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Tram Road
Folkestone
Above photo showing Tram Road where the Pavilion Shades used to be, the
location is now covered with flats. |
Connected with the "Pavilion Hotel" later to become the "Royal
Pavilion Hotel" this was erected in 1843 by the South Eastern Railway about
100 yards away from the hotel and adjoining the hotels stables.
War damaged the building and it closed for business in 1944 and
unfortunately the building was demolished in the early 1950s for new flats.
Bagshaw's directory of 1847 states that the "Pavilion Shades" was also
operating livery stables.
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From the Folkestone Chronicle 21 November 1857. Transcribed by Jan Pedersen.
CORONER'S INQUEST
During the past week, by a singular fatality, two inquests have been
holden here, before the Coroner, S. Eastes, Esq. The first on Monday the
16th inst., at the "Pavilion Shades", Tram Road, on the body of Benjamin
Turner, who lost his life in the circumstances as detailed in the
evidence below:- John Machin deposed he was silversmith at the "Pavilion Hotel". On Sunday
night witness and the deceased (who was sculleryman at the Pavilion)
were on the Pier Head near the lighthouse, they were sitting on the seat
there; witness moved out of the wind, to the seat to the westward,
called to deceased to come also, who called out “all right”, and
immediately afterwards witness observed deceased falling over the low
chain, which is reeved through the eyes of the iron supports fixed round
the Pier Head. The weather was quite dark, witness called for
assistance, when a boatman named Pope came – threw a rope, and also a
life buoy to deceased, who was floating on the water – deceased took no
notice of it, but appeared stunned; deceased was quite sober - was about
23 years of age. Boats were afterwards brought to the spot, but the body
could not then be found; there was too much sea to allow him to be saved
from the Pier Head. Thomas Mullett proved finding the body of deceased, on Monday morning.
The body was wedged in the rocks near the old Horn, about 60 or 70 feet
southward from where the deceased had fallen over; witness and another
person conveyed it to the "Pavilion Shades". This being the whole of the evidence, the jury requested the room to be
cleared, and after a short consultation returned the following verdict –
Accidental Death. At the same time the jury begged to append to their
verdict the following recommendation to the Directors of the South
Eastern Railway Company, “that in future the chain round the South Pier
Head be kept tightened, and that a boat be always kept at the lower
landing, which may be used in case of a similar accident”. |
LICENSEE LIST
FOORD William 1847
(Seagate Road)
KELSEY William to Aug/1857
 
DORIDANT Mr Charles Aug/1857
DYASON John 1862-Aug/64
WALLIS John Jn Aug/1864
PEDEN James 1874-82
 
PEDEN James & Son 1891
LAIRD Thomas 1899-1903
 
BISHOP Edward 1913-34
  
(Bishopp )
BISHOP Jn Edward 1938
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
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 Post Office Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Kelly's Directory 1934
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From the Folkestone Chronicle
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