The Ship on Shore Photo Gallery by Trevor Edwards at pbase.com

The Ship on Shore

This is where my Ship on Shore (and the Grotto) pictures are:

"I am told that a ship full of portland cement in barrels once sank in the Thames estuary off Sheerness. For some reason people thought the barrels were full of whisky, and rushed to rescue them. Unfortunately by the time they got the barrels on shore they found the contents were rocklike. So they piled them up and built a pub; it’s called the Ship on shore, and it is allegedly built from the solid barrel-shaped chunks of cement."

The Ship Ashore	Early pic	The Grotto	Grotto
ScanT_152	T-Scan492	Grotto	Seabreeze
ScanT_012	ScanT_006	ScanT_001	Ship On Shore made partly of cement barrels
Closer Picture	The Grotto	The.Grotto, Ship.on.Shore.1920s	Ship.on Shore
The Grotto 1907	Ship - on - Shore 1932	The Grotto 1913	The.Grotto
The.Grotto, Ship.on.Shore.1946	Ship Ashore	Ship On Shore	The Grotto
The Grotto	Ship on Shore	Ship on Shore	The Grotto, Ship on Shore
The Grotto	Grotto 1910	The Grotto 1912	T-Scan027
T-Scan107	T-Scan122	Sheppey061	grotto
T-Scan-330	T-Scan-498	NewScan012	NewScan013
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Guest		09-Jul-2008 10:48
It was my Grandfather's favourite pub!

guest		15-Apr-2008 16:19
Does anyone remember the plates around the bar, with the crests of naval ships on them ? They were painted by my uncle !!

Roger Betts		30-Nov-2006 10:38
I read somewhere that the original "Grotto" was built for the benefit of the local coastguards. I wonder if anyone can puy an actual date on it?

Guest		14-Mar-2006 18:06
Interesting pictures - these will make me look again at the building (inside and out) James.

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