Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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10 January 2011
19:3188487Votes for Women !!!
Mrs Pankhurst (1858-1928) car of Suffragette fame bearing campaign posters in Dover outside the Central Garage. The radiator appears to have the year 1926 on it. (Mrs Pankhurst who campaigned for the vote for women, died in 1928.) The garage was in Cambridge Road, from 1925 onwards, according to street directories. Curiously the phone number as given as 212, but in this photo it appears to be 313 or 513. J. Licence, cycle engineer/dealer, advertising on the flank wall on the right, had a business in Northampton Street in the 20s. Mrs Pankhurst had two supportive daughters, one of whom could be with her in the car, or perhaps they are her two daughters in the cab.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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10 January 2011
19:4388491facinating pic kath, that chap on the left of the photo bears an uncanny resemblance to mr matcham.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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11 January 2011
07:5888545Well, he said he'd been around for a long time.
Roger
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11 January 2011
08:5288553That Mrs Pankhurst has a lot to answer for!!
And on top of that wimmin now vote for wimmin...so the process has fessed up Maggie Thatcher and heavens..shock horror Claire Short! Remember the days when politicians were grey learned old men who smoked pipes, wore waistcoasts with dangling watches, and looked like everyones favourite uncle..ah now...dem were real politicians!
But a brilliant picture again Kath..yer a star for sure. Im a great fan of these old pictures myself and they have given all of us a great insight into what Dover was like in former years. I hadnt a clue about the half of it...
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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11 January 2011
11:1688565Fascinating, I love old photos. I have visited her grave, she is buried in Brompton cemetery in London.
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11 January 2011
11:2588566Glad you liked the picture.
Wonder who else has visited Dover ....
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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11 January 2011
15:4488574Sir Winston Churchill and Clem near Dover College when he was installed as Lord Warden, 1946. (Dover Express)
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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11 January 2011
18:0188594They have qall been,even the Queen herself,come on then lets see the photos of the Queen in Dover,I was watching .
when she was going into the Town hall. PLEASE.
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11 January 2011
18:0488595Please no!
Brian Dixon
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11 January 2011
18:0688597vic,that was the queen mother with prince edward.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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11 January 2011
18:4988607And IN THE 1950S OR 1960S THE QUEEN ALSO WENT INTO THE TOWN HALL..
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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11 January 2011
18:5488608that must have brought great excitement to dovorians, having churchill visit so soon after the war.
yes vic i remember her majesty visiting a few years back, she curtseyed to posh barry.
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11 January 2011
19:0188609She done the inspection of the troops outside first,She pulled up in a Roller some car that was.
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11 January 2011
21:3788634Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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12 January 2011
11:2788653Queen Victoria at Dover, in 1858.
Dover received only 24 hours notice of Queen Victoria's visit to Dover, with Prince Albert on August 31st, 1858. (Incidentally, that was the year the Dover Express newspaper was launched.) The royal couple were returning from a visit to Berlin and had earlier been expected to return home via Gravesend. But it is said the Queen herself gave orders for the royal yacht Victoria and Albert to steam to Dover. But Lord Malmesbury had given warning they might come to the Channel port. The royal yacht, however, was only escorted by Trinity House yacht "Irene" - a squadron of naval escort vessels had steamed to Gravesend. But the customary 21-gun royal salute was fired at Dover, and the royal yacht berthed at the Admiralty Pier. Victoria and Albert inspected guards of honour before boarding a special train prepared for them - just in case. Mayor of Dover, Dr Astley, was present but the customary official welcome by the Dover Corporation did not take place, local crowds being left to cheer the royal party on its way.
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Guest 684- Registered: 26 Feb 2009
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12 January 2011
13:1488660My late grandad was an engine driver on the Golden Arrow, and once brought Gandhi and his entourage down from London Victoria to Dover Marine, so the man in the sheet could catch the Night Ferry.
Not a VIP train in particular; just a normal scheduled service with a very famous passenger. On arrival at the Marine, Gandhi went to see my grandad on the footplate, shook his hand and thanked him for a pleasant journey.
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12 January 2011
13:1788662
She was a lovely lady, a great personality loved by all
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12 January 2011
15:1488672Lovely to have shook Gandhi's hand! An amazing person.
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 January 2011
17:0588687How wonderfu Andrew.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 January 2011
19:2288715Yes, in Queen Victoria's days, lovely buildings went up, and many churches were built!
Many have come down or been converted in later days.
I wonder what Queen Victoria would have thought if she had known! Or any monarch before her!
In her days the Light Tower Church at the Castle was repaired!
Well done Queen Victoria! There was dignity and pride in those days!
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