howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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never spotted this before this morning, could be a case of me walking around with my eyes closed.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Sadly that pub has been struggling for years. I was at the re-launch and I have several pictures from said event somewhere in the archives, but said re-launch was quite a while ago now that even the pictures dont matter now....but they had such plans even offering food and so on. There was much optimism in the air. Im trying to remember now, but they even added historical memorabilia upstairs if Im remembering rightly. But nothing works for pubs any more.
Could also be a factor not having a batch of housing immediately around it.
Cant see any point in anyone else trying to resurrect it at this juncture.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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yes paul they were re-opening as a world war two theme pub i seem to remember.
one of our member who will remain nameless (ian) lent the licensee an important family artefact.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Ah..thats it..a WWII theme. Oh dear re family artefact. Hope it can be retrieved. Its a nice building I wonder what will become of it now.
Brian Dixon
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ah yes that pub,my eldist boy played darts for that pub untill it closed.it was my son who told me it was closeing to undergo a transformation into a pub/restraunt type of thing.
I hadn't noticed it either, and I don't live too far away! Is it a recent closure?
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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It never looked the most inviting so i never used it!
It did usually have a few disreputables lurking outside.........
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the more i think about it the more i remember it being open last week.
Guest 695- Registered: 30 Mar 2010
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Been closed for a couple of months.
Well, aren't we all so observant!!!!!!
I dont think its been open for buisiness for a couple of weeks but I think the shutters are new ,
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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just had a word with eldist son and confirms what tony has said.he all so told me that the landlord is on a 6 month break then reopening as a resturant in the new year,or so he under stands.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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thanks brian
i think we were all confusing it with the park inn.
Guest 695- Registered: 30 Mar 2010
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Blimey, that's like comparing The Eight Bells with Blakes - you made me choke on my scone Howard
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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tony
2 posts in a day from you, what is in those scones?
incidentally they are to be taken with high tea not this late, posh barry tipped me the wink on that.
Jan Higgins
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I feel sorry for anybody who lives outside Dover reading this thread and has no idea which pub is being talked about or where it is.
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Guest 695- Registered: 30 Mar 2010
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It was a high tea Howard, I'll be taking dinner around 2am.
Sir John Falstaff is in Ladywell, next door to the Fire Station, the Park Inn is further along Ladywell in Park Place, opposite the Police Station. The Eight Bells is in Cannon Street and Blakes is in Castle Street.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard not confusing the two at all,seeing that i have used both pubs in the last 30 years.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I organised the launch of the Sir John Falstaff, but not with the current owners.
The launch where it was to have a theme about respect for our war-dead was to be linked in with the Dover War Memorial Project.
It was a great night and about 150 or so people were there.
The owner of the pub then, was a Lady (?) called Sarah, who also owned the Britannia until it closed; she had great ideas (about the Falstaff), but no real intentions of carrying any of them out.
The most recent owners came from the Wheelrights on the Buckland Estate. They tried hard to make a go of it and the food they offered was pretty good and cheap, but the smokers/drinkers at the entrance, always put us off.
Roger
