Last Orders.

If you had walked down Chathams High street in 1880, You would have come across a pub called The Crown & Thistle, The then owner was a Edward Winch of Chatham. The Licensee - Ann Tonkin.

In 1890 the pub name was changed to the United Service - or more commonly known as The Long Bar.  

The United Service was at No. 188, Chatham High Street

1909

Interior of the Long Bar

The sign for the long Bar can be seen on the left.
A J Whitehead opposite is now the entrance to the Pentagon centre.

A comparison view. Woolworths is now an extension of Primark.



When this pub closed in 1936 the "title" moved to The Red Lion ( Below ) on the corner of the High Street and Military Road

It's now H. Samuels the Jewellers. If you stand in this shop you can see how long this bar would have been.