MIDDLE EI8HT Pub of Gravesend

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Sort file:- Gravesend, March, 2021.

Page Updated:- Sunday, 07 March, 2021.

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Paul Skelton

Earliest June 2013

(Name from)

Middle Ei8ht

May 2016

(Name to)

1 Town Pier

Gravesend

01474 328947

Above photos, date unknown. Kindly supplied by John Hopperton.

Above photo showing their bar area.

This used to be known as the "Pier Hotel," but I do not yet know when the name changed. I believe this pub to be a good music venue. It is now spelt with an "8" instead of a "g" and is pronounced "Middle Eight."

From www.kentonline.co.uk 26 June 2013.

The former Pier pub in Gravesend has reopened under the guise of The Middle Ei8ht.

Staff and owners, gathered before the grand opening of the Middle Ei8ht by the town pier.

The former Pier pub in Gravesend has reopened under the guise of The Middle Ei8ht.

On Friday, the grand opening took place with live music - something the West Street pub is boasting for the future.

Landlord Liam Jackson has managed several pubs before but this is the first one he's properly run.

The 26-year-old said: “We're marketing the place as the number one live acoustic pub in Gravesend.

"There will be live music but we're also going to be playing all the sports as and when they come on.

"There'll be open mic nights on a Wednesday between 7-11pm and everyone gets a free beer or a drink.”

The venture is very much a family run pub with Liam's fiancée Holi, sister Chloe and brother in law Ryan all helping out.

Unfortunately I have been informed that the pub as of May 2016 has closed and appears to be deserted.

Above photo May 2016. Kindly sent by Ian Goodrick.

The pub having closed in May 2016, reopened again in August 2016, this time with the name of "Mug and Meeple."

LICENSEE LIST

JACKSON Liam June 2013-May/16

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