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26 Old Perry Street
Northfleet
01474 567309
http://www.thesixbells.info/
https://whatpub.com/six-bells
Above photo, 1920, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, date unknown. Kindly supplied by John Hopperton. |
Above postcard a coloured version of the above. |
Above photo 1987, by Denis Llewellyn. |
Above photo, date unknown. Kindly supplied by John Hopperton. |
Above photo 2010. |
Above bar 2010. |
Above photo 2010. |
Above photo 2010. |
This was a tied "Fleet Brewery"
pub in 1865 when the brewery was put up for auction.
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Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Saturday 26 June 1858.
Fruit.
In the plantation ground adjoining the "Six Bells Inn."
The auctioneer particularly invites the attention of Market Gardeners
and Fruit Growers to the above sale; the Fruit being most promising and
abundant; is situated in a locality easy of access and within a short
distance of Gravesend and Northfleet Railway Stations.
May be viewed on application to Mr. Upton, "Six bells Inn," where
further particulars may be known; and of the Auctioneers, Dartford.
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Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser, Saturday 9 August 1873.
A Boy Drowned in a Well.
On Thursday last an inquest was held at the "Six Bells," Perry Street,
before T. Hills, Esq., coroner for the County, on the body of Robert
Dalton.
Emily Dalton, wife of Henry Dalton, labourer, Northfleet, said the
deceased was her son and was 8 years of age. They lived in Esther place
and there was a well in the yard, which was in common to all the
neighbours. On Monday she and her husband went to work the child going
to school. Deceased came out at about 11:30 to light a fire. Between 12
and 1 o'clock at noon she was fetched home, and on arriving there she
saw some people who had just got a child out of a well, who she
discovered was the deceased. He was quite dead then. She found the fire
lighted and the kettle on the fire, and therefore the deceased had no
occasion to go to the well. About a week ago the deceased and another
boy drew a bucket of water from the well for which they were chastised,
and cautioned not to do it again. The kettle that she found on the fire
was filled by deceased's elder brother before he went to work.
John Homewood, wheelwright, Northfleet, said at about 12:30 on Monday,
he was in his workshop at work when a little boy came crying, and said
his brother was down the well. Witness immediately started off for the
place and looked down the well. He could not see the deceased but heard
his voice, who said "Pull me up." Witness told him to hold onto the
bucket, and witness held the handle tight and sent for help. While help
was coming, he felt the deceased leave go the bucket, and he never saw
or felt any more of deceased till he was got up by means of a hook. When
witness first got to the well there were only three or four small boys
there, all the people living near being out at work. He could not say
how deceased got down the well.
Dr. John E. Crook, of Northfleet, said he was sent for on Monday at
about 1 o'clock, and went to see the deceased directly. He found the
deceased in such a state that it was difficult to say whether he was
alive or dead. Witness used every means to recover him but without
success. There were some very slight bruises about him, and he must have
died from suffocation from drowning.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the doctor's evidence.
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Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser, Saturday 17 February 1883.
Northfleet. Charges Withdrawn.
At the Petty Sessions held at Rochester on Tuesday last before T. H.
Baker, Esq. in the chair), W. S. masters, Esq. and the rev. R. Whiston,
George Gould, landlord of the "Six Bells" public house, Northfleet, was
summoned by William Whiffin for striking him on the head with a pint pot
on the 3rd February, at defendant's house. Mr. Smith, of Rochester,
appeared for the complainant and mr. George Clinch, of Gravesend, for
the defendant, but the case was withdrawn, as was a cross-summons taken
out by Gould against Whiffin for an assault at the same time and place.
William Whiffin and Charles Whitehill were also summoned by George Gould
fro refusing to quit licensed premises, but this charge was also
withdrawn.
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Chatham News, Friday 21 April 1939.
Alterations to licensed premises.
The Chatham Bench, on Monday, approved of alterations to the "Six Bells," Northfleet. |
Local knowledge, further pictures, and licensee information would be
appreciated.
I will be adding the historical information when I find or are sent it,
but this project is a very big one, and I do not know when or where the
information will come from.
All emails are answered.
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From the
https://www.kentlive.news
The most brutal TripAdvisor comebacks from Kent pub and restaurant managers.
Customers leave some harsh reviews but owners have hit back at their
comments and in some cases the responses are ruthless.
TripAdvisor is the first port of call for many of us when deciding where
to eat.
Finding out how well rated a restaurant or pub is and what sort of
reviews it has can help make up your mind.
Some unhappy customers leave extremely harsh responses - so it's
understandable that owners are keen to respond to the criticism and put
the record straight.
Many owners take a considered approach, copy and pasting a standard
reply, apologising if the service was below par and inviting them to
send a proper email across.
Others aren't quite so measured and prefer to fire back from the hip.
Take a look below at some of the stronger responses from Kent venues.
One disgruntled customer slapped the pub with a one star rating after
enduring a "total disaster from start to finish."
The general manager was disappointed to hear about the bad experience
but set about straightening up the facts.
Watch out for the zinger in the closing line.
Reviewed 9 July 2019. Meopham u3a
Total disaster from start to finish, prebooked
for 20+ people, preordered, Nothing prepared for us, no sensible seating
arrangement, moved the group 3 times then 2 of our members had to eat
alone in another bar, nobody gave a damm, food was poor, waited 40 mins
for prepaid coffee - left without it tired of waiting, manager wouldn't
speak to us before we left therefore unable to complain in person as he
was - RESTING !!!!!
DO NOT GO NEAR THIS PLACE IT IS RUBBISH
SixBellsN, General Manager at The Six Bells, responded to this
review.
Responded 26 August 2019.
I'm sorry to hear that your experience at The
Six Bells was unsatisfactory but I would like to correct you on a few of
the issues stated here. The issue seems to have arisen from a
miscommunication between one member of your party and the rest of the
group. There was in fact an area set out for you as requested however
one member of the party stated she didn't want to sit in that area (the
only area big enough to accommodate a big group) so we tried our best to
set up a new area last minute. I like to think I can think on the fly
however moving brick and mortar are beyond my capabilities.
We also had all pre ordered food prepared for
you as promised however we're advised that there would be late comers,
again by the same member of your group. We therefore held your orders,
all precooked and ready to go for you even though it severely disrupted
the service of other paying customers, so that you could all eat
together. After waiting I was informed that the group wished to eat
without the others and your group never wanted to wait.
After all this had happened we had a backlog of
customers and it was unfair to make wait any longer. It was for this
reason you may have had to wait to speak to management and the very idea
that anyone would use the excuse that the manager was "resting" is
almost laughable. I can categorically deny that any member of staff
would have told you that.
Members of your group use this venue regularly
and would concur there has never been any issue before. I would
recommend that for a more pleasurable experience U3A need to look at
changing their membership rather then their venues.
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LICENSEE LIST
UPTON George 1851-58 (age 44 in 1851 )
UPTON Christiana 1861-72+ (widow age 47 in 1861)
MILLER Henry & ALLWORTH Charles Owners 1872
UPTON George 1874+
GOULD George 1881-83+ (age 32 in 1881)
HANSFORD Richard 1891+ (age 38 in 1891)
WILKINS Ernest George 1891-03+ (age 27 in 1891)
SMITH Godfrey William 1901-13+ (age 42 in 1901)
RAYNER Albert 1938+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/SixBells.shtml
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From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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