Category Archives: People
Edward Ferrand Astley – The Doctor who cared for the people of Dover
In 2008 I was the head of a local government team that won £20m Community Hospital for Dover – a small token after loosing a major facility that, it had been decided in 2002-4, was to be replaced by a … Continue reading
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Willard Sawyer – Founder of the World’s First Factory for Mass-producing Cycles
Back in 2006 I was asked by the then Dover Town Council for a list of deceased locals whom I felt should receive some sort of recognition – a plaque or similar. I presented my list, but possibly due to … Continue reading
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Samuel Taverner – The Dissident Preacher who was imprisoned in the Castle
Over looking the bottom of York Street is an ancient octagonal building known as the Unitarian Church. In fact, it opened as a Baptist Chapel on Tuesday 2 May 1820, amidst much celebration. These days, besides being an active place of worship and … Continue reading
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Harriet Quimby – the First Woman to Fly the Channel
A few days before Louis Blériot entered the history books as the first person to cross the English Channel in a heavier than air flying machine, Hubert Latham (1883-1914) had taken off from France. He had flown 8 miles before … Continue reading
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William Burgess – Artist
High up on a wall near the corner of Stembrook and Castle Street, is a Dover Society plaque dedicated to Dover artist William Burgess (1805-1861). Not to be confused with William Burges, (1827–1881), one of the architects of the former Town Hall … Continue reading
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The Dover Historian 