New book - Dover in the Second World War

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• Guest 651

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  1 September 2010     09:5068275
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  This one seems to have sneaked under the radar - Dover in the Second World War by Terry Sutton and Derek Leach.
  
  £18.99 hardback, 150 pages, profusely illustrated, published by Phillamore.
  
  Quite a lot of images that I haven't seen before so it should be a great read
  
  

  
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• Guest 653

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  1 September 2010     18:0468330
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  Substantial price though Paul. Who sets the retail price, the author or the publisher ?
  
  
  
  Roger
• howard mcsweeney1

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  1 September 2010     18:1968342
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  good point roger, i have "our town dover 1945-2000" from the same two people, 208 pages(no price on it).
  
  dover(britain in old photographs) mark smith 144 pages £.12.99(actually paid about 3 quid in town) phil eyden tipped us all off ont his one last year.
  
  the one from paul and ?? was a tenner.
• Guest 651

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  1 September 2010     18:2868343
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  It is a little steep, but it is a hardback. Trouble is that you don't really have much choice with the publisher. I expect it to be on Amazon within a few month around £10 mark
  
  That said it will be a well written book and I am looking forwards to a read later
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• Guest 651

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  1 September 2010     18:3068344
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  Derek does self publish and has various books available
  
  http://www.dover-books.co.uk/index.php
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• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  1 September 2010     20:3268361
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  Good price for a hard back. I would expect to pay £25 for that luxury.
• Guest 652

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  1 September 2010     23:4768379
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  Have not seen this book in the local shops, where can you purchase it from Paul
  Sheila
• Guest 651

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  2 September 2010     08:1468394
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  I got mine fron Tylers in Deal
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• Guest 694

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  2 September 2010     08:2668398
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  Ohh I love Mr Sutton, he is such a fab bloke, never know.. might get it for the old man for christmas...
• Keith Sansum1

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  2 September 2010     12:1068434
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  The war time must have been some good times and people pulled together,
  We tend not to so much these days
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• Guest 651

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  2 September 2010     12:2768442
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  Interesting to hear that Dover town had a population of (from memory) 45,000+ people before the war, and by the end of 1945 it had reduced to 12,000. Even now is it only about 30,000 so has never really recovered from WW2
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• Terry Nunn

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  2 September 2010     13:1868452
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  Considering how congested it was Paul I suspect that a great percentage of Dover's pre-war population lived in the Pier district.
  
  I wonder if Derek and Terry are doing a book launch/signing. I'll ask.
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  2 September 2010     13:2668456
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  they must have been crammed in like sardines considering all the post war built properties in dover today.
• Guest 651

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  2 September 2010     13:4768459
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  Pier District was a town it itself, just look at this map before the railway cut swathes through it
  
  http://www.dover.freeuk.com/town/thepier.htm
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• Keith Sansum1

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  2 September 2010     18:4668492
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  Such good times
  such a past
  such history
  so much we prob dont know
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• Guest 694

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  2 September 2010     19:1268496
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  ohh i love the names of some of those pubs..
  
  fab fab fab.. and we have such drab names for pubs nowadays..
• Guest 651

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  2 September 2010     19:1568499
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  Not sure about that Keith - one of Dover's poorest areas in the slums !
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• Guest 641

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  2 September 2010     20:0368507
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  3d for a pint of ale, 2d a pint of beer, porter 1d a pint, with all those public houses, Hmm thats an interesting conundrum
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  2 September 2010     22:0468521
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  barry
  
  only someone with your breeding and education would know how to spell "conundrum".
  on the other hand the eight bells are fairly cheap still.
• Alec Sheldon

  • Location: Dover
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  2 September 2010     23:1368545
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  Thanks for that link Paul. Very interesting.

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