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About Lorraine

I am a local historian, whose love of Dover has lead to decades of research into some of the lesser known tales that this famous and beautiful town has to tell.

Connaught Park – Part I

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Lorraine

At noon on Saturday 14 July 1883, a Royal Salute announced that the third son of Queen Victoria, HRH Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and his wife, Louise, had arrived by train at the Town Station. This was in the … Continue reading →

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Spanish ‘Flu’ – the epidemic that Dover swept under the proverbial carpet

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Lorraine

‘Flu’, or influenza to give its correct name, regularly occurs during the winter months and periodically there are pandemics. Caused by a virus, the usual symptoms are chills, fever, sore throat, severe muscle weakness and headache, coughing and sometimes vomiting, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Kelsey – Governor of Kent and Sussex and the Battle of Dover

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Lorraine

Although some historians say that Thomas Kelsey was a Lord Warden during the Interregnum (1649-1660), when England was without a monarchy, the office of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, as such, did not exist at that time. Instead the … Continue reading →

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Volunteer Review of 1869 and the Ferret Disaster

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Lorraine

It is a little known fact that the first Volunteer Corps – the forerunners of the Territorial Army – was founded in Dover! Thomas Hyde Page, who was born 1746 and educated at Woolwich Military Academy on being invalided out … Continue reading →

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Lydden Hill Race Circuit

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Lorraine

Lydden Hill Race Circuit, formerly known as Lydden Circuit, is approximately 6 miles north of Dover on the A2 Canterbury Road. Situated in a natural amphitheatre in an Area of Natural Outstanding Beauty the only access is from the A2. At one … Continue reading →

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