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Granville Gardens
Marine Parade
Above photo kindly supplied by Paul Wells. |
Above picture showing the vicinity where the Granville Gardens and
Camden Crescent stand in 1830. Although of course not yet built. |
Bottom left of the above photograph shows the "Granville Restaurant"
that held the "Granville Bars." Date of photo unknown. |
Above shows the Granville Gardens and what I believe to be the
Granville Bars, circa 1905.
Above shows Band stand and "Grand Hotel" on the left, circa 1910.
The right I believe to be the Granville Bars.
Above shows the Granville Gardens and Gateway Flats where the "Grand Hotel" used to stand. 1965.
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Granville was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1866-91
which fact would obviously have influenced the name.
The gardens were opened on 3 August 1878 when the wine
licence of the old bathing rooms was transferred to Camden Lawn Refreshment
Rooms. The early licensees were Caterina and Volma Semadini.
Above shows Old Bathing Rooms. |
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 6 April, 1888.
EXTENSION OF TIME
Mr. Schudmacher, manager to Mr. Semadent, applied for an extension of
time on Thursday, on the occasion of a ball being held at the “Granville
Hall.”
The application was granted.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 14
December, 1888.
EXTENSION OF TIME
Mr. Volmar Semadeni's manager applied for permission to keep open
till five o'clock at the "Granville Hall," on Tuesday morning on the
occasion of a ball.
The application was granted.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 25 August, 1893. 1d.
DOVER BREWSTER SESSIONS
The tenant of the “Granville Hall” and refreshment rooms stated that as
the term was nearly up they wished to drop the wine license and continue
with singing and dancing license.
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Applications for a beer licence were refused in 1894 and
1895 but success came in 1896. Hobday was fortunate enough to get the full
licence in 1899 but for the restaurant only. Consequently, we then had the
"Granville Hall Restaurant" with its wines and spirits, adjoining the
Granville Gardens and facing the sea.
When the title "Granville Bars" first appeared I never discovered. It is
doubtful if the premises were still open at the time because by then the
gardens were the site of a barrage balloon, but the bars are known to have
suffered bomb damage on 14 August 1940 and were granted permission to close
for the duration of the war in September 1940. Unfortunately never to open
again.
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From the Dover Express, 13 September, 1940.
MORE PUBLIC HOUSES CLOSING
At the Dover Licensing Sessions on Friday last, the licensees of
the following public houses were granted permission to close for the
duration of the war:- "Carriers Arms," West Street; the "Royal
Standard," London Road; and the "Granville Bars," Marine Parade. On
Monday similar permission was given in respect of the "Admiral
Harvey," Bridge Street.
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Barrage balloon at Granville Gardens circa 1940. |
Post war, the area was grassed over.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, 25 January 1952.
Licensee's 31st Anniversary.
Their many friends in Dover will be glad to hear the news of Mr. and
Mrs. Fuller Hazelden, formerly of the Granville Bars, who have recently
celebrated their 31st anniversary as licensees.
Now at the "Corner Pin", Clerkenwell, London, they celebrated the
anniversary by taking a party of 40 children to a pantomime, returning
for a party at the "Corner Pin", attended by a large number of friends,
Mrs. Hazelden was presented with a beautiful bouquet by the children.
"We would love to have had some of our Dover friends with us," writes
Mrs. Hazelden.
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LICENSEE LIST
MARSH Colin to Nov/1879
SEMADENI Catterina Nov/1879+
SEMADINA Caterina and Volma 1878?
MOWLL George Henry to Jan/1905
BOWER Frank Jan/1905+
(Late
victualler of Faversham)
FULLER HAZELDEN Arthur B 1925-35
SPOONER Tommy W 1937-38
From the Dover Express
Above shows Tommy Spooner (centre), from part of a cartoon by MATT that
appeared in the Sunday Graphic 20 June 1937. Courtesy of Dover Library.
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