25 (19 in 1861) Strand

Lower Walmer

Above picture kindly sent by David Dredge. Circa 1910.

Above picture kindly supplied by Trevor Hatton.

The Battle of the Alma was in 1854 and the pub was obviously named after that year.

The earliest I have traced this house so far is to 1855.

1904 the pub was being supplied by Gardner's Ales.

On 3 December the pub was sold to to Lloyds bank but remained open till August 1963. The property operating as a bank afterwards till the 1970s but is now a private house.

LICENSEE LIST

RAN Joseph 1855+

HINDS Stephen 1857+

HINDS George 1861-70+ (also plumber age 45 in 1861)

WEBB Mary Ann Mrs (nee Watts) 1871-82+ (age 54 in 1881)

BAND George 1891+ (age 46 in 1891)

PEARSON Charles S 1891+

RUSSELL F E 1998

DAWKINS George 1899-1903+

SKINNER James W 1904+

REEVES Mrs S 1905+

SHRUBB M 1911+

SHRUBB Matthew Edward 1913-45+

SOKELL Herbert 1945+

ORGILL William 1955ish+

POWELL P J (MBE) Mar/1957+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/AlmaTavern.shtml

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1891

From the Kelly's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Kelly's Directory 1913

Deal Library List 1914

From the Post Office Directory 1918

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From the Kelly's Directory 1934

From the Post Office Directory 1938

The Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer by Glover and Rogers