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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

Woodman

Latest 2007

(Name to)

Blackfen Road

Sidcup

Woodman 1890

Above photo, circa 1890, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman 1906

Above photo, 1906.

Woodman

Above photo, date unknown. Proprietor was J A Harvey.

Woodman 1920s

Above photo, 1920s.

Woodman 1931

Above photo 1931.

Woodman

Above photo prior to 1932.

Note the Reffells Brewery sign to the left.

Reffells had leased the pub from as long ago as 1899 but did not acquire the freehold until the summer of 1930.

Even before negotiations were complete plans for a projected rebuild were being drawn up. The present pub was erected behind the old pub in 1931 and only then was the original demolished.

Woodman

Above postcard date unknown.

Woodman

Above photo, post 1931, from https://www.reffell.org.uk

Woodman post 1931

Above photo, post 1931, from https://www.reffell.org.uk

Woodman inside 1931

Above photo, 1931, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman inside 1931

Above photo, 1931, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman 1932

Above postcard, 1932, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman 1932

Above photo, 1932, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman locals inside 1932

Above photo, 1932, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman

Above painting, date unknown.

Woodman 1954

Above postcard, circa 1954, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Woodman

Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Jim Parker.

Woodman (new) 1932

Above photo, date unknown.

This photograph above is the new Woodman public house looking across Blackfen Road from the junction of Wellington Avenue.

The new pub was designed by Kenneth Dalgliesh whose initials are set in a small stone block alongside the entrance to the public bar.

Woodman 1991

Above photo, 1991 by Stephen Howden.

Woodman 2006

Above photo, 2006 by Steve Thoroughgood.

Woodman plan 1931

Above plan for new build, 1931, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

 

The pub has changed name to the "George Staples" in honour of its first landlord, (if indeed he was the first) as yet date of change unknown. Stewart Morgan suggests that George Crafter could well have been a partner of George Staples. Or an incorrect name or dodgy handwriting in the 1841 census.

 

LICENSEE LIST

CRAFTER George 1841 (age 40 in 1841Census)

STAPLES George William 1841-58+ (age 60 in 1851Census)

STAPLES Jane M 1861+ (widow age 69 in 1861Census)

KING George 1871+ (age 33 in 1871Census)

SHEPHERD Charles James 1881-82+ (age 33 in 1881Census)

BORSLEY William A 1891+ (age 29 in 1891Census)

DYER William Henry 1896+

HENDEN Tom 1901+ (age 40 in 1901Census)

SHELDON Henry 1903-13+ (age 49 in 1911Census) Kelly's 1903

HARVEY J A ????

STREAT Frank H & ABBOTT Archibald C 1938+

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CensusCensus

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

 

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