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On the corner of Queen Street, on the site of
Cow Gate, stood the "Cause is Altered" public house, once a popular haunt for
smugglers. The pub was directly opposite the PWSTS and the staff and Dover
sailors used to frequent the premises. There are a number of accounts of how
this pub came to get its name: one suggests that the landlord changed his
allegiance in the Civil War; another that an early 19th century landlord wanted
to get away from the reputation of being a den of smugglers.
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In 1972 the pub was demolished to make way for
a dual carriageway linking Folkestone Road to Townwall Street to take the dock
traffic away from the town centre. After it had been demolished, the course of
the road was altered, and would have completely missed the pub! The photos below
show the route of the dual carriageway and the demolition of the pub.
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More great photographs on the Dover Kent Archives web site |
