5 Gadds Hill

Gillingham

https://whatpub.com/four-brothers

Above photo showing the closed pub in 2008.

Above date unknown.

Above sign left 1978, sign right October 1986. With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

The pub sign in 1978 depicts a barrel being lifted on a palate with a chain in each corner. A "brother" was the dock-yard slang for a chain.

By 2008 the pub has closed its doors and has since been demolished to make way for the building acquired by "Medway Homes."

Above photo showing the demolition in process.

Above photo from Google May 2014 showing the location of the former pub.

LICENSEE LIST

JARRETT Edward 1871-74+ (age 62 in 1871)

FRENCH John H 1881-82+ (age 29 in 1881)

SPENCLEY Edward 1901+ (age 38 in 1901)

BOTTLE Ernest 1918-30+

MUDD John R 1986-90+

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

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

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