Local Historians...

• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 5,673
  25 August 2011     09:36122910
  #1      
  Wow, Phil on page 2 of the Mercury, Jeff and I on page 3. Phil with a double page spread in the Express !!
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
  • Posts: 7,819
  25 August 2011     09:45122911
  #2      
  Wow indeed! sounds pretty impressive Paul. Havent got the papers yet myself but will do in due course. Well done guys.
  
  
  email: dover7@msn.com
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  25 August 2011     11:01122920
  #3      
  congratulations to all 3, fascinating reads that show the depth of talent in the district.
• Guest 657

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 3,037
  25 August 2011     11:40122928
  #4      
  Excellent, well done.
  www.facebook.com/jeaneheadstonehunter
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 5,673
  25 August 2011     12:13122929
  #5      
  Look forwards to having a proper read of them later - didn't get much time at the traffic lights this morning
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 700

  • Registered: 11 Jun 2010
  • Posts: 2,868
  25 August 2011     18:08122956
  #6      
  Good papers this week! Interesting people in them !!
  ---------------------------------------------------
  Lincolnshire Born and Bred
• Guest 688

  • Registered: 16 Jul 2009
  • Posts: 268
  25 August 2011     19:27122974
  #7      
  As George Santayana said 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it '.Well done the historians
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  25 August 2011     20:04122987
  #8      
  so why do we continue to get involved in pointless wars john, clearly the human race suffers from collective amnesia.
• Guest 688

  • Registered: 16 Jul 2009
  • Posts: 268
  25 August 2011     21:10123000
  #9      
  I fear you are right Howard,it is easy to regurgitate history with out really understanding.Unless we 'understand' it the consequences can be powerfully detrimental to humanity.
• Guest 700

  • Registered: 11 Jun 2010
  • Posts: 2,868
  26 August 2011     10:50123081
  #10      
  Food for thought ?
  
  "As you forge the future, forget not the past."
  
  "Those who have gone before you have made you what you are today."
  
  "Throughout the annals of history we are but leaves upon a tree;  we
  gleam in the sun for a while then become one with the earth."
  
  "I have gone before you to pave the way."
  ---------------------------------------------------
  Lincolnshire Born and Bred
• Guest 650

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 542
  26 August 2011     16:14123127
  #11      
  Wowee! Well done to all of you.
  
  With such illustrious people amongst us ... I shall just have to name-drop
  
  Paul's signature on our copy of Dover Past and Present (though I'm still after Jeff's!), Phil's on our copy of "Dover Anti-Aircraft Corps 1914-1916 (and one of his very own pictures of more graffitti in our latest DWMP e-newsletter "From the Front") - and a fabulous morning recently with two more local history aces - Kath and Bob.
  
  Oh, and of course .... we can also claim finally to have met Howard!
  
  There is a lot of good work that goes on quietly in Dover - it's super to hear about it in the press - congratulations! Well done indeed for the research.
  The Dover War Memorial Project
  www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk
• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
  • Posts: 8,664
  26 August 2011     16:21123129
  #12      
  Tony Lane's book Frontline Dover is also fascinating, I have a signed copy of course.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 5,673
  26 August 2011     16:42123130
  #13      
  Reminds me, I must get Bob to sign his books for me when I remember
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
  • Posts: 7,819
  26 August 2011     17:50123146
  #14      
  Maggie I have Dover Past and Present and signed by both of them...sez I with a smug sniffle. Paul Scotchie Wells and Jeff Howe in person...
  
  For anyone who doesnt know - thats the book in question on Scotchies avatar pic.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Guest 663

  • Registered: 20 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 1,136
  26 August 2011     19:47123201
  #15      
  Yes great stuff Guys our very own celebs