Folkestone Herald
1-4-1983
Canterbury
Crown Court
An
attacker who threatened to kill a 62-year-old barmaid when he robbed a
Folkestone pub was jailed for two years on Friday. At Canterbury Crown Court,
William Charles Worster, of St. Michael`s Street, Folkestone, admitted robbing
Mrs. Winifred Tutt, at the Richmond Tavern, Margaret Street, on January 6.
Mr Brian Pearson, prosecuting, said Worster, who was deported from
South Africa last year, said he had a drink problem which started when he was
in the Rhodesian Army. He drank several pints of strong lager
in the pub that morning and just before closing time he saw the landlord and
his wife leave. Mrs. Tutt was left in charge and she
noticed that Worster had disappeared and left his drink half finished. She
checked he was not in the pub before locking up but found him when she went to
the upstairs toilet. “She screamed and went back to the bar
area. Worster followed her, grabbed her by the arms and told her that he wanted
the money from the till”, said Mr. Pearson. “He insisted
that she got the cash - £140 in all - and said before he left that he would kill
her if she told the police”. Worster was arrested later that day
drinking in another pub. After denying the offence, he then said “I couldn`t do
anything else. I was boozed. I have a drink problem and was short of cash”.
Defending, Mr. Peter Birts said Worster intended to sneak down when
everyone had left and empty the till. Mrs. Tutt had her arms bruised in the
assault, but Mr. Birts said “He didn`t mean to hurt the woman in any way, but
when she screamed he just got hold of her”.
Sentencing Worster, Judge John Streeter said “You cannot frighten people
into submission by the use of force just to solve your drink problem”.
After the trial Mrs. Tutt said a stiffer sentence might deter other
would-be robbers. “I don`t think some of these people get enough”, she added.
The burly attacker was not armed but, said Mrs. Tutt, he did not need to be.
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Folkestone Herald
25-1-1985
Local News
Everybody has heard of Male Chauvinist Pigs —
but Shepway has its sheep. Members of
the SAS (Silly As Sheep) club meet at the Richmond Tavern in Folkestone’s
Harvey Street and dedicate themselves to such worthwhile activities as not
wearing pinafores or carrying shopping bags and never holding an empty beer
glass. The bar club was founded when Stevie, wife of leading fireman and sheep
Denis Langford stopped him as he went out one evening with “I suppose you are
off down the pub with the rest of the sheep?” Fines are imposed for all kinds
of silly offences, including not carrying the green card of the club with the
motto “Who cares who wins?” Chauvinism is taking a holiday break in September
when the dozen members are off to Ibiza with their families. “We have got to take the wives with us because they are paying for the
holiday by working in the evenings while we are down the pub”, arch sheep
Denis told the Herald.
Folkestone Herald
17-5-1985
Local News
Ian Sell, of Black Bull Road, Folkestone, had his £100
Raleigh Marina cycle stolen from outside the Richmond Tavern on Thursday.
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Folkestone Herald
6-3-1987
Local News
Top dog fundraisers at the Richmond Tavern have done it again. Last week the Margaret Street tavern handed over another hefty
cheque to Folkestone Guide Dogs For The
Blind. The cheque for £1,000 is the amount it takes to train a guide dog from a
puppy to adulthood. The
Margaret Street pub have been raising money for the guide dogs charity for some
time and have
paid for the training of three guide dogs so far. They
already have nearly half the amount needed saved up for the next dog!
Folkestone Herald
5-2-1988
Local News
They`re a generous bunch down at the Richmond Tavern in Margaret Street,
Folkestone, - and they intend to stay that way! A bumper £2,000 cheque was
handed over to Folkestone`s Mayor, Kelland Bowden, by landlady Betty Martin,
the sum of one year`s fundraising for the pub`s adopted charity, Guide Dogs.
“We have raised £5,000 in the last 3½ years and we`re nearly half way to
our next target”, said Betty.
Much of the good work is down to regular, Vic Price, who has run
money-spinning raffles.
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Folkestone Herald
7-7-1989
Local News
Regulars at Folkestone`s Richmond Tavern in Margaret
Street have bought their ninth guide dog for the blind in five and a half
years. Landlord Derek Martin handed over a cheque for £2,000 to the charity,
raised by a sponsored walk and a weekly meat draw – joints are bought on
Saturday and raffled in the pub on Sunday. The guide dog has been named
Richmond.
Folkestone Herald
1-2-1991
Local News
Regulars at the Richmond Tavern have just helped to buy
their 14th guide dog – a record for Shepway. Landlord Derek Martin
started fundraising for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association seven years
ago and his customers have helped raise an incredible £14,000. Each guide dog
costs £2,000, but when £1,000 has been raised the Association pays the rest.
Mr. Martin said “Before we started I asked regulars which
charity they wanted to collect for and we decided we wanted something to show
for the money we raised”.
Every year the pub holds a sponsored walk at Easter,
which raises about £500, and they have raffles every Sunday lunchtime. A
gallon-sized bottle also sits on the bar for coins.
Mr. Martin said “When we hand over the money we get a
framed picture of a guide dog so that the regulars can see what they`ve
bought”. He will be giving the money raised at the Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association`s diamond jubilee concert on February 9 at the United Reformed Church
hall in Castle Hill Avenue.
Folkestone Herald
28-6-1991
Local News
Folkestone drinkers are calling themselves the cleverest
in Kent – and they have a title to prove it. Regulars at the Richmond Tavern in
Harvey Street have won the Guinness/Shepherd Neame pub quiz challenge.
Landlord Derek Martin said “It was all in good spirits –
but the lads are proud of being the cleverest in Kent”.
The five man team came first out of 137 Shepherd Neame
pubs all over the county to win the first prize. The finals were held at the
Gentyl Knight pub in Canterbury this week when the Richmond beat a team from
the Albion in Maidstone.
Derek said “They had to answer a whole load of questions
to win it but they kept their cool right to the end”.
The team were presented with a selection of Guinness and
Shepherd Neame goodies and have won a day out at Brands Hatch with free access
to the hospitality tent.
“They deserved to win, of course, but the liquid
inspiration helped them to become pure geniuses”.
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Folkestone Herald
7-9-1995
Local News
One of Folkestone`s smallest pubs is celebrating having
raised enough money to buy a guide dog – its 20th in just 12 years.
Regulars at the Richmond Tavern in Margaret Street, Folkestone, join in weekly
raffles and sponsored events to raise the cash for the Folkestone branch of
Guide Dogs for The Blind. Over the years the pub has collected £20,000 to buy
and train the dogs which help blind people become more independent.
Landlord Derek Martin said “We always have meat raffles
on Sundays and various sponsored events throughout the year. There`s also a big
bottle on the bar where people put their change. Nowadays we collect about
£1,000 a year, which is enough to pay for one guide dog. A few years ago, when
there was more money around, we used to raise enough for two or three each
year”.
The £1,000 cheque was presented to blind Folkestone man
Christo Thiardt by Miss Folkestone, 16-year-old Sam Beazley. Folkestone Mayor
Roz Everett was also there. Dave Bentley, Treasurer of the Folkestone branch,
said “We never know which dog our money buys because it all goes into a central
fund but every penny helps. We are very grateful to everyone at the Richmond
Tavern because they have raised so much money for us. It`s one of the smallest
pubs in the town, but it`s a little pub with a big heart”.
Folkestone Herald
7-5-1998
Toby Jugs
Jugs hears congratulations are in order for the landlord
of the Richmond Tavern, Folkestone. Derek Martin, of the Margaret Street pub,
has apparently raise enough money over the years to buy 20 guide dogs for blind
people. As well as his excellent work for the community, Mr. Martin is also the
second-longest-serving landlord in Folkestone. Anyone know who the first is?
Watercolour by Stuart Gresswell (ex Raglan and Guildhall)
