SearchCurrently displaying: 46 results. Clear the searchYou've searched for:Subject: "St Margaret's Bay" xSubject: "World War Two" x Search term Filter by Subject Aerial views, guidebooks and maps and transport (3)Aviation (3)Buildings (8)Pubs (3)RAF St Margaret's and Radar Installations (1)South Foreland Lighthouses (1)The Bay Hotel or Lanzarote Hotel (2)The Excelsior Tearooms (1)People (17)Gordon Denoon Album (14)Madge Family Albums and Scrapbooks (1)Noel Coward (1)Peter Ustinov (1)Postcards (8)Roads (2)Bay Hill (2)Village Archaeology (1)Village events and weather (1)Weather (1)Filter by Decade 1910s (1)1920s (1)1930s (4)1940s (10)1950s (2)1970s (1)1980s (1)1990s (1)2000s (3)Filter by Format Still image (39)Text (6) Sort by: OldestNewestTitleTitle (reverse) PAGE: 12Next > 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 ... 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 ... St Margaret's Bay from Ness Point. pre 1939 A pre WW2 view of the intact Village on the Beach taken from Ness Point. The Fougasse flame system on Bay Hill. 1941 During the war, St Margaret's Bay was considered to be a likely landing place for German troops. As such a Fougasse flame defence system was constructed in the grounds of the property known as The ... War damaged village on the beach. A copy of a black and white photograph showing the Bay Hotel as a damaged shell. Damage may have been caused by the fire in 1943 or caused by the British Army during the Second ... War damaged village on the beach. c1945 Poor quality copy of a black and white photograph of the extensively damaged buildings on the Bay. The Green Man (now The Coastguard) is on the left. The Adcock Villas are in the centre. The damage ... War damaged village on the beach caused by training in WW2 A photograph showing destruction to properties of the Village in the Bay. This was caused during wartime training by Marines when it was used as a practice landing area. Date just post WW2 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 ... St Margaret's Bay from Ness Point. postmark 1945 Postmarked 1945, this view shows the Village in the Bay, used by our troops for practice landings which caused extensive damage. War damaged St Margaret's Bay Hotel. 1947 Three black and white photographs of the severely damaged derelict Bay Hotel building. Much of the damage was caused by the 1943 fire, some was caused by wartime activities, when the area was used as ... Rebuilding The Green Man. 21st January 1954 Press cuttings from The Evening News 21st January 1954 concerning the re-building of The Green Man after it was damaged during army training excercises in WW 2. 'St Margaret's at Cliffe and the Defences of the Realm 1627-1946' by AL McFie. A copy of the Journal of Kent Local History No 9 September 1979 with an article by AL McFie entitled St Margaret's at Cliffe and the Defences of the Realm 1627 - 1946 WW2 observation post on the Zigzag steps and its subsequent demolition 12 January 1988 Series of photographs taken 1986 and 1988 showing a distant view of the WW 2 observation post, which was situated on the zig-zag steps leading from the Bay, and its subsequent demolition. The site is ... Cliff fall at Ness Point. 1995 A photograph taken from seaward of Ness Point showing the aftermath of a cliff fall on the 23rd January 1995 and the exposure of an old wartime tunnel entrance half way up the cliff face. Royal Navy diving team in St Margaret's Bay. July 2000 In July 2000, a Royal Navy diving team from Portsmouth arrived in St Margaret's Bay to dive on a WW2 American B17 Flying Fortress, the Lady Lollipop, downed in the Bay on returning from a ... Crows Nest, cliff look-out at the top of the Zigzag Steps leading from the Bay. 2005 A view from the WW2 look - out based at the top of the zig - zag steps above the Bay with the observation room on top removed. Photograph taken 21.03.2005 Interior of the WW2 Pill Box on the beach, St Margaret's Bay. 2007 Taken in 2007, this photograph is taken of the inside of the WW2 pill box on the beach in St Margaret's Bay through one of the embrasures. Aerial view of The Green Man. St Margaret's Bay. pre WWII This is an aerial view of The Green Man taken sometime before WW2 when it was severely damaged during wartime training excercises. 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. 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 ... Concorde and Spitfire over the cliffs at St Margaret's Bay. c1990 Colour photograph and article headlined 'Holy Rollers! It's the Aerodynamic Duo' from 'You' magazine. Undated Article charts the history of Spitfire P730 and Concorde Alpha Alpha PAGE: 12Next >
