The Bell In The Dover Road A Reminder Of Thompsons Brewery Which Once Served The Town

A Memory of Walmer.

My ancestor's nephews Henry and George Wraight aged 35 and 25 were brewers labourers most likely at Thompsons Brewery which was situated to the left of this photo where you can just see the Bell on a sign, this is an indication of their outlet the Bell public house which has survived to this day. In 1881 this was welcome employment for these Wraight brothers, whose only other paid work available was working as farm labourers. They lived at 12 Belmont Place which was close to the brewery. They had both been born in St Margarets At Cliffe which was a village a few miles away, and Henry and his wife Mary had produced 2 children, Henry and Edwin Wraight who were born in Walmer.