Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#1
Here's a picture from Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith's book "Ashford To Dover". It's Lord Warden Square of course. I remember getting the 95 bus back after visiting an aunt in Seven Star Street flats.
Anyone still around who bought a mug of tea perhaps?
Terry
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#2
interesting photo, not so many cars around in those days but that looks like a car park to the side of the building.
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#3
Yes sir I do,great photo takes me back.
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#4
The seven star flats,I would take milk in there and as a lad papers,I was working as a lad for the star news paper a Mr Gibbs was the boss,his son is still about,last I heard of Mr Gibbs was that he was in a N/Home,His son had a cafe right opps/Town hall now the Allotment.Also there was a cafe like the one above at the bottom of Folkestone rd.
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#5
Are the flats in the photo Seven Star Flats?
Audere est facere.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
No Martin, that's the former Dover Town station building. The car park Howard refers to is the site of the platforms.
I'll scan and post a map shortly.
Terry
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#7
This is 1862, The flats were built after this and replaced the rabbit warren to the north of Beach Street.
Terry
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#8
Thanks for that Terry, have not seen a photo of that building before.
Audere est facere.
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#9
It was good for a milk round down there,all the roads(Now gone " were flat no front gardens just rows of doors on to the path,great folk to,just paid up each week.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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#10
Nice photo and map Terry
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#11
That was when Dover was a real town,and all the shops were full,there was law and order, You could walk into any job seven days aweek.
