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Dover Public Library Part II – From Winning to Broken Promises

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Lorraine

It had taken almost 100 years to get a public library in Dover and this opened on 13 March 1935 at 6 Biggin Street – 85 years after the introduction of the first Public Libraries Act of 1850. The Act had permitted councils to use ratepayers’ … Continue reading →

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Dover Public Library Part I – the Long Road to Winning

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Lorraine

‘We don’t need a public library‘ said the woman with all the authority of her position, ‘I have never used it and the children I have spoken to, don’t either. Therefore it should be left to volunteers.’ This view, is a … Continue reading →

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Objection to proposed changes at Dover Library

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Lorraine

Over the last decade, we have seen the Dover library service, situated in the Dover Discovery Centre –  Market Square,  run down with the closure of the separate Children’s library, the demise of the Reference library and the reduction of … Continue reading →

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Farthingloe – The Historic Valley of Legends and Outstanding Natural Beauty

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Lorraine

In September 2016 the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Kent) won an Appeal against Dover District Council to save the beautiful, historic, Farthingloe valley from development. Below is the story. Farthingloe is a dry, long valley with a gently sloping … Continue reading →

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Fred Greenstreet and Centurion House

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Lorraine

As part of the latest St James Area Development proposal Centurion House, on the corner of Bench Street and Fishmongers Lane, has been demolished. Ironically, the building it replaced was the centre of a major legal battle that divided the … Continue reading →

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