THE DOVER SOCIETY FOUNDED in 1988 Registered with the Civic Trust, Affiliated to the Kent Federation of Amenity Societies Registered Charity No
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A N ew sletter No. 43 April 2002 Old view of the Maison Dieu 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, Jo n ath an Sloggett, Tferry Sutton, Miss Christine Waterman, Jack Woolford and Martin Wright THE COMMITTEE C h a ir m a n & Press Secretary: Tferry Sutton MBE 17 Bewsbury Cross Lane, Whitfield, Dover CT16 3HB Tfel: 01304 820122 Vice-Chairman: Derek Leach OBE 24 Riverdale, River, Dover CT17 OGX Tfel: 01304 823926 Hon. S e c r e t a r y : William Naylor “Wood End”, 87 Leyburne Road, Dover CT16 1SH Tfel: 01304 211276 H o n . T r e a s u r e r : Mike Weston 71 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1EZ Tfel: 01304 202059 M e m b e r s h ip S e c r e t a r y : Sheila Cope 53 Park Avenue, Dover CT16 1HD Tfel: 01304 211348 S o c ia l S e c r e t a r y : Joan Liggett 19 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1HA Tfel: 01304 214886 E d it o r : Merril Lilley 5 East Cliff, Dover CT16 1LX Tfel: 01304 205254 C h a ir m a n o f P l a n n in g S u b -C o m m it t e e : Jack Woolford 1066 Green Lane, Ifemple Ewell, Dover CT16 3AR Tfel: 01304 330381 C o w g a te P r o j e c t C o -o r d in a t o r : Hugh Gordon 59 Castle Avenue, Dover CT16 1EZ Tfel: 01304 205115 A r c h iv is t : Dr S.S.G. H ale 34 Church Hill, Tfemple Ewell, Dover CT16 3DR Tfel: 01304 825670 Jeremy Cope, Tfessa George, Lesley Gordon, Mike McFarnell, Audrey Wood, Leo Wright Content; 2 EDITORIAL 4 PLANNING Jack Woolford 5 PROJECTS Hugh and Lesley Gordon 7 MEMBERSHIP NEWS Sheila Cope 8 SOCIETY MEETINGS The November Meeting: John Moir's TMk Jack Woolford Dr R Colman - Update on the Civil War Derek Leach The Christmas Feast Shirley Dowle The January Meeting: Councillor Woodbridge - World War II in Dover S.S.G. Hale Who Hung the Monkey? Jack Woolford Wine and Wisdom Ken Wraight 16 LOCAL HEROES S.S.G. Hale 16 WEATHER IN 2001 F.G. Thomas 18 WCCP UPDATE Paul Hadaway 20 MEDIEVAL GUILDS Ivan Green 24 GLIMPSES OF THE PAST James Hart, Waterloo Man Phil Wybourn-Brown Kearsney College, South Africa Mike McFarnell Merry Monarch first saw her in Dover Terry Sutton 30 REVIEWS Editor 31 DOVER PAGEANT Mike McFarnell 32 WEBSITES Mike McFarnell 40 New Application Form f The Objectives of^' Editorial the Dover Society he next meeting is the fourteenth Annual General Meeting of the Society founded in 1988. T on Monday, 22nd April, at St. Mary's Parish Centre. The speaker is Dr. Fred • to promote high standards of Lansberry on 'Henry VIII and Dover'. We hope planning and architecture for the usual good attendance. • to interest and inform the This will be the last indoor meeting until public in the geography, October. From May members can join any or history, archaeology, natural all of the six summer outings organised by our Social Secretary, Joan Liggett. Joan never history and architecture of ceases to amaze me! Every summer she comes the area up with yet another fantastic choice of trips. • to secure the preservation, What have we this year? There are two theatre protection, development and trips, one to the Marlowe in Canterbury to see improvement of features of 'Sunset Boulevard' and one to the Globe historic or public interest Theatre to see 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. There are two country trips - always popular - • and commitment to the belief one to Higham House and Gardens and one to that a good environment is Herstmonceux Castle and Science Centre. The a good investment. French trip is to Agincourt in September (details not available yet) and August brings a The area we cover comprises totally new venture! Eight days on the Isle of the parishes or wards of Wight! Who suggested that in the last Barton, Buckland, Castle, brainstorming session? Lydden, Ttemple Ewell, Please check the details of all these outings Maxton, Pineham, Priory, on the inside cover of the back page of this River, St. Radigund's, Town & issue. Remember that we no longer enclose Pier and Tbwer Hamlets. application forms for outings with the Newsletter. These will be available at the All members receive three indoor meetings in March and April and from Newsletters a year and in each Joan at any time (telephone: 214886). Joan year the Committee organises also has forms available on the coach at any about ten interesting events - outing so you can get forms for future trips talks, tours, visits, Members' when you see her. Having said that, it is safer Meetings and usually a to book well ahead for the popular events like Christmas Feast. theatre visits. Please help Joan by making sure you know the time of departure of the The Society gives Awards for coach and let her know your chosen pick-up improvements to the area, point, when there is a choice. monitors planning proposals In this issue there are two reviews of books and supports, joins in or to be published shortly. One is The Central initiates civic projects and Estate and the Hartlepools by Vice-President, arts events. Jack Woolford. The other is a new local book Greetings, Dover by Jack Hewitt, the fourth of its kind to be launched by Riverdale contributions on diverse topics which I Publications. As S.S.G. Hale points out, have grouped together in a section called in his article Local Heroes, our Vice- 'Glimpses of the Past'. They all have a Chairman, Derek Leach, is becoming connection with Dover, however well-known for his presentations of the tenuous. lives of local personalities and is making Mike McFarnell continues to bring a valuable contribution to preserving the Website page up to date and invites Dover's past. us to attend this year's Dover Pageant on There are reports of all the indoor 5th and 6th May. We hope vast numbers meetings from November to February, will support it and visit the Society which include four talks and the stand. Christmas Feast and the Wine and Hugh and Lesley Gordon report on Wisdom. All have been successful and the success of the Cowgate Project and well attended and we thank members for members who attended the March their support and Jack, Derek, Glyn, Meeting will have heard more details of Ken and Shirley for their reports. that. Both teams of workers have done Paul Hadaway of the White Cliffs wonders at Cowgate and deserve our Countryside Project gives us a foretaste praise. of th e ir su m m e r p ro g ra m m e , F.G. Many thanks to all our regular Thomas has sent a report of the weather contributors and to our advertisers for in 2001 and Ivan Green writes about their continued support. Medieval Guilds. I had three other Editor DEADLINE for contributions The last date for the receipt of copy for issue 44 will be Monday 10th June 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 AND production team Editor: Mrs. Merril Lilley Assistant Editor: Miss May Jones Proof Readers: Miss May Jones and Mrs Pam Taylor 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. slowed down by staff shortages and financial deficits, not to The work of the mention barristers and extra- legal protesters on site. 'Swampy' is not dead. Meanwhile we wonder how many more amusement PLANNING centres the local market will bear and if the Western Sub-Committee Heights Residents' Assoc iation will defeat revived housing proposals at Breeden. Reported by JACK WOOLFORD, Chairman We wonder if the Heathfield H om e Zone, w hich h as KCC n a Green Paper the DTLR (Dept of backing, will succeed in closing the rat- Transport, Local Govt & R egions) run but force existing residents to park Iproposes fundamental changes in elsewhere. Dover Town Council and the planning to speed up development, Dover Society support the opponents of especially for business, by abolishing the scheme. We also support the Ibwn County Structure Plans and Local Plans, Council's determination to maintain a increasing the powers of the Secretary of Dover Ibwn Guide and not merge it into State and planning inspectors and a District Guide. The proposed reducing those of statutory consultees improvement to Oswald Passage is including environmental and water adm irable.