153 Middle Street

Deal

The above photo shows the gardens at the back of the "Redan" although when the photograph was taken the name had changed to the "Clifton Hotel."

This premises I have found mentioned once when as reported in the Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Telegram on 15 September 1858 at the Petty Sessions Licensing Day, and states:-

William Peckham applied for a spirit licence for the "Redan," in Middle Street. Request refused, however, he was still there in 1874 and is listed in the Post Office Directory of the same year under publicans.

According to David G. Collyer, while being altered on one occasion when the carpenters working on the staircase saw the figure of of a lady, dressed like old-fashioned milkmaid descend the staircase, then vanish through a wall. The two workmen fled, leaving their task unfinished, and refused to return.

On 3 September 1896 the Deal Licensing Register reported that the pub changed name to the "Clifton Hotel". But according to licensee records must have changed around about 1882 at the latest.

The above photograph, kindly sent by Patricia Streater, shows 153 Middle Street as it is today, but I don't believe this to be the "Redan." I believe the numbering of the street changed and the house we are looking for is today numbered 102. See "Clifton" which the "Redan" was later called. Regarding the renumbering of Middle Street, Deal. The numbers went consecutively along one side of the road and then back down the other. Nobody is certain when the renumbering took place for definite but seems to be started in 1878 and finished by 1898. It ended up being odd numbers on one side of the road and even on the other. (Patricia Streater.) Above photo also from Patricia Streater show a better view of the street. Street renumbering does prove confusing.

LICENSEE LIST

PECKHAM William 1858-74 alehouse

From the Deal Telegram

From the Post Office Directory 1874