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Information taken from John Bavington-Jones' book "A Perambulation of
the Town, Port and Fortress of Dover", 1906. (Reprint in The South Kent
Gazette, March 4th, 1981.)
Once the site of a tollgate and a gatehouse this is the
London Road - Bridge Street junction with High Street and Tower Hamlets
Road, as it appeared about 1900. On the left at the corner of
Bridge Street is the old Falcon Hotel while on the right, on the High
Street corner is Coomber's fruit shop. On the fascia of this is a sign
announcing that the site had been acquired for the construction of OId
Buckland and Charlton branch of the National Provincial Bank - once the
National Westminster Bank. The sign gives the clue to the date of the
picture because the bank opened for business about 1901.
Another sign on the extreme right of the picture, is an advertisement
for the Dover Engineering Works Company (previously Thomas and Sons) - "Engineen
and Iron Founders, Dour Works, Bridge Street." In Bridge Street itself
is a line of terraced homes all of which have now disappeared, the site
having been taken over by the foundry.
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Picture above shows the Falcon just before being demolished in 1970. |
The first licensee on parade at the opening was Tucker in 1864. It
occupied the corner with Bridge Street following the removal of the toll
gate. At the other extreme, Nadin, 1964-69, saw the property sold to the town
for £11,000.
Bridge Street was widened at this point early in 1970 and the necessary
removal of the hotel took place to make that possible.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News. 17 March 1939.
There was a serious accident outside the "Falcon," London Road, on
Saturday night. Mrs. Gamble, of 8, Bridge Street, being knocked down by
a motor car driven by Mr. L Pearce, of 69, Folkestone Road. Mrs. Gamble
was taken to the Hospital with a fractured left leg, abrasions to the
right leg and suffering from shock.
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LICENSEE LIST
TUCKER S C 1864
BIRCH George 1872-1891
  
BIRCH Edwin Mead 1892-99
 
(Also hired out tents and marquees for parties)
NEWING William Henry 1901-04 end
WRAITH Mrs Phyllis E 1904-07 end
MILES Tom M 1906-07
 1913
MILES Mrs Mary Jane 1907-20 end
HALL Edwin Thomas senior 1920-22 end
WARDELL George W 1922 end
BECKETT Edward Albert 1922-24 end
CLARK Herbert 1924-31 end
 
ASKIE F J 1931-33 end
McDINE J 1933
TURNER Harold Leslie 1933-38+
BEER Edward J F 1939-49 end
CAIRNS James F R 1949-53 end
MOUNT Edward Latimer 1953-54 end
PARKER Frank 1954-56 end
GREEN Thomas 1956
BROWN Kenneth M 1959-60 end
SALMON Arthur T 1960
NADIN Walter 1964-69 end
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 Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33
From the Post Office Directory 1938
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