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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1959

(Name from)

Smugglers Inn

Open 2020+

School Lane

Herne

01227 741395

https://www.smugglersinnhernebay.co.uk

Smuggler's 1958

Above postcard, circa 1958, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Smugglers Inn 2010

Photos taken on 20 May, 2010 from http://www.flickr.com by John Law.

Smugglers Inn sign 1977

Above sign 1977.

Smugglers sign 1991Smugglers sign 1992

Above sign left, July 1991, sign right, June 1992.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Smugglers Inn sign 2010

Above sign 2010.

Smugglers Inn 2012

Photo taken 25 September 2012 from http://www.flickr.com by Dunstabelle.

Smugglers 2017

Above photo, August 2017, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

 

Evidentially there is a tunnel in the cellar that leads to the church opposite, and this was reputed to have been used by the smugglers when the customs came visiting.

I am informed that if you look up at the pub by the chimney, you will see a small triangular window. This used to be a smugglers lookout post ion the old days.

 

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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