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The Man of Kent

Credit to Geoff Wheatley


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Graham 22-Oct-2015 20:09
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for the tour round the pub. In my day, when we went up to London to visit the family, I was stood outside on the pavement when they went in for a drink. No children's rooms there. Every so often an arm would come out of the door with a Vimto for me. I still love the taste of that stuff. Looking at the pub here, it is a completely different design to the houses. I guess it was built at the same time. You think they would just have knocked two or three of the houses together to make a pub, but they did not. Anyone know when this part of town was built?
Geoff 03-Sep-2014 09:22
Thank you Roger, I could not remember Mr Smith's Christian name. We did not go to the shop, he always stopped by after work, by the time I got in from school he had done Dad and then it was my turn, in the middle of the public bar. Opening times were a lot different in them good old days!!
Roger Betts 31-Aug-2014 17:13
George Smith the barber, I remember him well, he worked in O'Keefes Barbers in the Broadway and always rode his pushbike to work. Really nice guy and yes he did have a gammy leg.
Geoff 31-Aug-2014 14:28
Hi Graham
Look at the photo prior to the MoK. It was taken during the '53 flood. Looking down Clyde Street from Richmond Street. Blacksmiths on the left, MoK on the right slightly further down. Did you know Gary Smith, he lived in Jefferson Rd? His dad was our barber, walked with a limp. If you look on google maps, you can drive down Clyde St and see the pubs. The True Briton was in Victory St, just round from the railway station.
Graham 31-Aug-2014 03:32
Hi Geoff,
I spent my childhood on Sheppey.. I have heard of the Man of Kent, but I don't know what street it was in. We lived in Jefferson Road, and my dad's pub was the Blacksmith's Arms, which is still open. I will take that beer and crisps smell to my grave!
Geoff 19-Aug-2014 13:30
Hi Graham
I assume you never visited? The three doors, from left to right, led to the saloon bar, the jug and bottle and the public bar. The three windows above were far left, Mum and Dad's bedroom and the other two our sitting room. In those days crisps came with a DIY salt wrapped in a little piece of blue paper. Not sure about the beer I was restricted to vimto!
When I last visited Sheppey, I discovered the MoK had been converted into flats, very sad. Still better than my Grandfathers, True Briton, now a fast food joint!!
Graham 19-Aug-2014 00:08
That's a real old fashioned pub! Love to walk in there now! Can almost smell the beer and crisps.
Geoff Wheatley 07-Aug-2014 08:21
My home from 1946 through 1962. Many fond memories.
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