Folkestone Herald
28-8-1954
Local News
A former well-known Folkestone personality, Mr.
Claude Garland, licensee of the Gamecock Inn, West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks,
died on Sunday. Mr. Garland, who was 79, took over the Gamecock Inn in January 1942. For
many years he was a committee member and Treasurer of Folkestone and District
Licensed Victuallers’ Association. Mr. Garland became manager of the Clarendon Hotel. Folkestone, in 1914,
and subsequently was the licensee of the London and Paris Hotel, Folkestone,
from 1932 until he retired in 1940. After a period of retirement at Hawkhurst, he resumed his active life and
became licensee of the Gamecock. In his younger days he was employed in the same trade at Victoria and Bromley. While at Folkestone he was one of the founders of
the Brotherhood of Cheerful Sparrows and of the Ellanpee Golf Club. Mr. Garland
leaves two sons and one daughter.
The funeral took place at Charing Crematorium on Thursday.
E-mail and photos:
I recently received an e-mail from the son of Colin Lerwill, licensee of the Clarendon from 1953-63. He has very kindly sent some photos, which are shared here.
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| Clarendon Hotel, date unknown, but probably 1950s. Photo kindly supplied by Bryn Lerwill |
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| Clarendon Hotel, date unknown, but probably 1950s. Photo kindly supplied by Bryn Lerwill |
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| Clarendon Hotel, date unknown, but probably 1950s. Photo kindly supplied by Bryn Lerwill |
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| Clarendon Hotel, date unknown, but probably 1950s. Photo kindly supplied by Bryn Lerwill |
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| Clarendon Hotel, January, 1959. Photo kindly supplied by Bryn Lerwill |
