howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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london road past the kings hall going out of town?
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Looks a bit like London Road/Coombe Valley area, but don't recognise any buildings !!
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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Not quite Howard but I'll give it to you.
Ok, here's the rundown. The Castrol sign is at the Reliance Garage at the top of Beaconsfield Road. The two derelect shops and smiling hoarding are now the layby by the Beacon Church. On the far left is the former Methodist Chapel that Cairns Chemist replaced.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/dover-holds-carnival-special
Terry
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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That was going to be my next guess I was just checking what was on the garage site :)
Didn't know about that church, do you know more ?
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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This is a fairly good account Paul
http://80.168.49.251/website003/visitor_information/heritage_factsheets/john_wesley.aspx
It refers to "Shades", the use before Cairns. Before that it was John Blundel, a sort of Brighthouse of the 60's.
Terry
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Wow you learn something new every day!!
Did wonder how that small building could be a pool hall, but it is a massive building behind the chemist - what is it now ?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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fhe town seems to be littered with former methodist chapels, how times have changed.
nowadays all the various factions of christianity seem to come under the umbrella of the ark christian centre.
except for the catholics as i recently found out.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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The rear is just storage.
Terry
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Thank goodness we have people like Terry, Kath, Sheila and others who remember first hand these old places, then of course Scotchie for all his research.
If I've left anyone out above, I apologise - it's early in the morning (that's my excuse).
Roger
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I love the description from Terry's link of the castle being on a mountain...........
......John Wesley first came to Dover on 28 January 1756 and established his first society here. "I preached at noon at Dover to a very serious, but small, congregation. We afterwards walked to the Castle, on the top of a mountain", he wrote. "It is an amazingly fine situation".......
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 731- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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these are the allotments at Maxton opposite the Ford Garage off Folkestone Road
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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correct david now back to east kent.
Guest 731- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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The leas Folkestone
Guest 731- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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next to the Leas Pavillion to be precise
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Borrowing a phrase from Howard, where was I standing when I took this one?
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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On someones balcony on Marine Parade
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Close but not quite!
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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On a Balcony at Camden Terrace ?
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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Correct, opposite end to the yacht club on the top floor, though you have to be a bit of a dwarf to get onto it.
