Guess the Place

[KeithG]

Nos. 41/43 Haircut Chemistry shop?

[shoot999]

Near Rochester Castle ?

Well that just effectively made my next clue redundant. 


`Which ever way you turn you are confronted by history'.

[John Walker]

Near Rochester Castle ?

[shoot999]

Was that a baker's shop behind the girl?

Not sure about that KeithG. But to my knowledge it has always been business premises. And although modernised the two properties in the foreground are pretty similar. Bigger windows I think.


A well known view; hence the picture is heavily cropped.

[KeithG]

Was that a baker's shop behind the girl?

[shoot999]

Thank you for that KeithG. I had narrowed it down to Medway pubs demolished by the 50s that used that particular brewery, with the Tartar Frigate being one of them. But I don't think I would have got any further without the art deco clue. The pub brickwork reminded me of a number of buildings along Chatham Intra and Featherstones was the only art deco building around there.


Next one.

[KeithG]

Well you certainly worked that one out shoot999?


The pubs name was The Tartar Frigate ......if i remember correctly this building of Featherstones was for the Gents Outfitters.


Spemco took it over for quite a while who are also on the New Road near where the sweeping corner can go down to the Cut.


Over to you then......

[shoot999]

The site of the Featherstones building in the High Street at Chatham Intra?  Now an arts centre.

[KeithG]

So where are the Art deco type of buildings of medium size in ME area?

[KeithG]

ME Postcode.....

[KeithG]

Not Dover John


Not in Sussex grandarog


Shoot999..... The pub closed business in 1911.
The site it stood on after demolition was built on in1926.
The new then building was an art deco type design and is still standing...

[shoot999]

Is the building still there?

[grandarog]

I reckon on it being an old pic of The Hastings Arms at Rye.

[John Walker]

It look like the Ancient Druids, Dover but the window positions don't quite match the photo I have.  I have also got it listed as The Prince of Orange.

[KeithG]

I only used the Three Hats a couple of times when i went in for a pint with our labourer as that was the only pub he would use?.....My good friend from Retail Improvements Shopfitting who worked on the next bench to me lived right at the end of Cortland Mews in that tiled gabled house (to the right of the RAC van on Google Maps) around the back of the High Street.
I had some good times at Milton in the 1970`s / 80`s.


Anyway back to business, where was this pub?...