57-58 East Cliff

Above shows a picture of The Albion date unknown. Below a photo by Barry Smith circa 1980.

Houses destroyed at East Cliff by The Albion. Illustrated by Gordon Nevis 7th December 1872. By kind permission of over Library ILL/697.

A different brewer supplied from 1859 when it sold for £355. Five a.m. opening was permitted from 1898, which meant that it joined seventeen other pubs enjoying that dubious privilege. Another eighteen were opening at three thirty a.m. With respect to this house that concession was withdrawn the following year. Its close proximity to the sea and cliffs naturally attracted the attention of the smuggling fraternity and in our time, two flint cottages in the rear have been used as a cellar and decorated as a smugglers cave. This only held a beer licence till 1950 when it was granted a "full" license to sell beer and spirits. Some trouble in the past from cliff falls, necessitating the closure in October 1967 but reopening in June 1968, the cliff meanwhile being trimmed to prevent a reoccurrence. In keeping with its contemporaries, a great deal by way of alteration and modernisation achieved over the years, especially since 1975. One of Gardner's which passed to Whitbread. Was serving Fremlins in 1974.

LICENSEE LIST

LEWINGTON Thomas 1847-55+

GODMAN George 1858

CASHMAN John 1859

TURNER George William 1868

STONE George 1874

BALL Patrick 1875

BALL Mrs Elizabeth 1877-84

SOUTER Eliza 1877-93 end

TAPSELL Mrs Eliza 1892-1907 dec'd

TAPSELL James 1907-18

SANDERS William Harrison 1919-22

STEVENS Alexander 1922-27+ end

MILES Ernest 1930-38+

MILES Mrs Ada 1945 dec'd

FENNER Frederick Vernon 1945-50 end (Dover Express)

MEYRICKS David George 1950-54 end (Dover Express)

KNOTT James E 1954

HILL George Patrick O 1956-68 dec'd

ROWLEY Reg D 1974

GERALDAS Ernest 1975-87

GERALDAS Janet 1988

RYAN Michael 1991-92

From Bagshaw Directory 1847

From the Post Office Directory 1855

From Melville's Directory 1858

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1891

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895

From the Kelley's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1918

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33

From the Post Office Directory 1938

From the Kelley's Directory 1950

From the Kelley's Directory 1953

From the Kelley's Directory 1956

Library archives 1974