The Dover road annals The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike doverroadannalso00harp Year: 1922 THE 'LORD NELSON 83 from which the so-called ' Church ales ' were brewed. There is one other item of interest at Chalk, and that is an old wayside tavern, the ' Lord Nelson,' one of those old houses that occupied, during last century, and the fir^t quarter of the nineteenth, a SAILORS' FOLLY. (.After Julius C'cesar ). position between the coaching inn and the mere beer- house. This type of tavern is still very largely represented along the Dover Road, although the sailors who c
The Dover road annals The Dover road : annals of an ancient turnpike doverroadannalso00harp Year: 1922 THE 'LORD NELSON 83 from which the so-called ' Church ales ' were brewed. There is one other item of interest at Chalk, and that is an old wayside tavern, the ' Lord Nelson,' one of those old houses that occupied, during last century, and the fir^t quarter of the nineteenth, a SAILORS' FOLLY. (.After Julius C'cesar ). position between the coaching inn and the mere beer- house. This type of tavern is still very largely represented along the Dover Road, although the sailors who chiefly supported them are no longer seen tramping the highways between the seaports. The}^ have, most of them, little arbours and trim gardens with skittle- and bowling-alleys, and here the sailor would sit and drink, spin yarns, or play at bowls ; swearing
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