The Jolly Sailor
This week's Saturday Timewatch features the first of what will be several posts concerning the history of Castletown, Portland, Dorset. The small town is immediately adjacent to Portland Harbour. Remarkably still intact, this is the Public Bar window of The Jolly Sailor. According to the Encyclopaedia of Portland History, the original pub was established on this site in 1775 with the existing, now derelict building dating to the mid to late 19th century. It closed earlier this century and has remained unwanted and uinloved ever since.
The Jolly Sailor
This week's Saturday Timewatch features the first of what will be several posts concerning the history of Castletown, Portland, Dorset. The small town is immediately adjacent to Portland Harbour. Remarkably still intact, this is the Public Bar window of The Jolly Sailor. According to the Encyclopaedia of Portland History, the original pub was established on this site in 1775 with the existing, now derelict building dating to the mid to late 19th century. It closed earlier this century and has remained unwanted and uinloved ever since.