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Roman Galley
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Picture source: Andy Johnson |
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The Roman Galley was situated
on the Thanet Way at Herne Bay in Kent. The pub closed in about 2005 and has
now been converted to luxury apartments. Fans of Only Fools and Horses will
recognise this as the "Halfway House" pub where the jolly boys stopped off
for a pitstop whilst on their beano to Margate in their 1989 Christmas
special. |
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I remember
many a beano to Margate. In those days Coaches had to be out of Margate by
6pm “I think” and the Galley was a late drink on the way home. You had to
stop off on the way to Margate and book your coach in for the return
journey. Pulled a few birds back in the day. Great memories. |
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Tony Baldwin (October 2020) |
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Well recall a time back in the 80'S we stopped
at this boozer on the way back to south London after a Margate beano, of
course everybody in the place was already heavily inebriated, and for some
reason or other it all kicked off big time, it was like one of those wild
west bar fights where everyone was getting involved, even when old Bill
turned up it didn't stop, in the end the law called a halt and we were all
ordered back on our coaches and told to go, we ended up in the Dutch House
on the Sidcup bypass, (also long gone), where bizarrely, they said we
couldn't come as we had jeans on, so we all took our jeans off and stood at
the bar in our under crackers, and days. |
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Nigel
Heyward (August 2023) |
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