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Dover College Gatehouse 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 Peter Johnson, Miss Lillian Kay, Mrs Joan Liggett Peter Marsh, Jonathan Sloggett, Tterry Sutton, Miss Christine Waterman, Jack Woolford THE COMMITTEE Chairman Derek Leach OBE, 24 Riverdale, River, Dover CT17 OGX Ttel: 01304 823926 Email: derekriverdale@ btinternet.com Vice-Chairman Jeremy Cope, 53 Park Avenue, Dover CT16 1HD Ttel: 01304 211348 Email: [email protected] Hon. Secretary William Naylor, "Wood End", 87 Leybume Rd, Dover CT16 1SH Ttel: 01304 211276 Email: billnaylor@ hotmail.com Hon. Treasurer Mike Weston, 71 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1EZ Ttel: 01304 202059 Email: [email protected] Membership Secretary Sheila Cope, 53 Park Avenue, Dover CT16 1HD Ttel: 01304 211348 Social Secretary Patricia Hooper-Sherratt, Castle Lea, T&swell St, Dover CT16 1SG Ttel: 01304 228129 Email: [email protected] E d it o r Alan Lee, 8 Cherry Tree Avenue, Dover CT16 2NL Ttel: 01304 213668 Email: [email protected] P ress S ecretary Tterry Sutton MBE, 17 Bewsbury Cross Lane, Whitfield, Dover CT16 3HB Ttel: 01304 820122 Email: [email protected] Planning Chairman Jack Woolford, 1066 Green Lane, Ttemple Ewell, Dover CT16 3AR Ttel: 01304 330381 Email: [email protected] Committee Mike Bayley, Patricia Jukes, Margaret Robson, Alan Sencicle, Pat Sherratt, Sybil Standing, Mike Weston A r c h iv ist Dr S.S.G. Hale, 34 Church Hill, Ttemple Ewell, Dover CT16 3DR Ttel: 01304 825670 W eb Page Mike McFarnell Email: mmcfarnell@hotmailxom Advertising Secretary Jean Marsh, 31 Millais Road, Dover CT16 2LW Ttel: 01304 206123 Email: jean.marsh7@ ntlworld.com Committee Members Alan Sencicle Email: [email protected] Georgette Rapley Ttel: 01304 851902 Email: [email protected] Web Site www. doversociety. org.uk Content 2 EDITORIAL Alan Lee 4 IMPRESSIONS OF DOVER Fr. Peter Sherred SOCIETY PROJECTS 8 River Dour Jeremy Cope 9 Cowgate Cemetery Jeremy Cope 11 DOVER'S SALUTE TO BLERIOT Terry Sutton 12 THE WORTHINGTONS RETURN TO DOVER Derek Leach 15 MEMBERSHIP NEWS Sheila Cope 17 HERITAGE OPEN DAYS IN DOVER Alan Lee 21 PLANNING Jack Woolford SOCIETY OUTINGS 22 Tenterden Vineyard & Chapel Down Winery Mr Pat Sherratt 24 Visit to Lille Patricia Hooper-Sherratt 25 DOVER REMEMBERS SOCIETY MEETING - OCTOBER 27 The Coastguards - talk by Andy Roberts Terry Sutton 28 Fort Burgoyne & Connaught Barracks - talk by Jon Iveson Alan Lee 31 BOOK REVIEW Alan Lee 32 THE MAGIC IN DEAL CONCERT Jack Woolford 33 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONNAUGHT PARK OPENING 35 A DOVORIAN MAYOR... Fr. Peter Sherred 44 APPLICATION FORM f The "objectives Editorial. the Dover Society founded in 1988. ‘The committee zvouCd fit^e to zvish'^r • to promote high standards of aCC of our members, advertisers and planning and architecture the staff of Adams the ‘Printers • to interest and inform the public in the geography, a very merry Christmas and may 2009 history, archaeology, natural he a happy and prosperous year for af( history and architecture of the area he last of the society's summer outings • to secure the preservation, has now taken place and many thanks protection, development and must go to Pat for arranging such a improvement of features of T varied and interesting series of trips. We will historic or public interest refer to her as Patricia (Pat) Sherratt-Hooper • and commitment to the belief and her husband as Pat Sherratt so as not to that a good environment is a cause any confusion. good investment. Quodlibet is the entertainment at the The area we cover comprises Christmas feast on Saturday 13th December. the parishes or wards of Barton, The slight increase in price is the first for many Buckland, Castle, Lydden, years and still good value at £19 per head. The Ttemple Ewell, Maxton, numbers will be strictly limited so to make sure Pineham, Priory, River, St. of your place please book as early as possible. Radigund's, Tbwn & Pier and Early in 2009 English Partnerships, the body 'Tower Hamlets. responsible for Fort Burgoyne, will be inviting All members receive three ideas for future use of the fort. The committee Newsletters a year and in each welcome any ideas from the membership, year the Committee organises bearing in mind the historic nature of the site about ten interesting events - and that 500 eco friendly homes are to be talks, tours, visits, Members' constructed on the Barracks site. Please contact the committee with your ideas so we can Meetings and usually a formulate a co-ordinated response for English Christmas Feast. Partnerships. They will present their The Society gives Awards for development brief to Dover District Council in improvements to the area, the autumn of 2009. The site will then be monitors planning proposals sold to a third party developer in the early and supports, joins in or months of 2010. initiates civic projects and The fight continues to have a hospital in Dover arts events. containing some beds. It will be difficult to ______________ = j achieve but we must not give up. It is the very least that the people of Dover and district A special thanks to all who help at St. deserve. Mary's hall for it is these volunteers who make the society meeting nights run so The Holm Oak in Connaught Park, smoothly. Any member who could help in sponsored by the Dover Society, has been any way in the interval you will be most formally dedicated by our president welcome. Brigadier Maurice Atherton CBE. Hopefully future members of the Society will plant I am still on the lookout for articles to be another tree for the parks 250th published in the newsletter, as I am sure anniversary. that there are a lot of members with personal stories to tell. I am also in need of The plaque in Saxon Street commem people to write about the talks by guest orating the Belgium workers who assisted speakers at our meetings. Usually they can Dover in rebuilding the town just after the supply the text of the talk if asked so it can war has now been refurbished; further be summarised quite easily. Maybe you go details inside this issue. There will be a on the summer outings and could fuller article in the March newsletter. occasionally report on the trip. If you think Plans for the Louis Bleriot centenary event you would like to have a go then please next year are now in place, following the contact the editor for a chat on 01304 initial representations made by the Dover 213668. Society. Editor DEADLINE for contributions The last date for the receipt of copy for issue 64 will be Wednesday 14th January 2009. The Editor welcomes contributions and interesting drawings or photographs. Taper 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 213668 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 AND PRODUCTION TEAM Editor: Mr Alan Lee Proof Readers: Miss May Jones, Mrs Merril Lilley and Mrs Pam Taylor Advertising Secretary: Mrs J. Marsh Distribution Organiser: M r J. Cope Envelopes and Labels: M r J. Cope Area Distributors: J.Betts, M.Burton, J.Cope, E.B.Dudley, J.Fox, J.Francis, M.Goulding, L.M.Hoar, E.M.Johns, M.Lilley, A.Mole, M.Morris, L.O'Connor, J.Owen, K.J.Palmer, M .Robson, A.Sencicle, A.Sidney-Vassey, C.T&ylor. IMPRESSIONS OF DOVER... ...a Belgian's Miscellany Fr. Peter Sherred n July Dover was host to M. Roger When he first came to Dover he was IGallant, a Belgian who has visited the eleven years old (he now celebrates the town many times since his first visit 76 fact he is 87 years young\). His father, years ago. On this occasion he was greeted Henri, a postman who served on the by the Town Mayor, Councillor Diane Ostend mail boat, arrived every day with Smallwood and the Chairman of Dover mail for the United Kingdom returning District Council, Councillor Bernard with mail to Europe and the East. John Butcher. Both presented him with tokens James McKeen was his daily postal to commemorate his long association with contact in Dover. John received the mail the town. The Mayor and the Town at the Admiralty Pier for onward carriage Sergeant, Brian Walker then gave him a tour of the Town Council Offices, the Mayors' Chamber and showed him the town's civic regalia. While in the town M. Gallant addressed the Rotary Club of South Foreland and provided them with an insight into the changes to the town since he first set foot on the Admiralty Pier. He also offered some personal reflections on the state of the town today compared with all those years ago. Post arrives at Admiralty Pier (c. 7932-3) to either British or foreign destinations. Through this regular contact at the then Marine Station the two men became friends and Roger has continued that friendship with five generations of John's family. In his address Roger compared the vast differences between Dover in 1932 and 2008. He recalled that the mail boats all arrived at the Admiralty pier. There were few ferries and no drive-on drive-off facilities. Pre-war vehicles were lifted on and off by crane.