DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1952

Webbs Hotel

Latest 2003+

163-165 Folkestone Road

See also "Captain Webb"

Dover

Webbs Hotel

All photos below, kindly supplied by Julienne Webster.

Picture 1. Old conservatory, torn down to add our living quarters and restaurant.

Webbs Hotel picture 1

Picture 2: Restaurant construction. My mother, Julienne Webster checking the building progress, as she was wont to do! Circa 1955-56

Webbs Hotel picture 2

Picture 3: Restaurant construction. Side view and rear entrance to hotel kitchen area.

Webbs Hotel picture 3

Picture 4: Restaurant construction. Further progress on additions.

Webbs Hotel picture 4

Picture 5: Restaurant construction. Above restaurant our living quarters being built. Circa 1955-56

Webbs Hotel picture 5

Picture 6: Restaurant construction. As above. Circa 1955-56

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Picture 7: Restaurant construction. As above. Circa 1955-56

Webbs Hotel picture 7

Picture 8: Restaurant construction. As above.

Webbs Hotel picture 8

Picture 9: Original Hotel. Original view of hotel before my parents purchased 163 Folkestone Rd, our bedrooms were in the attic area before the addition. Circa 1954.

Webbs Hotel picture 9

Picture 10: Dining Room. This was originally the sitting room for the hotel, note the photos on the sideboard of our children and my brother's daughter.

Webbs Hotel picture 10

Picture 11: Dining Room. Full view of dining room, a little different from what I remember.

Webbs Hotel picture 11

Picture 12: Bar area. Must be a new bar put in by new owners, because see next photo.

Webbs Hotel picture 12

Picture 13: Mrs. Julienne Dolbear at the new bar. This is the small bar I remember.

Webbs Hotel picture 13

Picture 14: Mrs. Julienne Dolbear in the dining room. English tea time at Webb's, of course that is my mother at the table.

Webbs Hotel picture 14

Picture 15: Mrs. Julienne Dolbear in the garden. Gardens that I don't recall, they must have been redesigned after I left the country.

Webbs Hotel picture 15

Picture 16: Mrs. Julienne Dolbear in the garden. As above.

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Picture 17: Mrs. Julienne Dolbear in the garden. My mother with her beloved cat.

Webbs Hotel picture 17

Picture 18: Dining area. Again dining room redesigned after my time, but same chairs as always.

Webbs Hotel picture 18

Picture 19: Dining area. As above.

Webbs Hotel picture 19

Picture 20: Dining area. As above.

Webbs Hotel

Picture 21: My mother on, 2 gents unknown, lady and gent and next lady unknown, but the couple on the end are our dear friends George and Hilda Sharp, without their help Webb's couldn't have become a reality, they were an integral asset to us all, and dear friends who were our neighbours when our family returned to Dover after the war, we then lived on Salisbury Road. Hope this is helpful to your creation of Webb's. Sincerely, Julienne Ratcliif/Webster.

Webbs Hotel card 1972

Above card front 1972-73. Kindly sent by Ernesto Schoenenberger.

Webbs Hotel card 1972

Above card back 1972-73. Kindly sent by Ernesto Schoenenberger.

From an email received 3 June 2017.

Hi,

I thought I with let you know I have found a key that belongs to Webb's hotel No 20.

I have attached a picture thanks.

Brett Forster.

Webbs Hotel Key

From an email received 5 May 2020.

My digging around the background to Connaught Barracks found this:

"When the barracks were demolished in 62 my boss at the time F G Dolbear bought the teak flooring. As the apprentice carpenter I had the task of building all the furniture and fixings for the Webb hotel, owned by his wife.

The gravel encrusted wood was a true nightmare to work with".

Regards,

Barry O'Brien

 

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