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April 1920:
Zebrugge Day: Sorry not very clear. Mayor lays a wreath.
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April 1920
tumulus at St Margarets - two skeletons found:
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April 1920 (this is the last for a few days!)
two more adverts -
Hammond and Hemsley, Godwyne Rd
'Miss Paine", knitting, Beaconsfield Rd
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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re; dog muzzling.
when i was a kid over 10 years ago people just let their dog out for a walk and let it in again when it got back but their was never any muzzling, i wonder when they brought that law in and when they rescinded it.
it seems that there was a percentage of dog owners then as now who simply do what they like.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just spotted post 12, i never realised our prime minister's forebears came from dover, explains rather a lot.
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PhilipP -
In Grimsby, trawlermen's wives used to remove the aspidistra from their front window to signify that the man of the house was at sea, for the same reason no doubt.
Yes, definitely dog muzzling, would be a lot safer, and compulsory micro-chipping of dogs (and cats where possible).
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Howard - you're not back on politics are you !!
(Flashman??)
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My God I've just seen the new aspidistra in the front room window my wife bought earlier today.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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Re #20. It was the reverse Philip, it was a warning to the boy friend, "Old Man 'Ome".
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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Muzzling was probably at the time when rabies was quite common.
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Guest 718- Registered: 28 Jun 2011
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Kath's post no. 11 reminded me of this old scanned print of a shop sign I saw in Castle St. a few years ago, taken when the sign of the then current tenants was being replaced. It's not the same shop as the one in Kath's post - this one is immediately opposite to the entrance to Russell St. I haven't checked in Kelly's Directory so have no idea when this business was running.
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Interesting stuff Kath, thanks.
Do you by any chance had the DE of the 26th July 1914? There are a couple of images of the installation of the Lord Warden at the Bredenstone at the Drop Redoubt I'd like to get copies of. One shows Earl Beauchamp inspecting the Sussex Regiment on the terreplein, and two more show the Grand Court of Shepway. Historical photos of the Drop are literally like hen's teeth.
Thank you!
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Whites of Dover may be the oldest shop business in town.
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Phil - checking - will get back to you soon.
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Thank you for the fascinating articles Kath , are they from your private collection or do you have access to an internet archive ? I love reading them ,especially about the shops and buisineses that used to be in Dover
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Sarah - they are from some original newspapers we salvaged from a Dover cellar about 35 years ago, many of the other Dover papers went to the Library (in store I think), some to Folkestone library, etc.
but we still have a few volumes of our own. We have two or three volumes of early Kentish Gazettes, 1790s, which are fascinating.
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We are now into MAY 1920:
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May 1920 D Ex Territorial Army advt:
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May 1920 D Ex
Advt for Raleigh Cycles:
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I love the wanted ads , a lot of people where after a piano , I remeber when vertually every front room had one
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