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Mile Oak Road
Paddock Wood
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Above group, date unknown. |
Above postcard, circa 1950, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above group, names and date unknown. |
 Above photo taken by Paul Skelton, 11 April, 2014. |
 Above photo taken by Paul Skelton, 11 April, 2014. |
 
Above sign left, 2008. With thanks from Roger Pester
www.innsignsociety.com.
Sign right taken by Paul Skelton, 11 April, 2014. |
I have just added this pub to that list but
your help is definitely needed regarding it's history.
As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will
be shown here.
Thanks for your co-operation.
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Kent & Sussex Courier, Friday 6 October 1972.
Landlady retires from pint pulling.
Mrs. P. Wenham (right) presents a retirement gift on behalf of the
customers to Mrs. Florrie Hope, landlady at the "Elm Tree," Paddock
Wood.
MRS. FLORENCE HOPE is pulling her last pints for her regulars before
she retires on Tuesday as manageress of the "Elm Tree Inn" at Church
Road, Paddock Wood.
During a farewell party on Thursday of last week Mrs. Hope was given
a ring, pendant and compact by her customers.
Mrs, Hope, and her husband Bernard, a railwayman who died two years
ago, came to the Inn in 1949 with their son and daughter. Both
children now have families of their own. Colin is under manager at
Knockholt railway station and the daughter, Mrs. Molly Thompson,
lives at Lincoln.
A native of Paddock Wood, Mr. Hope was the registered licensee and
served at the inn after his railway shifts.
Mrs. Hope is moving to 32 Ringden Avenue, Paddock Wood.
She said: "I was born in Gillingham and when I was 16 I came to
Paddock Wood to work in the "Railway Hotel," which is now the "Hop
Pocket." My father-in-law took, the "Elm Tree" in 1939 and I helped
in the bar.
I will certainly be sorry to leave the customers. This is a very
friendly inn — a home from home. There have been big celebrations at
the inn, such as wedding and engagement parties.
"Since I have been running the pub I have not had time to garden and
I am not sure whether I will be able to do so at my new home.
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From an email received 2 October 2018.
Hi,
My Grand parents were tenants through the late 1950's and 60's,
and their parents before that. Their surname was Hope.
I remember hop picking time. The pub was packed.
There was no car park then, just an old veggie garden that my
Nan used to keep.
As kids we used to stay there in the holidays and play around the
old pub and up the lanes.
My parents would run the pub for a couple of weeks while Nan and
Pop had a break in Guernsey.
I live in Australia now but visited the a Elm Tree a few years
ago. It's changed. It used to have 2 separate bars, lounge and
public. The beer was gravity fed from the barrels. The below ground
cellar was always flooding and Pop used to get the fire brigade to
pump it out..!!!
They never cooked or sold meals meals, just crisps, pickled eggs
and onions, peanuts, chocolate bars.
The kitchen and living room was out the back and bedrooms
upstairs.
Regards,
Colin Thompson. |
The pub is currently closed (October 2018) and is up "To Let."
LICENSEE LIST
JUDD John 1881+ (age 48 in 1881 )
JUDD Alfred E 1901+ (youngest son age 22 in 1901)
HOPE Jabez William 1939-50
HOPE George Bernard (son) 1950-69
HOPE Florence (widow) 1969-Oct/72
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