Above photo, date unknown. Kindly sent by Michael Norman.

Above photo, circa 1914, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Shown in its Kidd's Steam Brewery, Dartford livery. This pub was adjacent to Kidd's Brewery, the main entrance to which was located about 50m further up Hythe Street. The image shows licensee, Mr. E. W. Hopkins, with a Tommy, who may have been his nephew, Albert. Dartford War Memorial records that an A. H. Hopkins fell in WW1. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/ further corroborates this and lists Sergeant Albert Henry Hopkins, C Company, 1st Battalion of The Kings's Liverpool Regiment as having died in France in November 1916, aged 21. Sgt. Hopkins' parents were Frederic Edward and Alice Mary Hopkins, of St. Vincent's Road, Dartford.

The arrow sign is indicating the way to a nearby Recruiting Office, which dates this image as taken after the UK entered WW1 on 4th August 1914. As a member of the 1st Battalion, it's likely that Albert Henry Hopkins was a pre-war regular soldier and may have been assisting with the recruitment of local men who were keen to volunteer for "Kitchener's Army."

Above Google image 2016.

Above O.S. map 1910. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above map 1909, showing the location of the "Sportsman," Kidd's Brewery, "Prince of Wales, and "Anchor and Hope."

Above picture showing an 1890 image of Kidd's Brewery. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.