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Frances Place/677 Lower Rainham Road
East Rainham
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, 1953, showing the celebrations for the Coronation. Showing
the Willoughby Grays seated in the window left. |
Above photo 1984, taken by Joe Ennis. |
Above photo, 1985 by D Alcock. |
Above Google image, July 2012. |
Above Google image, 2019. Sign still standing on right. |
 
Above sign left 2012, sign right 2016. |
 
Above card issued March 1955. Sign series 4 number 2. |
This premises operated its own Share Out Club in which participants would
save for a special occasion, such as Christmas.
I am informed that as of 2016 unfortunately closed in 2010 and
has been replaced by a row of terrace houses, the sign still remained on a
pole next to the property in 2019.
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From the Southeastern Gazette, 10 July 1866.
---- Wyles, of the “Army and “Navy” beerhouse, Rainham, was charged with
having his house open during the hours for Divine service, on Sunday,
17th June. It was urged, in defendant's favour, that he had kept the
house for thirteen or fourteen years, without previous complaint.
Fined 10s., costs 10s.
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Jenni Horn, 10 August 2021.
Rainham pub sign for old Army & Navy stolen.
A little bit of a town's history has disappeared after a pub sign was stolen.
The Army & Navy board had been hanging in Lower Rainham Road,
Rainham, despite the pub closing many years ago.
The Army & Navy pub sign stood in Lower Rainham Road at the bottom
of Berengrave Lane Picture: Google.
It was a familiar site for drivers as they waited at the busy
junction at the bottom of Berengrave Lane.
The pub building has been converted into three terrace properties
and people living there say the sign disappeared overnight on
Monday, July 26.
A post online read: "Missing....The old pub sign, a rusting reminder
of The Army and Navy public house which was converted into houses a
number of years back has gone.
"The pub sign was the last historical reminder of what once stood
here."
Residents say a piece of history has gone missing.
Kerry Geer, who works at the garage, said: "Our camera that covers
our car sales also shows that junction where the sign was.
"The CCTV shows a figure at the bottom of the pole who ran and hid
when a car came past, then went back to the sign. When the next car
came past the sign had gone."
"I do not know if its been reported to the police but we certainly
haven’t been approached for the footage."
Gareth Hanson lives in the end house and says he owned the sign as
part of his deeds.
He said: "I'm really annoyed about it. I wanted to get it restored.
'There is just a big hole where it was now'.
"It is a bit of history, our house was part of the pub, we still
have the pub cellar, so it is sad that it has gone."
He added: "I think it will end up on an auction site, you see other
pub signs going for quite a bit."
Patricia Marsh lives a few doors down. She said: "I didn't hear a
thing [when it was taken]. One minute it was there, the next it was
gone.
"I have lived here for 17 years and I am sad to see it go.
"It seems like quite a lot of effort to go to to steal an old pub
sign. It must have been very heavy. It was in need of repair and had
lost all of the picture on it.
The Army & Navy was situated at 677, Lower Rainham Road and it is
thought to date back to the 1850s.
Local history says the pub was a meeting place for fighting men
because of it proximity to the river. It was run by a former
sergeant of the Marines who chose the name Army & Navy so neither
service was offended. |
LICENSEE LIST
WYLES Thomas 1855-81+
        
WYLES Ann 1891-1901+ (widow age 73 in 1891)
  
TASSELL Thomas Alexander 1905-09+
  
HUNT William 1911-38+   
DOLLING William James 1939+
LAKER J W 1948-51+
 
FULL H W 1953-55+
 
PRICE W 1957+
DOBINSON Lawrence 1971-74+
   
https://pubwiki.co.uk/ArmyNavy.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/armynavy.html
Census
From the Post Office Directory 1855
From the Post Office Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1859
From the Post Office Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1866-67
From the Post Office Directory 1878
From the Kelly's Directory 1882
From the Kelly's Directory 1887
From the Kelly's Directory 1891
From
the Kelly's Directory 1895
From
the Kelly's Directory 1895
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1905
From the Sittingbourne District Parrett's Directory 1908
From the Kelly's Directory 1909
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1912/13
From the Kelly's Directory 1927
From the Kelly's Directory 1938
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1939
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1948
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1951
From the Kelly's Directory 1953
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1955
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1957
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1971
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1972
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1973
From the Medway Kelly's Directory 1974
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