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A list of 10 Sheppey pubs we've loved and lost

By: Times Guardian reporter timesguardian@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 04:00, 18 September 2015

Updated: 10:49, 18 September 2015

.The Crown - Sheerness High Street: Its back bar provided a live launching pad for many an up-and-coming Sheppey band.
. The Oddfellows - Minster Road, Halfway: Cosy and contained, one of the few pubs to offer a billiard table.

The Crown pub in High Street, Sheerness.

. The Sun - Russell Street, Sheerness - Along with the Crown and “True Brit”, a weekend “must” for Sheppey’s younger drinkers back in the day.

.The True Briton - Victory Street, Sheerness - Famed for adages which decorated the bar, such as, “I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet.”

The True Briton pub, Victory Street, Sheerness.

.The Victory - Victory Street, Sheerness: Lived in the True Brit’s shadow. Its saloon bar attracted an older crowd, while in the 80s at least, the snug often housed the Island’s scooterists.

.The Hero of Crimea - Richmond Street, Sheerness: A short stagger from another long-gone drinker the Queen Victoria, aka, Glass House which was badly damaged by fire in 2013.

.The Queen Phillippa - High Street, Queenborough: Now a thriving bed and breakfast, but in the reign of a former landlord Kenny Daniels, once hosted Liverpool and Denmark’s midfield engine (tank) Jan Molby.

A boarded-up Queen Phillippa pictured a few years ago.

.The Man of Kent - Clyde Street, Sheerness: Squeezed between a row of houses, it was reminiscent of a far more famous pub - the Rovers Return.

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.The Blacksmith’s Arms - Clyde Street, Sheerness: We seem to remember this Marine Town favourite being popular with teachers from surrounding schools.

.The Prince of Waterloo: Minster Village - Reportedly visited by artist William Hogarth in the 1800s.

The Prince of Waterloo pub pictured in 2007.

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