Heritage Open Days 2012 - 6th to 9th September
- 28 August 2012 20:10188959That time again when places not normally open to the public open their doors free for the weekend. Open for various times between 6th and 9th September are
Dover College
Grand Shaft Staircase
Maison Dieu House
Maison Dieu/Dover Town Hall
Roman Painted House Tour
St Edmund's Chapel
St Mary the Virgin's Parish Church & Bell Tower, Dover
St Radigund's Abbey Guided Tours
The White Cliffs of Dover
Unitarian Church
More details at http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/ which covers sites all over the country
Been nice knowing you :) - 28 August 2012 20:24188964i hope that they all do open when they specify, turned up for two of those in the past and nobody had opened them up.
- 28 August 2012 20:28188966That's a shame Howard - they are not all open on all of the days, so people need to check beforehandBeen nice knowing you :)
- 28 August 2012 20:32188967paul
a few years back i went along on the saturday and sunday to the town council offices and each time they were closed despite various notices in the windows saying that they would be open at the times i visited.
the unitarian church is another one, i have never yet been inside.
that said i have visited others and have been impressed by the enthusiasm of the volunteers who are only too willing to share their knowledge. - Ross Miller
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29 August 2012 05:14188983Thanks for the update Paul"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi - 7 September 2012 10:28190407Don't forget to pay a visit to some of our heritage sites this weekendBeen nice knowing you :)
- 8 September 2012 08:13190458Off to Dover for the Heritage Open Days and for the stall at Pencester !Been nice knowing you :)
- 8 September 2012 09:05190463will be difficult to cram everything in this weekend.
- 9 September 2012 19:18190606decided to visit the unitarian church as part of heritage weekend, given an excellent guided tour of the 192 year old building which is the oldest non conformist in dover.
the holditch organ was purchased from croydon unitarian church in 1888 for £.60
- 9 September 2012 19:26190607Interesting Howard, lovely quilting. I remember seeing it on a DGGS sponsored church crawl for Oxfam or similar in about 1975. I thought the interior was more attractive than the exterior implies. Mind you that bit of town would have looked very different in 1820.
- 9 September 2012 19:34190609i couldn't believe what they had inside the chapel judith, loads of quilting that you describe, equipment used by colliery workers, paintings of all sorts. to make it more interesting doors that led nowhere as over the years both the organ and the pulpit have been moved more than once.
- 9 September 2012 20:40190613It sounds wonderful. I hope they open it again next year. I want to see inside St Edmund's Chapel too. That is somewhere else I have only been once many years ago. We should be able to come down more often next year.
- 9 September 2012 21:17190622We had a reasonable turnout at the Grand Shaft today, added a few ££ to the coffersBeen nice knowing you :)
