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The pages are numbered 50 to 61. Platte Saline, the Paper House, was located at the Upper Freedown in Kingsdown Road ... Adcock's Villas, St Margaret's Bay. pre and post WW2 Taken from the Gordon Denoon album, two photographs with his accompanying narrative. The first is a copy of a c1910 postcard depicting Adcock's Villas in the foreground and the road along the foot of the cliffs ... 'The Man Who Played God' (1932), starring George Arliss A series of photographs from the Warner Bros. 1932 film 'The Man Who Played God' which starred George Arliss. George Arliss had a long time weekend home, Crossways in Droveway Gardens until it was destroyed in ... Anti-Invasion Exercise in St Margaret's Bay A newspaper report and photograph of army troops taking part in an anti invasion exercise in St Margaret's Bay. Taken sometime during WW2, date unknown. Building new houses at East Cliff end of the Bay. 1937 Hand-written extract from the Dover Express dated 8th January 1937 p10 regarding the construction of 6 new houses at the eastern end of St Margaret's Bay. After the war these houses and a slightly older house ... Sound File: Living in the village in WW2 An extract from an interview with Paul Stone who talks about living in the village as a child during WW2 including going out to look for planes on the day war broke out, issuing gas ... Harry Curling and Land Army girls at Reach Court Farm. Harry Curling, Grace Harrison and other landgirls pose with sacks of potatoes for the photographer in this black and white photograph for wartime publicity. The location is a farm at Nelson Park. Letters relating to war damage to Hope Farm and subsequent War Department compensation The first letter dated 18th May 1942 is from the Dover Garrison adjutant apologising to Albert Curling of Hope Farm for the 'poor shooting' by the 4th Somerset Light Infantry, garrisoned locally in 1942 as ... St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 6. 17 July 1942 - 16 February 1943. Pages 1-9 The sixth of nine volumes of the St Margaret's ARP logs. This volume covers the period from 17th July 1942 to 16th February 1943. The constant daily reference to shellfire and bombfall demonstrates that the village ... Harry Curling with Land Army girls at Reach Court Farm. 1940s Henry Curling with a group of landgirls at Reach Court Farm 1943. One of a collection of propaganda photos made at the farm which was run by Gilbert Mitchell. Mr Mitchell and his wife, her sister ... On St Margaret's beach with war damaged houses in the background. 1945 From the Gordon Denoon album a photograph, taken in 1945, of members of the Denoon family on St Margaret's Bay beach with the ruined Excelsior Tea Gardens in the background, together with accompanying caption. War damaged village on the beach. 1945 From Gordon Denoon's album two photographs taken in 1945 depicting the war-damaged and ruined buldings in St Margaret's Bay. The second photograph has Gordon's wife Tommie and son, Ian, in the foreground with an unidentified female ... Peter Ustinov's Blockhouse with Cold War Radar installation in the distance A photograph showing The Blockhouse on the cliff top above the Bay where Peter Ustinov was stationed during the war and which he later bought. On the other side of the Bay can be seen ... Peter Ustinov A press cutting of the playwright and actor Peter Ustinov. The photograph shows him sitting by his cliff top bungalow above St Margaret's Bay which was a converted army Observation Post. Peter Ustinov was stationed ... Cliff top blockhouse where Peter Ustinov was billeted during WW2; a cartoon Three photographs looking north east towards the Dover Patrol Memorial. The cliff top blockhouse was where Peter Ustinov was billeted during the war and which he later bought as a weekend retreat. Being closest to the ... Photograph of Army NCOs and Navy personnel found at Cliffe Place, Station Road during demolition During demolition of Cliffe Place in Station Road, this photograph was discovered showing a group of Army NCOs and 3 Navy personnel. No further information available. WW2 Temporary Pass 1940 - Hope Farm As Hope Farm lay within a restricted military area during WW2 a pass was required for anyone living and/or working on the farm. This pass was issued to Mr H Curling, the farmer. Unexpected visitors at the beach. c1945 From the Gordon Denoon album. Two photographs of Tommie (Gordon's wife) sitting in their car on the promenade at St Margaret's Bay being approached by goats. Emily was the name given by the Denoon family to their ... The Lookout WW2 building converted in to a house at Ness Point From the Gordon Denoon album a postcard depicting the Lookout at Ness Point, a WW2 installation subsequently converted into a dwelling. VJ (Victory in Japan) Day at the Cliffe Hotel. 1945 From the Gordon Denoon album with accompanying narrative. The first two photographs show Eva and Charles Groves, proprietors of the Cliffe Hotel. Charles Groves was also the head of the local village ARP (Air Raid Precautions) ... Coastal defences at St Margaret's Bay, c.1945 From the Gordon Denoon album; photograph and caption The curved pipes carrying oil were part of the 'Flame Barrage' - a discharge of a petroleum/gas mixture into the sea which would have been ignited among invasion ... On St Margaret's beach with war damaged houses in the background. 1948 From the Gordon Denoon album. A series of photographs of sea bathers on the beach at St Margaret's Bay with the ruins of the village in the Bay as a backdrop. In the background of the first ... On St Margaret's beach with war damaged houses in the background. 1947 From the Gordon Denoon album. The bathers sitting below the concrete ramp which formed part of the Bay war defences are identified as Tommie (Gordon's wife), Ian (Gordon's son), Mrs Engholm, Valerie and David Ebbels, Nancy ... Denoon summer holiday on St Margaret's Bay beach.1926 (Part 1) From the Gordon Denoon album. A series of photographs taken on St Margaret's Bay beach of Gordon Denoon, his wife Tommie and daughter Joan. Taken in 1926 Gordon described this holiday as 'truly wonderful'. In his book 'Saga ... PAGE: 12Next >