Above photo, 1880, showing the "Bull" on the right in the distance.

Above photo circa 1908. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, circa 1912, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, 1912, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, 1912, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, 1912, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above postcard, circa 1923, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. With the Bull (or Ye Olde Bull, if you prefer) in the livery of the Dartford Brewery Co. Not long after this photo was taken the DBC was acquired by Style & Winch's Medway Brewery, Maidstone but its pubs continued to be liveried as DBC for many years. This practice continued, even when S&W was itself acquired by Barclay, Perkins' Southwark Brewery in 1929.

Above photo, circa 1971, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Telephone Otford 3198. From a guide book to Old Kentish Inns, which told readers that the Bull offered bar snacks, lunches and dinner and also welcomed children. Quite unusual in the early 1970s, when it was rather more common for kids to have to sit in the car park with a bottle of pop and a bag of crisps.

Photo July 2005 from http://www.flickr.com by John Law.

Sign left 1951, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Sign right, 2007.

Above sign 1995.

With thanks from Roger Pester www.innsignsociety.com.

Above sign 2011.

With thanks from Roger Pester www.innsignsociety.com.

From an email received, 24 September 2020.

The licensees before us were Mr. & Mrs. Bateman who were there for 4 1/2 years. The Cassidy's were the tenants before the Batemans. We took the pub over for the Brewery as Managers. I don't know who took over when it became a Chef and Brewer as they put a temporary Manager in to run the stock down before it was closed for 3 months for the alterations.

We took over in 1974 and 2 yrs later the Brewery wanted to open up the bars. I didn't like what they suggested and did a drawing myself which they agreed to. The Brewery wanted to make it into one bar but we insisted the public bar was kept. In 1980 we won the best garden in Kent and prior to that we were runners-up for the warmest welcome sponsored by the Coal Board. My husband Ted won several awards for the Best Kept Cellar.

When the great hurricane storm hit the Sevenoaks area we had 3 huge yew trees, fruit trees and 3 trees from the Otford Primary School uprooted and laying in our garden.

During the time we were there we held many Benefit Evenings for Kent County Cricket Club players. We also collected over 18,000 items which were sent out to our boys n girls serving in the Gulf War.

My son was serving with the RAF at the time and rather than just sitting and worrying I decided to contact the War Office to see what I could do. One thing I clearly remember was that when the lads and lasses first went out to the Gulf they were issued with short boots. The sand was going into them which was causing problems. So they sent out higher boots but didn't have enough laces so I wrote to the local press and the collection began. We filled 2 army lorries and in every box we pack we enclosed a letter. Items ranged from toiletries and sweets to magazines all of which were stored in our private dining room.

Yours, Sally Maycock.