5 Campbell Street (1891 census)

28 28a Campbell Road (today)

Lower Walmer

Deal

Above pictures taken from Google Maps 2009, showing the former Lifeboat as the taller of the buildings shown.

The Deal History Society have given an early date of 1878 when this pub was serving beer, but unfortunately not a lot more information.

However, further information taken from "The Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer" by Steve Glover and Michael Rogers, adds that the property was originally registered by Edward Leith, property owners in the area prior to 1850, and the name was in existence by 1857. The building, although operating as one in those days was let to a W J Green for 13s. and the other part to W J Green and E Norris for 12/6d. I am going to assume that E Norris was licensee at the time.

The pub finally closed on 31 December 1909 when the Magistrates refused to renew the licence.

By 1913 the property was a fishmongers run by Mr. F Adams, and by 1915 was selling fried fish. 1924 saw the property sold out of the hands of the Leith family when Frederick Leith sold it to W T Hunter.

1925 the property was split into two, becoming 28 and 28a Campbell Street and is now two private houses.

LICENSEE LIST

LEITH Edward 1850s+

NORRIS E 1857+

NORRIS William Cullen 1871-85 dec'd (Born Walmer 1822)

MUGGLETON Edwin 1891 (census born Leicester circa 1868)

FINNIS Thomas H 1891 (Kelly's)

LEITH Frederick Wingfield 1893+

BLOYCE William Daniel 1898-1908

WAKERELL Richard Thomas 1908-09

Closed 31/Dec/1909.

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Kelly's Directory 1899

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

The Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer by Glover and Rogers