Foresters Arms

Above postcard, date unknown.

Above photo, circa 1951, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Prior to 1927, the FA had been one c.200 tied houses, within the estate of Frederick Leney's Phoenix Brewery, Wateringbury. In 1927, Whitbread's took over Leney's, which continued to operate as a semi-independent subsidiary. Over the next 20 or so years though, Leney's signage was replaced and pubs like this one were liveried as Whitbread's. All change again, in 1961, when the pub was one of c.150 Leney's houses sold to Fremlin's Maidstone Brewery. The pub only spent six years "under the Elephant" as Whitbread's snapped up Fremlin's in 1967 and once again, the signwriters were kept busy.

Above photo, date unknown. From http://www.sittingbourne-museum.co.uk

Above photo, date unknown. From http://www.sittingbourne-museum.co.uk. The pub just showing on the extreme left is the "Globe and Engine."

Above aluminium card issued 1950. Sign series 2 number 38.

Above hand-painted sign 2008.