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Varne Lightvessel 2 Varne Lightvessel 2 Photograph courtesy of Trinity House THE DOVER SOCIETY FOUNDED IN 1988 Registered with the Civic trust, Affiliated to the Kent Federation of Amenity Societies Registered Charity No. 299954 PRESIDENT. Brigadier Maurice Atherton CBE VICE-PRESIDENTS: Howard Blackett, Ivan Green, Peter Johnson, Miss Lillian Kay, Peter Marsh, The Rt. Hon. The Lord Rees, Jonathan Sloggett, Tferry Sutton, Miss Christine Waterman, Jack Woolford and Martin Wright THE COMMITTEE C h airm an & Press Secretary: Tferry Sutton MBE 17 Bewsbury Cross Lane, Whitfield, Dover CT16 3HB Tfel: 01304 820122 V ice-C hairman: Derek Leach OBE 2 4 Riverdale, River, Dover C T 17 OGX Tfel: 01304 823926 H on. Secretary: William Naylor "Wood End", 87 Leyburne Road, Dover CT16 1SH Tfel: 01304 211276 H on. T reasurer: Mike Weston 71 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1EZ Tfel: 01304 202059 M embership Secretary: Sheila Cope 53 Park Avenue, Dover CT16 1HD Tfel: 01304 211348 Social Secretary: Joan Liggett 19 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1HA Tfel: 01304 214886 E ditor: Merril Lilley 5 East Cliff, Dover CT16 1LX Tfel: 01304 205254 C hairman o f P lanning Sub-C om m ittee: Jack Woolford 1066 Green Lane, Tfemple Ewell, Dover CT16 3AR Tfel: 01304 330381 C owgate P roject C o-ordinator: Hugh Gordon 59 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1EZ Tfel: 01304 205115 A rchivist: Dr S.S.G. Hale 34 Church Hill, Tfemple Ewell, Dover CT16 3DR Tfel: 01304 825670 Jeremy Cope, Tfessa George, Lesley Gordon, Anthony Lane, Mike McFarnell, Ken Wraight Content: 2 EDITORIAL 4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Merril Lilley & Tfessa George 9 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS Mike Weston 10 MEMBERSHIP NEWS Sheila Cope 10 PLANNING Jack Woolford 11 BUDGE ADAMS MEMORIAL REPORT Derek Leach 12 PHILOMENA KENNEDY MEMORIAL AWARD Sheila & Jeremy Cope 13 EXHIBITION OF PHILOMENA'S WORK Merril Lilley 14 MARCH MEETING Cowgate Cemetery Report Hugh & Lesley Gordon Mark Frost: Dover's Industrial Past Derek Leach 18 THE GURKA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC Merril Lilley 19 SUMMER OUTINGS Higham Park Joyce Cockerill Globe Theatre Brenda Lee 21 THE VARNE LIGHTSHIP Anthony Lane 25 KFAS REPORT Jack Woolford 26 ‘PARTY AT THE PALACE' Jim Francis 28 THE WESTERN HEIGHTS PRESERVATION SOCIETY Chris T&ft 30 A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: THE UNITARIAN CHURCH Leslie Gordon 31 GLIMPSES OF THE PAST 1. Marion Griffiths Born in Dover Merril Lilley 2. The Origin of Adams Printers: Extracts from the writings of Budge Adams 3. Louis XVIII Tferry Sutton 4. The YHA Building and the Koettlitz Family Derek Leach 36 REVIEW Tferry Sutton 37 WEBSITES Mike McFarnell f The Objectives 0/ ^ Editorial the Dover Society n 22nd April the Society held its founded in 1988. fourteenth Annual General Meeting. OThere were few changes this year to the • to promote high standards of Executive Committee. All the officers were re­ planning and architecture elected. Two committee members have resigned, Leo Wright and Audrey Wood, but • to interest and inform the two other members are being co-opted, as their public in the geography, applications were too late to be included in the history, archaeology, natural AGM agenda. They are Anthony Lane and Ken history and architecture of Wraight, the latter a former member of the the area committee, returning after a gap of some years. Details of the meeting are given in full • to secure the preservation, in this issue. The talk on Henry VIII and the protection, development and Field of Cloth of Gold is reported by Tfessa improvement of features of George and the annual accounts from our historic or public interest Treasurer, Mike Weston, are also included. (Since the AGM Mike has received the first • and commitment to the belief cheque from the proceeds of the Gift Aid forms that a good environment is - it was for £381! a good investment. This Newsletter also includes reports of the The area we cover comprises March meeting and the first two summer outings to Higham Park and the Globe theatre. the parishes or wards of The new system for booking for outings seems Barton, Buckland, Castle, to be working successfully and we thank all Lydden, Temple Ewell, members for their cooperation in this. Details Maxton, Pineham, Priory, of all trips are included in your Newsletter and River, St. Radigund's, Ibwn & forms can always be obtained from Joan Pier and Tbwer Hamlets. Liggett. Members wishing to join the trip to All members receive three France in September (Agincourt £25.00) need to book now. Newsletters a year and in each The next indoor meeting of the Society, at year the Committee organises St. Mary's Parish centre, will be on Monday, about ten interesting events - 14th October, at 7.30 pm. talks, tours, visits, Members' We are pleased to report that the first award Meetings and usually a of the Philomena Kennedy memorial has been Christmas Feast. awarded to a pupil of Dover Grammar School The Society gives Awards for for Girls. This will be an annual award. Members may have followed the reports in improvements to the area, various Newsletters by Jeremy and Sheila Cope monitors planning proposals on the progress of the discussions and and supports, joins in or planning leading up to the final form the initiates civic projects and memorial would take. Philomena died in arts events. October 1999, so the whole process has, j amazingly, taken almost three years to complete. Now, there is a plaque at the matter for our articles this time. Grammar school with two original works Anthony Lane, our newest committee by Philomena on the wall beside it, a member, has contributed a very lasting memorial for the school to keep. interesting article on the Varne lightship By coincidence, the museum held a and Jim Francis has written about the very successful exhibition of Philomena's Jubilee Tarty at the Palace'. I have work this Spring which included a few of collected four other pieces for my series her drawings for the Newsletters. I have of 'Glimpses of the Past', which can written a short report of it here. include any memories or accounts of On the subject of memorials, happenings in Dover in past centuries, planning is proceeding for the as you can see. If any readers can production of the memorial to Budge contribute stories of their own Adams. It is hoped that a small sub­ memories, or even those of their committee will soon start work on ancestors, these could be useful additions scanning the slides to be used in a CD of to the series. Does your mother/father/ Budge's collection. It is hoped that this grandmother/grandfather/relative of will be completed in 2003, which again any kind have an interesting anecdote to will be more than two years after Budge's relate? death in December 2000, a reflection of Thanks, as always, to all our regular how long these things take from the contributors and advertisers (and planning to the final outcome. Derek welcome to our new advertisers), to our Leach has written an update here on the distributors and to all members who progress of the Budge memorial. support us in many different ways. There is a wide range of subject Editor DEADLINE for contributions The last date for the receipt of copy for issue 45 will be Monday 7th October 2002. The Editor welcomes contributions and interesting drawings or photographs. “Paper copy" should be typed at double spacing. Handwritten copy should be clear with wide line spacing. Accurate fully proof-read copy on computer discs is acceptable; please ring 01304 205254 to discuss details. Publication in the Newsletter does not imply the Society's agreement with any views expressed, nor does the Society accept responsibility for any statements made. All published material remains the copyright of its authors, artists or photographers. EDITORIAL a n d PRODUCTION TEAM Editor: Mrs. Merril Lilley Assistant Editor: Miss May Jones Proof Readers: Miss May Jones and Mrs Pam Tkylor Advertising Manager: Mr. B.J. Lilley Distribution Organiser: Mr. J. Cope Envelopes and Labels: Mr. J. Cope Area Distributors: J.Cope, E.B.Dudley, J.Francis, M.Goulding, J.Harman, L.M.Hoar, E.M.Johns, M.Jones, M.Lilley, A.Mole, L.O'Connor, J.Owen, K.J.Palmer, M.Robson, E.Senyard, A.Sidney-Vassey, S.Standing, C.Taylor, K.Wraight, L.Wright. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 22nd APRIL 2002 - reported by Merril Lilley he fourteenth annual general of the bell. This was funded partly by the TMEETING of the Society was held on Society's project fund, partly by 22nd April at St. Mary's Parish Centre and donations and partly by a local authority was well-attended. grant. Despite all our expenditure there The Chairman, Tferry Sutton, began by was a surplus of £1336.29 in the General listing apologies for absence and Fund. Many outings had made a profit regretting the loss of members who had and thus helped to balance the cost of died during the last year. The minutes of indoor winter meetings which may just the last meeting were accepted without break even and occasionally operate at a correction and there were no matters loss. The money raised from raffles at arising. In his report he said that the these meetings (£540 over the last year) Society had had a year of steady progress. make a big difference and contribute The only problem encountered had been towards the cost of hiring the hall. Thanks the delay on the installation of the were due to Sheila Cope and all her Society's tenth, and last, plaque but he helpers with the raffles. hoped that arrangements would soon be He reminded members that the cost of made for this to be put in place.
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