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13 Market Street
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Above photo circa 1958. |
The pub closed on 14 July 1968. It was a compulsory purchase by the town
and the ground then lay idle for twenty two years before being redeveloped.
I never saw any price or compensation figure divulged.
It was rumoured to be over two hundred years old and to have formed part
of a smuggling chain in the past. A secret room was indicated and
underground tunnels were purported to run to the "New Inn" and the "Cause is
Altered", both in the vicinity.
8th September 1864 saw this public house auctioned at the "Royal
Oak" as Lot 3 of 27 lots owned by the "Jeken,
Coleman & Rutley" Brewery of Custom House Quay. The advert stated:-
"All that Freehold and eligibly-situate Public-house, known as the
"FIVE ALLS," with the out-buildings thereto belonging, situate in Market
Street, now in the occupations of Mr. C. Hudson."
Many inns have this title but often different characters are used. The
five faces portrayed here were those of a lawyer, priest, farmer, soldier
and the devil, with the caption, "I plead for all", "I pray for all", "I
work for all", "I fight for all" and "I claim all". You were served by
George Hudson in 1849 and at the close by Mr. Pratt.
The street was closed to traffic from 1971 and to pedestrians from 1989.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports Advertiser,
28 August, 1849.
George Isted alias Durgan, remanded from Friday, on
suspicion of being concerned in a robbery at the "Five Alls," Market
Street, was again brought up, and, from the absence of direct evidence,
released from custody - the Bench significantly telling the suspected
party to remember that the police had very peremptory orders to observe
his conduct.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General
Advertiser, Saturday 15 May, 1858. Price 4d.
FIRE IN MARKET STREET
The residents in this part of Dover were thrown into a state of alarm on
Monday in consequence of a fire breaking out in the locality.
Immediately on its discovery intelligence was communicated to Captain G.
T. Parks who with his staff and apparatus promptly repaired to the scene
of the conflagration in an outbuilding in the rear of and connected with
the Five Alls occupied by George Hudson fly proprietor &c. The flames
were bursting through the roof on the arrival of Mr. Parks. A hasty
glance sufficed to show that there was not a moment to be lost but only
in confining the devouring element to the premises in which the fire
originated but in preserving from destruction the heterogeneous mass of
buildings in immediate proximity thereto.
A double branch service was instantly attached to the nearest hydrants
and the influence of well-directed and ample supply of water in
retarding the progress of the flames was soon observed. In a moment of
apprehension parties occupying adjacent property had commenced removing
their goods. Such was the energy displayed in extinguishing the fire. So
effective the means available in connection with the Dover Water Works
that half an hour sufficed for Mr. Parks to announce that the fire was
controlled and its spread beyond the walls of the doomed edifice in
which it broke out prevented. The alarm had been given about six o’clock
and before seven o’clock the order to turn off the water preparatory to
an examination of the interior of the premises was issued. The majority
of those who had congregated to witness the catastrophe were at that
hour retiring from the spot. The subsequent proceedings principally had
reference to a pre-cautionary removal of the smouldering wreck of the
conflagration but no fresh outbreak resulted.
As we have already stated the buildings in which the fire originated and
to which happily it was confined was in the rear of the “Five Alls”
Market Street. It was of two storey’s the ground floor forming the
wash-house or scullery of the “Five Alls” as well as a portion of “The
Tap” and the second floor (formally dormitories for travellers) being
used as a straw and fodder loft. On Saturday a ton of straw was stored
away there and on Monday a ton of sainfoin was added to the contents of
the loft.
The cause of the fire was correctly conjectured on Monday evening but it
was not satisfactorily ascertained until Tuesday morning. It appears
that in the washhouse of the ground floor there was a copper, which was
used on Monday. The flue of the copper passed into the chimney of the
premises but at its junction with the chimney there was a fracture
sufficiently large to admit lighted soot or other ignited substance
falling immediately on some rafters below. The state of the rafters
showed that such an occurrence must have taken place and hence the
conflagration. The premises the property of the Messrs Coleman &c.
brewers and are insured in the Globe.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday, 17
November, 1950.
LICENSEE RETURNS TO GARDENING
Former licensee of the "Five Alls," Market Street, Robert George
Burton, appeared at Southampton Bankruptcy Court last week, with
liabilities of £593/3/4.
At one time gardener to the late Mr. Walter Hutchinson, at Stanbridge
Earls, near Romsey, he left that work in November, 1948, to become a
licensed victualler at Dover. He ceased that business in March of this
year.
Burton told the Court he borrowed money and used his savings up to
fit up the public house in Market Street, Dover. He attributed his
failure to competition, the loss of £33 by a robbery, and fluctuations
in trade. He had now, he said, returned to his old job as head gardener
at Stanbridge Earls.
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From the Dover Express 19 June 1968
ANCIENT INN GOES TO MAKE WAY FOR PROGRESS
ANOTHER of Dover's ancient
inns closed this week. It's the Five Alls public house in Market Street,
which is to come down to make way for the proposed York Street road. The
premises have been purchased under a compulsory order.
The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pratt, called "Last orders" on Sunday.
Dover will lose
little in architectural value with the destruction of the pub. But it is
one of the most interesting in the town. Its age is not known but it is
believed to be more than 200 years old.
Miss O. M. Rookwood, former
teacher at Dover Grammar School, and who now occasionally lectures on
ancient Dover, says there is a "secret room" on the premises. This
cannot be seen from outside.
Miss Rookwood says that there is an
underground passage leading from the Five Ails to the nearby Cause is
Altered public house - although the passage is partially blocked.
Another interesting public house, the demolition of which is now
complete, is the Trocadero, in Snargate Street. This has also come down
to make way for the new road.
Under present plans, it is expected that
the Cause is Altered -probably the town's oldest public house - will also
be demolished to make way for the road.
The name "Five Alls" is a bit
of a mystery. But a picture in the bar shows five faces - a lawyer, a
priest, a farmer, a soldier, and the Devil. The caption reads; I plead
for all, I pray for all, I work for all, I fight for all, and I claim
all.
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LICENSEE LIST
HUDSON George 1849-Jan/60
 
(Extra history)
HUDSON Mrs Elizabeth C 1861-Oct/69
 
POST Mrs Elizabeth 1874
TOMLIN John to July/1882
SIMMONS Mr Bayden July/1882+
COMFORT Mr Jessie Jan/1883-Mar/84
GOLDER John Mar/1884-1905 end
    
(Golder was referred to as also a basket maker as well as publican)
LLOYD Arthur 1902-09 end
BLACKMORE William Head 1907-Nov/11
PAYNE/PALE? William
Nov/1911-13 end 
DIXON George 1911-13 end?
 1922
DIXON Mrs E R 1913-Dec/21
SMITH William James Dec/1921-28 end
 
HICKMAN Fred George 1928-33 dec'd
 
HICKMAN Mrs Gladys M 1933 end
SIMMONS Ernest 1933-34 end
BATES William J E 1934-38 end
 
MALTBY Reginald 1938-Jan/40
MARTIN Wilfred Jan/1940+
F
BURTON Reginald C Nov/1948-Mar/50
WADE William A 1953 end
NIGHTINGALE George P 1953-56+
PRATT Harry 1963-68 end
William Payne was written as William Pale in the Dover Express, and was
reported as formerly being a book binder.
Wilfred Martin in 1940 was Secretary to Messrs. George Beer, Rigden and
C0., Ltd. brewers, Faversham.
William James Smith was previously a fireman platelayer on the South Kent
and Chatham railway.
From
the Post Office Directory 1851
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1861
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1901
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1909
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 Pikes Dover Blue Book 1938-39
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From the Kelly's Directory 1950
From the Kelly's Directory 1953
From the Kelly's Directory 1956
From the Dover Express
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