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167 Beach Street/Silver Street
Deal
Above photo shows the Albion in in the late 1800s when there were houses
on the opposite side of the road. Kindly sent by Stuart Kinnon. |
Above postcard, 1900, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
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From the East Kent Mercury, 28th December 2000
"Albion" far right, photo by F. A. Collyer.
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From the Dover Mercury, 11 June, 2009.
Pubs galore along old Esplanade
By Sue Briggs.
Above picture shows the Albion, 1959 and below a similar
picture after closure. Two doors away is also shown the "Deal
Cutter" and extreme right the "Royal
Exchange."
Above shows the same shot today, 2009. Photograph by Mercury
photographer Paul Amos.
A STRETCH of Deal seafront when plenty of pubs were open for business is
featured in this week's Now and Then.
The old postcard is called Esplanade looking north and was supplied by a
Mercury reader with a love of the town's history.
It was taken between Beach Street and The Marina, near the junction with
Silver Street.
A corner pub on the left was The Albion, which was a Fremlins public
house selling 'Kent's Best'.
The brewery company's distinctive elephant advertising symbol can be
seen on the windows and signs.
Beer was also on sale at The "Deal Cutter", the third property on the
left, and further along
the picture on the corner of Exchange Street was The "Royal Exchange", a Charringtons pub selling London Ale.
A pub door facing into Exchange Street has since been replaced by a
window for the house.
All three pubs have now been converted into homes, but their distinctive
architectural details can still easily be identified.
The four-storey house in the centre of the postcard view has been replaced by a five-storey block of flats with garages, but the rest
of the old buildings still remain.
Opposite The "Royal Exchange" can be seen the former Boatman's Rooms,
which is now a three-bedroom house with a walled garden.
Compared to the time when the postcard was sold, the seafront stretch
has now changed opposite the homes.
There is paid parking beside the road and far less promenade to walk
along since the sea wall was built.
On the postcard view there is just one car and a few bicycles propped up
against the kerb outside a couple of houses. A long row of light bulbs
can be seen attached to the lamp posts, maybe at a time when the funfair
used to occupy the stretch of prom north of the "Royal Hotel".
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Photos taken by Paul Skelton, 27 July 2008. |
Named after a locally built type of vessel seen moored on the beaches.
Earliest known date of existence being from Melville's Directory of 1858.
This pub was at the top of Silver Street and closed June 1971.
The Deal Licensing Register of 1863 reported that the alehouse had been
granted a music license.
Latterly the pub was Fremlins and sold Kent's Best.
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South Eastern Gazette, 6 November, 1860.
Sudden Death.
On Friday night a gentleman named George Chapman, aged 49,
suddenly
expired in a house occupied by a scissors grinder in West-street,
named Rose. It appeared that the deceased left a pair of scissors to
grind, and having called for them, tendered a sixpenny piece in
payment. Mrs. Rose went to the "Alma Inn" to get change, and on her
return she found the unfortunate gentleman dead. On Saturday evening
a coroner’s inquest was held, and a verdict of "Died by the
visitation of God" returned.
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From the Deal, Walmer, Sandwich and East Kent Mercury,
8 July, 1954.
Borough Licensing Committee.
Licensee of the "Albion", Mr. F. Tobin, granted a music and singing
licence to operate from 10 am to 11.30 pm.
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LICENSEE LIST
WOOD Susana 26Nov 1694 (probably not licensed)
FINNIS John Phillip 1845-58+
GRIGG Edward Galley 1863-74+
  
ROBERTS John G B 1878-82
ROBERTS Lydia 1883+
FINNIS William 1887+
GRIGG Edward Galley 1891-98+
  
GRIGG Philip George 1903-39+       
PETERS J 1948+
TOBIN F 1954+
PAIGE H F 1966+
SLOPER Mr TO 2/June/1971 Closed
https://pubwiki.co.uk/AlbionInn.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/albion.html
From Melville's Directory 1858
 From the Kelly's Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Kelly's Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Kelly's Directory 1913
Deal Library List 1914
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Kelly's Directory 1934
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Deal Licensing Register
The Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer by Glover and Rogers
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