3 Folkestone Road

2 Folkestone Road

Picture above show the "Griffin" just on the left of the picture. The extreme right shows the "Alma." Picture taken during WW2.

Above showing a Fremlins delivery lorry outside the Griffin, date unknown.

The above picture is The Griffin just before demolition in 1971.

Once the "Upholsterer's Arms", the sign changed in 1878. A beerhouse which was built soon after 1844 and permitted to open at five a.m. from 1878. That concession continued after 1900.

George Beer bought it in 1929 for £2,500 and enlarged the living accommodation in the rear. He may even have added upper storeys, he certainly had plans to do so that year.

War damage was made good in April 1950, but later, a widening of the road proved necessary and it was taken down consequently in the early 1970's.

LICENSEE LIST

HART William 1878-Sept/85

BUSHELL George Sept/1885+

GREENSTREET Stephen 1891-1895+

VASSEY Nathaniel James 1895-June/1910

NORRIS Herbert Henry June/1910-23 end

BEAN Herbert 1923-67 end

HOELTSCHI Charles 1967-69

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 the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33

From the Post Office Directory 1938

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1938-39

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1948-49

From the Kelly's Directory 1950

From the Kelly's Directory 1953

From the Kelly's Directory 1956

From the Kelly's Directory 1950

From the Kelly's Directory 1953

From the Kelly's Directory 1956

From the Dover Express