DOVER KENT ARCHIVES
PUB LIST   PUBLIC HOUSES Barry Smith and Paul Skelton

Earliest

 Wine Lodge

Latest

41 Townwall Street

Wind Lodge 1930

Above picture shows the Wine Lodge around the 1930's, although Walter Adams had passed the premises over to Edwin Perry by the 1930's, so perhaps this picture is earlier. Picture kindly supplied by Kevin Healey.

 

On the corner with Mill Lane this was the property of Wastall and Company, wine merchants, in 1881, responsible for the importation of fine wines.

 

Wine Lodge Advert 1881

Above shows an advert that appeared in the Dover Express, 29 July 1881.

 

It went to Adams in 1901 and possibly to Ash's East Kent Brewery before ending with Mackeson.

 

War damage brought about its closure in 1941. It did reopen again post war, but in temporary, renovated premises. Plans for a new house were approved in September 1960. The original disappeared in March 1961 when the new, with the sign "Britannia" opened on 26 March 1962.

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent News. 21 January, 1921.

LICENSING BUSINESS

On the application of Mr. L H. Watson, the licence of the "Wine Lodge," Townwall Street, was transformed to Mr. George Day Adams, solicitor, of Leicester, an executive of his father, the late Mr. W. D. Adams.

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday, 28 July, 1950.

FORMER DOVER PUBLICAN'S DEATH

The death occurred at East Dulwich Hospital during the week-end of Mr. Charles Edwin Perry, late of Dover. He was 75.

Mr. Perry came to Dover in 1926 - having been 20 years resident manager of the Hammersmith Palace of Varieties, London - and took over the licence of the Wine Lodge, Townwall Street, being succeeded there by his son, Mr. E. E. Perry, the present tenant.

Having to leave Dover in 1940, Mr. Perry went into business at Paddington, and later acquired a high-class confectionery and tobacconist business in East Dulwich Grove, South-East London, opposite the hospital in which his sudden death occurred.

The funeral took place at Hammersmith Cemetery on Wednesday.

Charles Edwin Perry

Above photograph shows Edwin Charles Perry, kindly sent to me from Rosemary Reynolds.

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

WASTALL E G and Co 1885

ADAMS Walter Day 1899-1921 dec'd Kelly's Directory 1899(Post Office Directory 1903wine, spirit and bottled ale merchant)

ADAMS George Day Jan/1921 Dover Express

LINELL John 1921-22 end

POPPLE W J 1922-23

COCKLE William James 1922-23 end

BREEZE William 1923-25 end

ROPER WaIter Francis 1925-26 end

WYLIE Benjamin McKinnin 1926 end Next pub licensee had

PERRY Edwin Charles senior 1926-40 end

RAWLINGS Reginald Price 1941

PERRY Edwin Ernest junior 1946-61 Next pub licensee had Kelly's Directory 1950Kelly's Directory 1953Kelly's Directory 1956

 

Kelly's Directory 1899From the Kelly's Directory 1899

Post Office Directory 1903From the Post Office Directory 1901

Kelly's Directory 1950From the Kelly's Directory 1950

Kelly's Directory 1953From the Kelly's Directory 1953

Kelly's Directory 1956From the Kelly's Directory 1956

 

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