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60 Folkestone Road before 1913  also
121 Folkestone Road
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From an article in the Dover Mercury 27 January 2000 by Joe Harman.
THIS photograph of Folkestone Road appears to have been taken about
1865.
The building on the left is obviously The Engineer public house, which
was there according to the census of 1871.
The one over to the left is almost certainly Laburnham Cottage as this
shows up on a map of 1859 with Sultrana Villa beyond it.
The latter is now the Mildmay Hotel and this was built for Mr Rowland
Rees as well as Canton Villa, which is linked with his former service as an
architect in Hong Kong.
He was the surveyor for the Dover Harbour Board and later became Mayor of
Dover.
Looking at the picture, closely, you can see the outline of Westmount,
which was built in 1865 by Philip Stiff. At a later date, Beaumont Terrace
was built where the white railings are pictured.
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OUTING: An all-male outing from The Engineer corner pub in Folkestone Road |
On the corner with Malvern Road, the number was once sixty. That part of
the road formed about 1870 and during the present century various terraces
have been incorporated into the numbering of the road. The bar portion, like
the "Imperial Crown" has the appearance of a single storey extension made at
some time. Rumour does have it though that the cellar here is enormous by
comparison.
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All set for a day's outing - to the races perhaps -
about 1912. Note the solid tyres and the gun carriage type
wheels of the two open-top charabancs, one of them a Pullman, for this
all-male party. One child also posed for the picture, sitting on grandad's knee on the front seat. The buses are pictured outside the
Engineer Inn, of which the men were presumably customers.
Standing on
the corner of Folkestone Road and Malvern Road, the Engineer was one of
many local public houses which used to sell the beers produced at
Leney's old brewery, between Castle Street and Townwall
Street.
Information taken from John Bavington Jones' book "A Perambulation of
the Town, Port and Fortress of Dover", 1906. (Reprint in The South
Kent Gazette, 12th November, 1980.) |
An outlet of Leney which passed to Whitbread.
Above the Engineer circa 1980 (Photo by Barry Smith).
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Above Engineer circa 1987 (Photo by Paul Skelton)
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From the Adscene 28 November 1996.
TWO heady nights of live music will hail the grand opening of the
new-look Engineer.
The popular Dover pub becomes bigger and better, with
a £53,000 facelift including a 40 per cent bigger bar area.
Kicking off
the opening celebrations tomorrow night (29 November) will be the
popular Traf Blues Band. On the following nights it's the turn of
talented soloist Mark Landon, who has regularly entertained passengers
on board Stena Line ferries.
Throughout that evening all pints of
draught beer are £1.50 and large main-line spirits,
such as vodka and whisky, are charged at a knock-down £1.80.
The Pubmaster-owned premises will see in the New Year 1997 with music from
Pepperfish, a lively band whose cover versions include Oasis and REM
material.
The new era for The Engineer will also shortly usher in a full menu of
tasty meals, including pub lunches and bar snacks.
The extra space will also mean a larger pool table, which is free daily
until 6pm.
Even without all this you will see a transformation, with the building's
sparkling new internal and external decor.
The Victorian-built pub, on the
corner of Folkestone Road and Malvern Road, was able to stay open while
refurbishment was carried out, with the work area screened off. It is a
long-established cornerstone for the Clarendon and Priory communities,
but is by no means a closed shop.
It also welcomes passing trade and has a multi-national edge through
foreign tourists from nearby bed and breakfast hotels dropping in.
Germans, Dutch, Swiss, Americans and
Japanese have all come in to enjoy an evening pint and the friendly
atmosphere of The Engineer.
The pub's landlord is Glen Virtue, who took over in March 1995 after
eight years' experience running the nearby Alma.
Mr. Virtue has also bought the Trident Guest House, at the corner of
St. John's Road and Folkestone Road, and will rename it The Engineer Guest
House at the end of the year.
The Engineer is open 11am to 11pm Monday to Saturday and noon
to 10.30pm Sunday.
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Photos by Paul Skelton 19 June 2008.
Top photo is of the frontage coming down.
Bottom photo shows building work in the garden over the skittle alley
where the pear tree used to be. |
Currently closed (April 2007).
LICENSEE LIST
TAMS James 1872-84+
HEMMINGS Charles 1891
KOHLHAMMER John 1895-99+
BUCKINGHAM Frederick 1903 end
 
QUESTED Edward William 1903-07 end
SARGEANT Harry 1907-12 end
SPRATT William 1912-27 end
   
PEIRCE Charles 1927-40 dec'd
  
PEIRCE Miss Ethel Mildred 1940-48
JAYNES Charles (Wag) 1948-49 end
PEIRCE Charles A H 1949-66+
 
GILCHRIST Mrs Joan 1969-73 and 1980 end
GILCHRIST Malcomb M 1974-79 dec'd
FULLER Harold 1980-92 end
GRANT Neil (Peggy Grant) 1992
VIRTUE Glenn March 1995
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 1922
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33
From the Kelley's Directory 1950
From the Kelley's Directory 1953
From the Kelley's Directory 1956
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