Folkestone Herald 29-5-1971
Local News
The old Railway Hotel at the corner of Shorncliffe Road and Coolinge Lane, Folkestone,
was officially re-opened with a new name - The Nailbox – on Thursday.
Inspecting the new pub sign is the licensee, Mr.
Bryan Langston. Mr.
Langston took over the licence just a year ago on Wednesday after moving to
Folkestone from Paignton, Devon, where he was a hotel owner. Mr. Langston explained the story behind the pub's
new name “Years ago carpenters working at the nearby firm of Hayward and Paramour
Limited would deliberately use up nails quickly, or even throw them away, so
that they would have to get new supplies from a nail box in an adjacent store. In fact it
was an excuse to visit the pub for a quick pint. If they were missed, their
workmates would explain, tongue in cheek, that they were at the “nail box” -
the carpenters’ name for the pub”.
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| Photo from Folkestone Herald |
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