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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Michael Mirams & Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

(Name from)

Henekeys

Latest 1960s

30 High Street

Ramsgate

Henekeys

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Bill Finch.

Henekeys inside

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Bill Finch.

Henekeys inside

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Bill Finch.

Henekeys inside

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Bill Finch.

Henekeys inside

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Bill Finch.

Henekeys inside

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Bill Finch. This one is actually showing the Henekeys in Brighton looking to be done in the same style.

Henekeys advert 1939

Above advert from the Advertiser and Echo 1939.

 

This pub has been found by author and historian Michael David Mirams.

I believe the premise was closed after a fire destroyed the building in the 1960s.

 

From an account by Les found at http://www.ramsgatehistory.com

Henekey's', was a very impressive place in its time. It had been built in the High Street where the 'The Central Hotel' had previously stood (no. 30). I think that the full name was, 'Henekey's Wine Lodge'.

It was built in the late 1930's by WW Martin, anyhow I know that they were responsible for the impressive, oaken, interior woodwork as a friend had worked for them and one of his jobs was to deliver blocks of oak to an elderly gentleman who then carved them into faces to be mounted under the roof support arches. The building had a narrow frontage and high ceiling, not unlike the centre aisle of a Cathedral. There was a courtyard between the pavement and the front of it, on the left there was a door leading to a balcony that ran the length of the long bar below. As it was wartime, this section was not used. The main bar was entered from the front right through a short passage. It had a stone floor and a most unusual fireplace in the centre of this floor. It was about 3-4 feet square and about 3 feet high with a flat top, I think there were two open fire grates, one facing the High street and the other facing Effingham Street. The building extended to Cavendish Street, where supplies were delivered. The flue and chimney for this fire was nowhere to be seen but must have been under the flooring. Behind the counter and at the back, casks of ale and cider were on a rack and there was a cash desk with a cashier in the middle of the rack. There were also named and varnished Sherry cask fronts facing the bar, they had taps but were not in use at that time. We would drink draught cider then and later, draught Bass or Worthington. When the wine room opened after the war, we sometimes treated ourselves to Drambuie, not often, as it was 2/6d per tot.

 

The unusual fire had a hidden chimney which went downwards are under the Yorkstone floor.

Sadly Henekeys burned down one night when the carpet shop next down was arsoned and the fire spread.

 

LICENSEE LIST

MEL Donald 1939-45

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/henekeys.html

 

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