Really interesting stuff, as ever. Re the pubs, I wonder how many women used the pubs. I didn't grow up in Medway, but in the 60s and 70s I was part of a working class community in Epsom. Women rarely went to the pub. They were at home looking after children and making the dinner. In my dad's working men's club, women weren't allowed to go to the bar.
I have very clear memories of growing up in the 60's. My step Dad worked and Mum was a housewife. Saturday nights we all went to one of many local pubs. Us kids went along with them, and were deposited in the children's room with a cream soda and packet of crisps, while the parents went into the bar. They checked on us from time to time, and replenished the drinks and crisps. There were always quite a few other kids in there with us. So it was quite common.
And indeed, in the working men's clubs, women were not allowed at the bar, and wouldn't be served if they tried. Pubs though, they were, though women were rarely seen alone in a pub. They would always be with a husband, boyfriend etc.
Really interesting stuff, as ever. Re the pubs, I wonder how many women used the pubs. I didn't grow up in Medway, but in the 60s and 70s I was part of a working class community in Epsom. Women rarely went to the pub. They were at home looking after children and making the dinner. In my dad's working men's club, women weren't allowed to go to the bar.
Excellent article on the local Pub history. Thanks
I have very clear memories of growing up in the 60's. My step Dad worked and Mum was a housewife. Saturday nights we all went to one of many local pubs. Us kids went along with them, and were deposited in the children's room with a cream soda and packet of crisps, while the parents went into the bar. They checked on us from time to time, and replenished the drinks and crisps. There were always quite a few other kids in there with us. So it was quite common.
And indeed, in the working men's clubs, women were not allowed at the bar, and wouldn't be served if they tried. Pubs though, they were, though women were rarely seen alone in a pub. They would always be with a husband, boyfriend etc.