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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

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Druid's Arms

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Straightsmouth

Greenwich

 

Project 2014 has been started to try and identify all the pubs that are and have ever been open in Kent. I have just added this pub to that list but your help is definitely needed regarding it's history.

As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will be shown here.

Thanks for your co-operation.

 

South Eastern Gazette, 22 November 1853.

Fatal Occurrence.

An inquest was held on Friday last at the "Druids’ Arms," Straitsmouth, Greenwich, before Mr. Carttar, coroner, on the body of Mr. Wm, Hughesdon, aged 42, lately residing in New king-street, Deptford. It appeared from the evidence that on the 24th October, deceased and his wife were proceeding towards Limehouse, and on crossing a thoroughfare near George’s Stairs, Grove-lane, across which there is a tramway, leading to the Commercial docks, and on which trucks are employed (the tramway being an incline from the river-side) to convey bricks, one of the trucks came running along, the breaks-man of which swore that he called out to the deceased, who, it appears, succeeded in thrusting his wife back, but was himself struck on the left arm, being forced along a considerable distance, and when picked up the arm was found to be broken below the elbow, and the hand, being almost entirely severed, merely hanging by a piece of skin. He was at once conveyed on board the Dreadnought, where the limb was amputated, and went on apparently well until a few days before his death, when inflammation supervened, and death took place yesterday week. The jury returned their verdict that death resulted from deceased, being struck by a truck, but as legal gentlemen were engaged to watch the proceedings on both sides it is believed that the case will have to bo decided in a court of law.

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

BLAGDEN William to Nov/1848

SPRULES Robert William Nov/1848-Nov/70

WHITE Robert (Robin) H Nov/1870-71+ (age 36 in 1871Census)

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