From an email sent by Roger Hurst, 13 August, 2009.

I have just read the entry about 'The Britannia' in Dover. As someone who grew up in Dover, I'm sure I'm not alone when I say how sad the building has become today.

I'm particularly interested to see the photo of the plate sent in from Chris Murray.

I have two Spode dishes which were part of the original collection made especially for the opening. On the reverse they both have "Created by Spode of England in bone china for Whitbread Britannia Inn Brussels Exhibition 1958".

The dishes are both in their original boxes which have "Whitbread The Britannia" and the Whitbread insignia of the time.

Fred Perry gave them to a close friend as a present at the time of the pub's opening.

As unusual pieces which may be of interest to readers of this site, I thought that you may like to know that if anyone is interested in purchasing them, I would be happy to consider any reasonable offers.

Roger Hurst.

Anyone interested, let me know and I'll pass on email addresses.