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  I was born in Dover. Spent most of my childhood and youth at the warren and on the cliffs / western heights. I loved Dover and always spoke up when people knocked it. I worked on the ferries and at the docks. When the tunnel building started I was devestated. My favourite walks were no longer possible. The cliff paths were closed. My great grandfather and then my grandmother used to live at shakespeare colliery which then became out of bounds. A motorway was built across the top of the cliffs. You can hear the traffic from below the cliffs on the beach now.
  That was enough for me. I bought a camper van, rented out my house and left for the continent. I still live in south west France.
  I enjoy coming back to Dover to visit but get so frustrated at what I see. Everywhere I go I have to pay to park, the castle is closed in winter ! pubs closed down, bomb sites from the war still not developed. Not to mention Mr Godden's eyesores. I could go on but I think that's for another thread. Paul wondered why we like Dover not dislike it.
  
  Andy

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