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19 December 2010
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St Marys Church
Barton Road
S.E. & C.R. Boat Train No 226 leaving Dover
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19 December 2010
12:2385439They are lovely Ken.
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19 December 2010
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Common Lane, River - Postmarked 3rd September 1909
Lower Road by the mill. This view has not changed much
Lower Road, River
Brian Dixon
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19 December 2010
12:2985442the top picture in post 3 my mother and grandmother told me about that picture and how it used to be.
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19 December 2010
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Are the buildings at lower left the Grand Shaft barracks?
This appears to be postmarked 1906.
The Esplanade. Mainly Austin's and possibly Fords.
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19 December 2010
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Admiralty Pier. Postmarked 20th August 1905.
The New Wellington Bridge and Train with Passengers for the 'Deutschland'. This is postmarked 24th April 1905.
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19 December 2010
13:0185451Great photos - thank you Ken.
Roger
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19 December 2010
13:0585453Great picture`s Ken, and a well balanced view of Dover.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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19 December 2010
13:1885459fascinating stuff ken, do you have dates for the pics in post one?
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19 December 2010
13:3185466Thanks Ken,
interesting to see p/c of Barton Road with visible St Barnabas Church on right
Interesting Crabble Mill pic with people in
A Bath Chair visible in p/c of The Parade Dover
Bob says the carts on the Admiralty pier picture were called 'ash carts' - was this ash to be loaded onto ships to be taken out to sea?
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19 December 2010
13:4185468Howard. No dates on those, hoping forumites can come up with something.
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19 December 2010
18:0985511The top one I would say late 1930s as the tram lines are gone (1936) and it looks pre-WW2
And yes that is Grand Shaft Barracks in the 7th picture.
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19 December 2010
18:2885513No it is in the 1950s because there are shops I remember,and look at the push bikes,they are later then the 1930s
Guest 702- Registered: 9 Jul 2010
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19 December 2010
19:0085521Image 1. St Marys Church
There is a car on the road that could easily be 1930's/early 40's (and could still have been in use in the 1950's). Even on an enlarged copy of the postcard there is not enough detail to get any ideas from the fashions. Maybe the business names that are visible give a clue.
I can email the larger copies of any of these postcards to anyone who is interested. (They vary in size, the St Marys Chuch one is 3184x1919 pixels and 3.4MB).
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19 December 2010
19:5785525Image 1 - I stand to be corrected, but if you zoom into the background the building to the left of the labour exchange is still there and I believe that we discussed this before has having been bombed ??
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19 December 2010
20:1085526The Grand Shaft Barracks one is a difficult one to date but the large ferry looks like the Twickenham/Shepperton/Hampton so after 1936 or so and likely to be pre war as there is no bomb/shell damage, and during war years I wouldn't expect to be photographt allowed at the barracks - so 1936-39 ?
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Some more postcards:
Market Square
Biggin Street
Castle Street (This may be a private photograph as it not sharp, handwritten date of 1935 on back)
New Bridge
None of these have been through the postal system and have no indication of date.
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That New Bridge photo is impressive Ken - thanks for that (the others are great too of course).
Castle Street seems so much wider then than now - perhaps it's the lack of cars.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the common denominator here is that the town looks so vibrant and bustling compared to today.
Jan Higgins
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I have to disagree Howard, the only bustle in the postcards are the ones the ladies might be wearing.
There are many more people in the town during shopping hours now than shown above.
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