's interest was mainly sea safety for
the young, it should be recommended that the building be offered at an
exclusive rental of £100 per year. They also want the matter to be referred to the council's amenities committee
to see if any financial aid can be given to the school.
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