Admiralty Pier
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
1 November 2015 19:27287660it wasnt me Jacqui,not guilty on those 2....
- 1 November 2015 21:10287665Brian and Bob - you two do make me laugh! Love your sense of humour - bit like mine
I hope Mr M doesn't carry on with his life story, what if we all did that? The mind boggles.
Tell you what though - if I wrote mine there would be a few raised eyebrows - but I don't have an ego that lets me think anyone would be interested (unlike some people)
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 2 November 2015 04:37287673Hi bevosusan
I think the entry is for the Customs Watch House. The pier head in question would have been the South Pier and the Customs Watch House was in the vicinity, see link below. The Customs would have been keeping a lookout for vessels which were entering in order to pay them a visit. There would have been no accommodation for a visiting station master at the original Admiralty Pier railway station as it was just a narrow platform under the parapet overhang.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qVBBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=customs+watch+house+dover&source=bl&ots=K8-q0aDnZL&sig=jNkLlQtsna_PwkGbSqV048eQdXY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBmoVChMIiKS34fHwyAIVhlsaCh2gwQDP#v=onepage&q=customs%20watch%20house%20dover&f=false - 2 November 2015 06:44287674
Thank you Ed Connell. Do you think the Customs Watch House would have had accommodation for a family? He had his wife and two children with him for six months.Bevo - 4 November 2015 12:59287714Hi Bevosusan. Sorry, no idea. I am away working on a ferry at present and have a very slow internet connection and no access to all my books at home until I pay off next Wednesday. If you are on Facebook, then I suggest that you try Dover (Kent) History Pages.