From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 19 November, 1954.

Frederick Small, of the "Charity Inn," Woodnesborough was granted an occasional license to sell beer in Mr. Graves's meadow on June 21st, at the annual flower show.

From the Dover Express 8 May, 1970.

Doghouse Club initiation rite proved no easy task.

Above: Taking his wetting like a man, landlord Bill Thomas gets more than enough of his beer, while Mrs Alma O'Brien stands by to render first aid. Joe O'brien secretary of the "Charity's" dart club (right) wonders if he is going to get swamped in the process.

Dry again. Bill joins Arthur Drake (left) and Brian Stevenson before the yard is hung up again in the bar to wait for its next victim.

In getting the whole of a yard of ale down the gullet was an essential qualification there would be precious few members of the Doghouse Club started at the "Charity Inn" at Woodnesborough on Friday.

It is all a question of balance and keeping an open air channel down the 36 inch tube and this is harder than it seems.

Landlord Bill Thomas found this out when he drank himself in as the club's first president. He cannot have been too confident as he had provided a plastic paddling pool at the bar for the evenings contestants.

The first pint went down easily enough. But then there was an obvious 'slop' as the tube neared the horizontal. Bill soon found out that the inertia of twenty ounces of beer in a narrow pipe is a force to be reckoned with. He quickly got very wet and had to be towelled down by his second, Mrs. Alma O'Brien.

But the next two members to empty were more wary. They had watched and worked out the technique and provided themselves with mackintoshes, work back to front.

Looking like grey-clad Dr. Kildares ready for the operating theatre they went into action and hardly spilt a drop.

Brian Stevenson had his wife Janet, standing by as chief towel holder, while Mrs. O.Brien stood by for Mr. Arthur Drake as they drank themselves in.