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267 London Road (Turnpike Road 1861 )
Deal
01304 271045
http://www.themagnet.pub
https://www.facebook.com
https://whatpub.com/magnet-inn
Above photograph showing an old photo of the "Magnet," on the right,
date circa 1900. |
  Above sign left, 1998, sign right,
2014.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
Above photo, April 2019, kindly sent by Steve Glover. |
Above photo, April 2019, kindly sent by Steve Glover. |
The Magnet once had its own bowling green besides it. Peter Foat
remembers. 'The little pavilion still had the named lockers for the members
of Ye Old Deale Bowling Club with their bowls still inside.'
Bowls was obviously an important part of life for the earliest known
licensee, William Verrier, as Richard Verrier (relationship unknown at
present) had the "Bowling Green" at
the same time.
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From an email received 3 February, 2013.
Hi there,
You may be interested in this my grandparents were Henry Thomas
Hazelwood (Sergeant Major RMLI) and Ethel Grace Verrier. I have them
located at 101 Canada Road, Deal, in the 1911 census. Her father – my
great grandfather – was William Pittock Verrier, named as the first
licensed landlord of the Magnet who gave the pub up shortly before his
death in 1871. I was born and brought up in Glasgow so I had only
infrequent contact with my father's side of the family, but I was always
told that the Verriers were part of the refugee French Huguenot
community, their name indicating that they were glassmakers.
I made trip to the Magent a few days ago from our home in Derbyshire
and had a beer and a chat with the current tenant, John. He has an old
piece of paper (from the 30/40s I think) that charts the history of the
pub. I was just delighted to find it Open 2014+, and in the CAMRA Good
Beer guide as well! John told me that the building was originally a
bakery (as depicted in its sign below – you can clearly see the oven
pictured on the right)
 and that very occasionally in the cellar, he can still detect the smell
of baking bread. I'm not sure how reliable that observation is.
Regards,
Barry Hazelwood.
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From the Deal, Walmer & District and Kingsdown
Telegram, 11 July 1863.
Annual Tea Party at "Magnet" Upper Deal when
on the green attached to the premises, a very pleasant evening was
spent, the time being occupied playing bowles and other rustic sports.
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From the Deal, Walmer, and Sandwich Mercury,
20 March, 1875. 1d.
EXTENSION
Mm George Verrier, landlord of the "Magnet Inn" obtained permission
to keep his house open till twelve o'clock on Tuesday.
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From the East Kent Mercury, 26 November, 1998
LESLEY GETS PUB OF APPROVAL
WELL DONE: Lesley Corroyer (centre) with Mary Curnock-Cook and
Jonathan Neame.
Landlady Lesley Corroyer has been praised by a national organisation
to her commitment to her pub in Deal.
The licensee of the "Magnet Inn" in London Road was congratulated by
Mary Curnock-Cook the director of the British Institute of Innkeeping
and awarded the institute accreditation induction certificate.
Jonathan Neame of the Kent brewery Shepherd Neame, was also at the
presentation ceremony.
Mrs. Curnock-Cook said: "It is no longer enough to be able to run a
good cellar and create a great atmosphere.
"Today pubs are highly competitive businesses. People achieving BII
certificates have shown their commitment to acquiring the skills
required for running a successful pub."
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An outlet of Cobb & Co. in 1974.
Up to early 2000s there was still not a domestic kitchen on site then so
purely a wet lead pub full of character. To attract the customers they had
pool, darts and bar-billiard teams. They also had the free willy club,
(I am informed this was a charity club, named after the film of the same
name, and they often had a huge inflatable whale floating outside the
building.)
Latest news is the pub closed in April 2019, reason as yet unknown.
Hopefully to open again soon.
Latest news, open again in May 2019.
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From the Dover Mercury, Wednesday 19 June, 2019.
Landlord drawn towards Magnet
A new face is running a popular pub in Deal.
Paul Penders, 49, is the new licensee at The Magnet in London Road.
He previously ran another Shepherd Neame pub in Deal, The "Telegraph," and
before that managed a pub in Borden, near Sittingbourne.
He said: “When Shepherd Neame told me that The Magnet was available, I
was delighted.
“It is a fantastic community pub with a lot of potential.”
Dating back to the 17th century, The Magnet was originally built as a
private dwelling and has been a pub since 1847.
The pub, which screens BT Sport, has three darts boards and a pool
table, and is popular with local teams, currently hosting mens’ darts on
Monday, ladies’ darts on Wednesday, and pool clubs on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
There is also an open poker match every Thursday.
Mr Penders is introducing entertainment every Friday, ranging from live
music and karaoke to a quiz or race night.
Paul said: “We won’t be serving food at The Magnet.
“It is a proper pub where the local community can come together and
enjoy a drink in a relaxed environment.”
The Magnet is open from 3pm to 11pm, Monday to Friday, and from noon to
11pm on Saturday and Sunday.
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From Facebook 20 May 2020.
Well as many of you know we are leaving the
"Magnet" tomorrow, the pub has been sold, and I believe it will be for
development.
Both Trina and I would like to thank you all for your support while we
have been in Deal at the "Telegraph" and then the
"Magnet," we have had some
great times in both, and have met some amazing people who we are pleased
to say are now good friends.
We are moving to the "Dewdrop" Gillingham (if any of you want to visit).
we are going to the beach near the royal car park at about 5pm tonight
if any of you want to say goodbye. (social distancing will apply).
If you cant make it don't worry we love and miss you all.
Stay safe.
Paul Penders.
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From the Dover Mercury, 19 August 2020. By Beth Robson.
Drive to be moved closer to A road junction.
Worry over access as pub is set to become a house.
New plans to convert a Deal pub into a single home have already prompted
safety fears concerning access for vehicles.
The new owners of the "Magnet Inn" in London Road have this week
submitted a formal request for a change of use.
The former Shepherd Neame pub was sold because it was considered "no
longer viable as a traditional tied tenancy" according to the brewery’s
commercial estates manager John Barnes.
The existing and proposed site plan, submitted as part of the
application, show parking spaces for two vehicles will be moved into the
area that was the pub garden.
The pub's car park will be the subject of a separate application, the
drawings say.
Access for the cars for this application will be created closer to the
pavement curve at the junction of Hayward Close with London Road - a
main A-road.
Raymond Waldron has objected and said: "Moving the drop down nearer to
London Road would cause problems getting in and out of Hayward Close as
cars and vans park opposite the proposed drop down as most of these
vehicles are not residents of the close."
Stephen Franks said: "The existing entrance to the car park caused
several near misses when the pub was open.
"Moving the entrance closer to London Road, will increase the risk on
accidents, especially as the number of residences in Hayward Close has
increased."
The public consultation for ref 20/00814. has begun and can be viewed
and commented upon at dover.gov.uk/planning. |
LICENSEE LIST
VERRIER William Pittock 1847-July/70 (beerhouse
 )(alehouse
1850) (age 66 in 1861) 
VERRIER George Albert July/1870-82+ (age 30 in 1881)
 
BUSHELL John Samuel 1891+
PARTRIDGE Walter Samuel 1899-1903+
 
BEAR Alfred 1908+
MOCKETT John 1913-14+
 
VERRIER L M Mrs 1922+
NEEVE George W 1938+
THOMPSON Reginald 1974+
Cobb & Co
CORROYER Lesley 1998+
JARRETT Cliff & Laura 2000-02
WRIGHT Jason Mar/2002-Jan/2003+
JUDD Ms V 2009-Apr/19
PENDERS Paul May/2019-May/20
https://pubwiki.co.uk/MagnetInn.shtml
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From Pikes 1908
From the Post Office Directory 1913
Deal Library List 1914
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Library archives 1974
From the Deal Walmer & Sandwich Mercury
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