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26-27 Tower Hamlets Street
The street itself materialised about 1866 and number 27 was previously
known as the "British Tar" in 1871. The name had changed by 1878.
Plans for rebuilding were presented by the brewer, Phillips and Company,
in 1902. In 1908 it was described as being recently rebuilt.
This Fremlin outlet was seriously damaged by a storm in October 1987,
part of the frontage collapsing into the road. (The frontage is shown
still in the photo taken just before the storms, above) Satisfactorily repaired
however and still active today.
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Derek Imrie emailed me on 12 December 2007 with the
following recollections of his time in the pub.
My father, William Imrie was a retired
naval officer who became licensee of the Dewdrop with his wife Lily
Patience and his in-laws. E. A. Elliott and wife.
On the outbreak of
war he intended to return to the navy, but unfortunately became ill
with TB, from which he died in Feb. 1940.
Although I was only 4 in
1940, I do have some vivid memories of the pub, particularly my
brother Frazer and I riding our bikes and toy cars around the first
floor Clubroom, but not on those days when the room used for meetings
of either the Ancient Order of the Buffaloes or Ladies Glade.
Bunk beds were built for my brother and I
in the cellar, amongst the beer crates, and when there was an air raid
warning we had to sleep done there.
We moved towards the end of 1940
to Heathfield Avenue on the other side of Town. My mother spent the
war driving an ambulance for the Civil Defence, by brother went with
the Grammar school to Wales, and when Barton Road school reopened in
1942 I went there and subsequently joined my brother at the Grammar
school.
I trust this information is useful, I have plenty more
memories, so do come back to me if you need help. Regards Derek Imrie.
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LICENSEE LIST
RUSSELL Robert 1874-78
RUSSELL John 1879
SWAIN George 1881-1903+
   
CASTLE William Frederick 1905-17 end
CASTLE Mrs E. J. 1917
MANTELL Charles 1917-24 end
  
CAIRNS James Robinson 1924-9 end
HAWKINS James Frederick 1929-32+
 
HAWKINS Mrs Henrietta M. 1936-7 end
IMRIE William Alexander Richie 1937-40 dec'd
ELLIOT E. A. 1940
IMRIE Mrs Lily Patience 1940 end
MALTBY Reginald 1943 dec'd
MALTBY Mrs B. M. early forties
CAIRNS James Robinson 1944
CAIRNS Albert 1950
McPHERSON John Robertson 1953
MATTHEWS William John or J. W. 1953-56 dec'd
MATTHEWS Mrs Lavinia Jean 1955-8 end
BALDWIN M. W. P. 1958-71 end
MARSHALL Joseph N. 1971-4
WARR R. 1987
GIORDANI Caspare 1992
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From the Kelley's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From the Kelley's Directory 1950
From the Kelley's Directory 1953
From the Kelley's Directory 1956
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