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74 High Street
Wouldham
https://whatpub.com/foresters-arms
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above group outing, date unknown.
Top row:- Mr. Cornwall, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Cornwall, Mrs. Gadd,
Charlotte Chapman, Mrs. Cox, Stan Norris, Dolly Maton, Mr. Bateman, Mrs.
Downs, Mrs. Wallis, Mary Cooper, Ada Smith, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Wells's
brother, Granny Smith, Mr ????
Front row:- Fred Smith, Nancy Baker, Mrs. Kitney, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs.
Perkins. |
Above photo, date unknown.
Top row:- Henry & Jim Fletcher, John Langridge, Foch Peters & Malcolm
Langridge.
Left:- Mr. Ryan, Silas Martin.
Next Left:- Wally Glower snr, Wally Glover Jnr, Jack Simmons.
Middle:- Sid Perkins, Ted Best (Shrimpo)
Middle right:- Sid Fletcher, Dick Martin, Jack Fletcher, Tom Hodges.
Right:- Wisdom, Percy Norris & ????. |
Above photo, circa 1950s showing a day congregating trip outside the pub. |
Above photo showing another outing from the pub, date unknown. |
Above photo, August 1953 showing a Mr. Cook and Ann (from up North.) |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo showing licensee from 1861-81+, James Peters. Kindly sent by Bridget Garton. |
Above photo showing Lord and Lady Peters of Borstal. 3 of the Peters’ 8
children emigrated to Canada and one of them ended up in the USA. The
youngest child (Kathleen) produced a family of 4, 3 of whom became
missionaries in Chad, Algeria and the Arctic. |
Alf Stevens has spent most of his 77 years in Wouldham, he was the first
customer when Mrs. Ivy Turrell and her husband Reg re-opened the
"Forester's Arms" in the village High Street. They had arrived only the
day before and were "camping" in the back room, as the pub had been
closed for several months. Date unknown. |
Above photo showing staff member Kevin, 2009. |
Above photo, public bar, 2009. |
Above photo 2009. |
Above photo 2015. |
Above Google image, February 2009. |
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Chatham News, Saturday 5 September 1863.
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSEES.
Mr. Hayward applied for a license to be granted to Mr. James Peters,
landlord of a beer-house at Wouldham. Mr. R. Prall, jun., opposed on the
part of the landlord of the "Waterman's Arms." Memorials on both sides
were put in.
Refused.
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From the
http://www.kentonline.co.uk 6 February 2010.
Three arrests after
stabbing outside "Foresters Arms" in Wouldham.
A 38-year-old man has been taken to hospital after a scuffle outside
a pub led to him suffering stab wounds.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened
around the junction of the High Street and Ferry Lane at Wouldham, near
Rochester at around 8.30pm Friday.
Several men were involved in a scuffle, which left one of them with
stab wounds. The victim is described as in a stable condition in
hospital.
Police arrested three men who have been questioned about what
happened. They were later released on police bail.
Michael Osborne, the owner of the "Foresters Arms" pub, said his
customers came to the rescue of the victim by calling an ambulance and
trying to comfort the man, who had staggered into the pub, after the
scuffle.
"We could see that he had around four stab marks on him," he said.
One of my customers called an ambulance, while my staff sat with him to
check he was okay."
Police cordoned off the high street while they investigated the
incident. It re-opened on Saturday morning.
Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 01732 379217. |
The pub probably closed shortly after the above event, and was sold at
auction on the 6th May 2014 for £204,000 being suitable for conversion into
new homes.
Above Google image May 2019. |
LICENSEE LIST
PETERS James 1861-81+ (age 30 in 1861 )
HOOK Samuel 1891+ (age 32 in 1891)
McLEOD John B 1938+
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