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The above four photos show the New Castle Inn in Ewell Minnis 2 March 1995. |
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From the Dover Express, 6 August, 1971.
PENNY PUSH
David Emery, journalist, sends a pile of pennies cascading into a
blanket at the "Newcastle" public house. With his is Irene Board, whose
sister Lilian, the Olympic athlete, died so tragically of cancer. In the
centre is licensee Mr. Percy Board, former Dover Football Club chairman,
and Mrs. Board. When the pennies were counted up, the grand total was
£90.70, which will be used for cancer research.
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From the Dover Express 21 March 1986.
Actor Victor Maddern, who is often called on to play tough-guy roles,
chose the hard way to knock down piles of pennies at the "Newcastle"
public house, at Ewell Minnis. He did it with his head.
Maddern fellow actor, Owen Berry and Wing Commander Stamford Tuck,
the Battle of Britain pilot, shared the task of knocking down nine piles
of pennies which when counted, were found to total £95 17s. The total
raised during the evening - it all goes to the British Empire
Cancer Campaign - was £131. |
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From the Dover Express 21 March 1986.
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DOVER and District Horse Society raised £66 for club funds with an
eight-mile ride on Sunday.
The riders set off from the Newcastle Inn
at Ewell Minnis on a two-hour trek along local bridleways.
The society
holds rides, normally on a more competitive basis, every month. The
next is on April 20 1986.
Open to those with or without their own horse, the society has about
170 members, and as well as riding offers social events such as discos.
Anyone interested in joining Dover and District Horse Society - there
is no age restriction - should contact Gill Sladden.
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Pictures above and below by Paul Skelton show the now closed
Newcastle Inn. 8th Sept 2007. |
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After the "Castle Inn" was burnt down
near the turn of the 20th century, the "New Castle Inn" was built
just around the corner on what, today is hard to believe used to be one of
the main routes to London.
The "New Castle" (two words), so I have been told, was built in 1902 just
around the corner from the original "Castle Inn" and at
some point along its history became just one word:- "Newcastle," but this
information has not been validated yet. In fact, I am not even sure it was
ever officially called the "Newcastle Inn" with one word, and this may just
be how travellers referred or assumed it was named. However, the following email from
Neil Harrison suggests the pub was there before 1902.
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Email received on 28 September, 2010
Hi there.
My 4 x great grandfather was William G Keeler. The record of his
death on 26th May 1896 lists him as the landlord of the Newcastle inn.
This throws up a couple of questions. Firstly, it definitely refers
to it as the Newcastle (one word), yet your page says that it didn’t
become the New Castle (two words) until after the fire of 1900. My
ancestor’s death record shows that it was already known as the Newcastle
in 1896. I wonder if the fire date you have is correct?
(Info now updated.)
Secondly, you have the landlord in 1899 listed as William Keeler.
This obviously can’t be the one who died in 1896 (!), so either this
info is wrong or, more likely, his son William (b. 1840) took it on. If
this is the case, then there were two William Keelers who were landlords
there.
Hope this helps!
Neil Harrison.
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As shown above Percy Board used to have penny pushes for various
charities at his pub and used to invite celebrities along to push the
pennies over. I have been informed by John Richards that celebrities
included Henry Cooper and Jenny Agutter of the Railway Children fame.
During its life the pub was frequented by the local gypsy community.
The pub was unfortunately closed in about 1995 and is now a Canine
Beauticians.
LICENSEE LIST
KEELER William G May/1896 Dec'd
KEELER William 1899+
 (Son of
above)
HAWKINS Charles Augustus 1913
AEDY J 1914
BAILEY Robert 1922+
PUTLAND Herbert George 1930-July/1946 dec'd
  
PUTLAND Mrs E C (widow) July/1946+
BOARD Percy A J 1971-74+
Fremlins
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1914
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From the Kelly's Directory 1934
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Library
archives 1974
From the Dover Express
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