Herald - Issue 455

Page 26 • The HERALD • 28th March 2024 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Internal & External Decorating Wallpapering & Dustless Sanding FULLY INSURED MARK 1 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL PAINTER & DECORATOR Kitchen & Bathroom Showroom with free design service Tel: 023 8084 3787 Email: showroom@pcbuildingsupplies.co.uk Web: www.pcbuildingsupplies.co.uk Call Richard on 07554 421544 or 023 8178 8299 PEST CONTROL All aspects of control and treatment undertaken including: Rodents, Insects, Moles, Wasps, Birds and Property Proofing Licensed waste removal of all types of waste Local Friendly Family Run Business • Fully Trained & Insured From Pub to Press: The Anchor & Hope of Hythe by Marc Heighway Marc hosts monthly local history talks, visit: nfhwa.org/events for details But going back further in time again, and to something that some of our older readers will recall, the building was once the Anchor & Hope pub. It was built in 1831 and served pints to locals and visitors alike over the course of 147 years until it closed in 1978. Before the Anchor & Hope’s construction in 1831 there were two small cottages and a coach house on the spot. A man named James Potter inherited the properties, pulled them down, and built the pub in their place on the corner of the High Street. e newly built Anchor & Hope faced serious competition for trade. Almost opposite was another pub called the Wheatsheaf Inn. A few paces up the street from the Wheatsheaf was e Lord Nelson, and on the site of what would eventually become the Drummond Arms in 1846 was its predecessor, the Rodney Inn. at made four pubs in a straight line of 37 metres… if you could walk in a straight line a erwards of course. As we know, the only one still serving drinks today is e Lord Nelson. In 1840 the Hampshire Advertiser carried an announcement about the Anchor & Hope when the establishment came under the management of a new landlord. An excerpt reads as: “Parties visiting Hythe will find the house most comfortable, having a commanding view of the Southampton Water. There is likewise a very pleasant Tea Garden attached. Foreign wines and spirits of the finest quality.” In 1845 the pub was bought by Andrew Robert Drummond of the Cadland Estate. Several di erent people would run it over the following years, including a family who ran it as an inn, but also opened a butcher shop behind it. e butchers was at the rear of the pub looking into Pylewell Road and was initially run by the Ralfs before later becoming W.H. Lawrence Butcher and Poulterer. Photos from the era show the Lawrence name above the front door to what is now e Herald o ce. An ad for the butchers in the late 1890’s promoted ‘corned beef and pickled tongues’. I am sure some visitors to the bar were quite tempted into this type of purchase before they went home. e freehold for the pub was bought by Strong & Company of Romsey in 1895, the same year is issue, we’re celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of e Herald. As one of the many who has written about local history for the magazine, I thought it apt to look back on the history of the building which the publication currently calls home: 2 High Street in Hythe. e Herald o ce and shop moved into the right hand side of the premises in 2016. e le hand side was occupied by solicitors at the time, as it still does to this day. You might recall the previous tenants who used the building for several di erent purposes. Before e Herald there was an estate agents called Shore Homes, and prior to that there were gi ware shops named Daisy’s, Victoria’s, and the Secret Garden which sold plants. Going back further in time, the address was used by hairdressers since the late 1970’s, with names above the door including Peter Carol, Raymond’s, and Highwaves. Today The Herald occupies the right hand side of the building which appears to be a post-construction extension, and CGM Solicitors are in 2a on the le , which is the larger part of the overall building with the porticoed frontage. Anchor and Hope in the 1900’s Continued on page 27

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