RED COW Pubs of Sandwich

DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Sandwich, February, 2024.

Page Updated:- Wednesday, 14 February, 2024.

PUB LIST

PUBLIC HOUSES

Paul Skelton

Earliest 1845

Red Cow

Open 2024+

12 Moat Sole

Sandwich

01304 613399

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Above photo, 1896, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo showing the Cattle Market, date unknown, by kind permission Roy Moore, http://www.kentphotoarchive.com.

Above photo, date unknown.

Above postcard date unknown.

Above photo, circa 1915, by kind permission of the "Red Cow."

Above photo, circa 1915, kindly sent by Julie Rogers. Showing her Grand Father as man in light suit in the front seat with a pipe. Licensee Charles Brown is said to be second from left with pipe in his mouth.

Above postcard, 1937, kindly sent by Mike Bundock.

Above photo, circa 1951, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. person unknown.

Above photo, circa 1951, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. People unknown.

Above photo circa 1950s.

Above photo circa 1970, by kind permission of the "Red Cow."

Above matchbox, circa 1974, kindly sent by John Gladish.

Above postcard, circa 1990, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Photo by Paul Skelton 14 January 2012.

Photo by Paul Skelton 14 January 2012.

The Red Cow was until 1723 the workhouse and laundry for the Parish of St Mary, used mainly by travelling tradesmen and farm workers.

Further information tells us it was rebuilt in 1735 on the site of a monks retreat, that Henry VIII had demolished during the English civil wear, no specific date is given for its demolition.

Around 1842 when the poor laws were repealed the poor were re-housed and Gardener and Co, the brewers from Ash bought the building and it became a public house, licensed only as a beerhouse in 1845. Gardener's were taken over by Whitbread in June 1968.

Why the Red Cow?

The car park across the road from the pub used to be the local cattle market, and the snug area inside the pub served as a cash handling room were all the deals at the weekly mart would be settled. The local breed of cattle was then a distinct red coloured animal.

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 19 February, 1971.

DEVOTION TO DUTY EARNED A MENTION IN DISPATCHES

By strange coincidence Mr. Herbert "Pip" Earl, new landlord at the "Red Cow," the Sandwich farmers pub comes from Northfleet, as did his predecessor, Mr. Stan Lawrence. They also have a lengthy army career in common.

Before 13 years with a Deptford electronics company, Pip was in the Royal Electrical and Mechanist Engineers for 25 years. At the outbreak of war he was in Ceylon and felt rather out of things until he came home in 1942.

However the War Office post made up for his "quiet" years by sending him ashore on the day after D-Day with the first infantry brigade workshop to be landed in Normandy.

As if this wasn't enough excitement for one lifetime Pip found himself in Korea in 1953. He is reticent about his Mention in Dispatches earned during this posting.

"We just worked rather long hours," is how he described great devotion to duty. His last posting was to the Signal Research Establishment, at Christchurch, Hants.

Sharing Pip's new long-hours job is his wife, Vi. Though this is their first venture into the licensed trade, they served an apprenticeship looking after a friends house in Gravesend.

Closed for some time in late 2007 for refurbishment.

From the Dover Express, 19 November, 2009. Report by Yamural Zendera

The Red Cow pub in Moat Sole was due for a licence review last week after it was requested by Environmental Health.

This was adjourned to today (Thursday).

From Tony Wells, 20 August, 2012.

Looks like the Red Cow has received a make over.

Above pen and ink drawing by Colin Baker 2013.

From the https://www.kentlive.news By Lauren MacDougall, 21 December 2019.

The 33 pubs in Kent you have to drink at in 2020 according to CAMRA.

In total Kent has heaps of pubs listed in the guide and, while 33 of these are new entries, others have appeared in previous editions of the guide.

A total of 33 pubs from around Kent make up the new entries that feature in the 2020 edition of the Good Beer Guide.

The guide is produced annually by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), the independent guide to the best boozers in the UK that is researched by unpaid and independent volunteers nationwide.

Tom Stainer, CAMRA’s chief executive, said: “For nearly five decades, the Good Beer Guide has been a comprehensive guide to the UK’s breweries, their ales, and the best outlets to find them in across the country.

“What makes the Guide unique is that all the entries are compiled and vetted by a huge volunteer team, based around the country. We work hard to ensure that all areas of the country are covered and, unlike with some competitor titles, inclusion in this book is dependent only on merit, not on payment.

“The Good Beer Guide has always had an important role in acting as a barometer of the beer and pub industry. We believe information gleaned from the Guide is absolutely vital in the drive to save our pubs from closure and campaign for policies that better support pubs, local brewers and their customers.”

This pub is included in the 2020 list.

Red Cow, Sandwich.

What the guide says: "You cannot miss the large red cow on the front of this timber-framed building used by market traders in years gone by.

"Tiled floors and exposed beams give a comfortable and traditional country pub ambience."

LICENSEE LIST

RIGDEN Stephen 1858+

DRAYSON Charles 1861-62+ (also Labourer age 39 in 1861)