Open weekend at the heights

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  17 September 2010     21:0671375
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  spotted an a4 poster in the window of a shop today.
  
  it all happens on the weekend of the 23rd/24th october, very little on detail, will leave it to our resident historian paul(scotchie) wells to expand on this.
  
  these weekends have gone from strength to strength over last few years, people from all over visit these open days.
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  17 September 2010     21:1471379
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  Thanks Howard - just a small 'bonus' event before the autumn kicks in and there isn't much happening over the half term holidays
  
  The Grand Shaft will be open free for the weekend, the Drop Redoubt will be £2.50 for adults and FREE for accompanied children. The First Footguards re-enactors will be in residence as well as a few smaller things in the fort
  
  

  
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 649

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  17 September 2010     21:1871380
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  I do like it up there,next Wednesday,we are up there with the Friends of Dover Castle,I have been going round up there, and down the tunnels from the 1950s and never once got fedup with it.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  17 September 2010     21:2071382
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  more power to your elbow vic.
  
  the same to your knees too.
• Guest 694

  • Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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  19 September 2010     00:5871543
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  lol.. Howard.. i will challenge you next year to running up the stairs on the main Open Weekend.. I normally run pretty fast up them!
• Guest 690

  • Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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  19 September 2010     11:3771561
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  Now there`s an idea similar to swimming the channel. Get a competition going for the fastest climb up those steps.
  Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
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  19 September 2010     17:5671579
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  should be good
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  19 September 2010     18:1671589
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  talking about swimming the channel, did everyone see that item about the french bloke that did it yesterday?
  
  incredible achievement, he lost his arms and legs after being electrocuted at work and was fitted with prosthetic ones.
• Keith Sansum1

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  19 September 2010     18:1971590
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  yer it was a great story howard
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