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Sort file:- Gillingham, November, 2024.

Page Updated:- Thursday, 21 November, 2024.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

 Britannia

Latest 1970s

(Name to)

112 Pier Road (96 in 1891Census)

Gillingham

Above photo just before demolition.
Britannia

Above photo, date unknown. Shown just before demolition.
Wally Pooley

Above photo showing licensee Wally Pooley, date unknown.
Britannia site 2011

Above photo 2011, from www.Flickr.com by Ben Levick. Showing the site in 2011 of the former "Britannia."

 

It looks to me as if after the original building was demolished a new build was erected and probably called the "Spatz" along with other names, before that too being demolished. Local knowledge needed here thanks.

 

Information below by Ben Levick

The "Britannia Pub" (not to be confused with the "Britannia" in modern Gillingham High Street which was originally New Brompton) moved between several locations in its lifetime. In the mid 19th century it was located in Church Street, near the corner with Pier Road. In the 1870s it moved into a terraced house in Pier Road, opposite the gasworks. The terraced house was demolished in the 1950s and the pub was rebuilt a little further along Pier Road (the location above). In the 1980s it became a wine-bar called Spatts, and then went through a series of other names including The Strand, Bar Intermission and Expressions. It closed in the early 2000s and burned down in the middle of the decade. It was then demolished and has since remained an empty plot.

 

The Lost Pubs Project says the pub was situated on the Pier Road it was originally known as the "Britannia" it later changed name to "Spatz" then the "Strand" and lastly was called the "Bar" just before it finally closed. I have also heard that somewhere along the line it was also called "Expressions" but as yet don't know where in the list this one fitted. Local knowledge please.

 

LICENSEE LIST

AUSTIN William G 1891+ (age 65 in 1891Census)

KENNARD George 1930+

CLOW Robert 1938+

SPICER Charles & Patricia 1960-64

POOLEY Wally ????

https://pubwiki.co.uk/BritanniaPier.shtml

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/britannia.html

 

CensusCensus

 

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