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46-48 West Street
(8 West Street
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(3 West Street 1873)
Deal
Above photo 2006, showing the "West Street Club" (now 2017, part of the
Sainsbury's car park.) Also showing the Adamson's garage which was built
on the site of the "Anchor" (closed 1915 and later demolished.) |
This pub is now the site of the "Working Man's Club" and used to be used
by William Makepiece Thackery as the "Blue
Anchor" in his last work written for the Cornhill Magazine, and
published a few months after his death in 1864.
With the "Blue Anchor" and "Anchor"
being addressed so close together I will assume they are one and the same.
The name of the pub originated from the fact that it was built on the
site where salvaged anchors used to be stored
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South Eastern Gazette 24 October 1865.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF KENT HOLDEN AT DEAL.
WILLIAM GOODCHILD.
Of the "Anchor Inn," West-street, Deal, in the county of Kent, licensed
victualler and fly-proprietor, having been adjudged Bankrupt on the 25th
day of September, 1863, a Public Sitting for the said bankrupt to pass
his Last Examination, and make application for his Discharge, will be
held at the said Court, at the Guildhall, Deal, on the 10th day of
November, 1885, at 1/2-past 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the
day lest aforesaid being the day limited for the said bankrupt to
surrender.
The Registrar of the Court is the official assignee, and Mr. William
Everest, of Beach-street, Deal, is the solicitor acting in the
bankruptcy.
Thomas Bowling, High Bailiff.
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From the Deal, Walmer, and Sandwich Mercury,
10 October, 1869. 1d.
KEEPING OPEN AFTER HOURS
R. Garrett, landlord of the "Anchor," public-house, West Street, was
summoned for having his house opened after 11 o'clock on Sunday night
last.
Defendant admitted that his house was open after the hour stated, but
said he was only supplying lodgers and travellers as far as he was
aware.
P.C. Spicer deposed: I went to the "Anchor," public-house, West
Street, on Sunday night about 20 minutes past 11 o'clock. I heard a
noise inside and tried the door, which was fastened. I knocked, and I
then heard them say, "There's the police." Mrs. Garrett came to the door
and asked who was there, and I replied, "police." The door was then
undone, and I went into the tap-room where I found seven or eight
persons, townspeople. There were also two people standing at the bar,
drinking something that had the appearance of porter. There was only one
glass containing beer on the tap-room table. One of the persons was a
lodger in the house, but the others were not, and when I ordered them
to leave the house they did so.
In defence, Garrett said the reason of his house being open was that
he was expecting the return of his lodger by the last train, he having
that day gone to Wingham, and whilst so waiting a man and his wife, who
told them they had just come by train, came to him for some porter, and
whilst he was serving them some six or seven more people rushed in. He
thought the persons were going to take the porter home, as they lived
near, but instead of that they drank it at the bar, and whilst they were
there the others got in. He was under the impression at the time that
they had all just come by the train, which was very late at night;
although he had since found out that one or two of them had not.
The Magistrates said that as that was the first case of the kind that
had come before them they would not inflict the full penalty. They
regarded the landlord, however, as in every way responsible for the
manner in which his house was conducted. They would inflict a penalty of
10s., including costs, and hoped that it would prove a warning to others
as well as defendant.
Mr. Garrett asked the Clerk to give him a receipt so that he might
exhibit it in his bar, to let the public know what he was fined for; but
this, of course, was not complied with, and defendant was informed that
printed notices would shortly be served on all the publicans.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 22 April 1882.
On Wednesday afternoon Mr. John Costell, a gentleman from London, was
driving a lady and Mr. H. Miles, landlord of the "Anchor Inn," from
Ramsgate, when about a mile from Sandwich he ran foul of a stone cart,
overthrowing their conveyance and precipitating them into the road, Mr.
Costell receiving a severe wound on the head and the wheel passing over
his body. He was conveyed to the "Crispin Inn," and attended to by Dr.
Scott, who pronounced him in a very precarious state. The other
occupants of the vehicle were very much shaken.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 15 July 1905.
The Perils of Motoring. A Deal Innkeeper Killed at Strood.
Shortly before 4 o'clock on Sunday morning a fatal motor car accident
occurred on the main London Road at Strood, Rochester.
Mr. Edward J. F. Hall, the landlord of the "Anchor Hotel," Deal, and two
friends, Messrs. Percy John Amos and Alfred James Amos were travelling
from Dartford to Deal in the car when the off hind wheel suddenly cast
its India rubber tyre. This caused the hind part of the carriage to
swerve around violently, with the result that the vehicle was
overturned.
The occupants were thrown into the road with great force. Mr. Hall was
unconscious when picked up. The doctor gave the injured man temporary
attention, after which he was placed on an ambulance and removed to St.
Bartholomew's hospital, Rochester but on his arrival there it was found
that he had expired during the journey.
The other occupants of the car also sustained severe bruises, and the
car was wrecked.
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LICENSEE LIST
CARDEN Mrs 1804+ (widow)
CURLING A Thomas 1821-32+
MARSH Simon 1839-64
 
(blacksmith)
LANGLEY Thomas to 1865
GOODCHILD William to Oct/1865+
GARRETT Richard 1869-81+ (age 53 in 1881 )
(shoemaker)
MILES Henry Wise 1882+
SKINNER Thomas 1891+ (age 41 in 1891)
GAMMON Joshua to 1894
CURLING David John 1894-99+
HALL Edward James Friday 1903-July/05 dec'd
 
HALL Emily Mrs 1905-13
(widow age 50 in 1911)
  
BASTON Percy 1913-15
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Anchor.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From the Post Office Directory 1855
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
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
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