Category Archives: Tourism

Museum – An Historic epic

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Lorraine

Dover Museum is one of the many jewels in Dover’s crown. Housed in a spacious building behind a Listed older, grand, façade it is here that the world famous Bronze Age Boat is on show. A must see attraction during … Continue reading →

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Dover’s Jazz Scene and the Louis Armstrong

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Lorraine

The Grapes pub, on what we now call Maison Dieu Road, first opened around 1862. Thirty-one years later, in 1893, it was demolished! This was to allow the road to be widened and the new pub – which we see … Continue reading →

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St Martin-le-Grand

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Lorraine

Once upon a time the church of St Martin-le-Grand, which stood on the west side of the present day Market Square, was said to rival Canterbury Cathedral in size and stature. What remains of the ruins can be seen besides … Continue reading →

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Connaught Park – Part II

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Lorraine

Following World War II (1939-1945) the town was little better than a bombsite, however, people were determined to get back to normality as quickly as possible. In May 1947, an application was submitted for a garden fete at Connaught Park  from … Continue reading →

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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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