Kentish Independent, Friday 28 September 1906.

The Reason Why.

Mr. S. G. Gore, proprietor of the "Flower of Kent" Brockley, submitted plans for a proposed alteration, before which he applied for sanction. In response to a question from the bench, he said that when he took the house he told them the truth then, before he lived on the premises, with the exception of two nights. Lately, in consequence of an illness, he had taken a house elsewhere, though he still lived on the premises whenever he could. He was there the first in the morning and the last at night, he had a suite of rooms there, and was responsible for the conduct of everything. If the law required more, he would be only too willing to comply with it.

The chairman:- The Bench, when they grant licences, require a licensee to live - to sleep - on the premises; to sleep there every night.

Mr. Gore:- Every night?

The Chairman:- Yes; of course. I sleep at home every night.

Following a consultation, the Bench refused the application.