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Site of Cross Channel Gun 'Winnie' at Westcliffe. 20 May 1990
Four photographs showing the site of the World War 2 cross Channel gun 'Winnie' in the field behind Wallett's Court at Westcliffe. 20 May 1990
Site of Kilmorie, The Droveway, destroyed by a direct hit in WW2. 2009
Four photographs taken in 2009 showing the site alongside the shops at beginning of The Droveway where the house Kilmorie stood before destruction by a direct hit in WW2
Site plan for the WW2 Cross Channel Gun 'Pooh'
A site plan for the long range Channel gun emplacement for the gun which was eventually named Pooh. This was west of Kingsdown Road. Its twin, Winnie was behind Walletts Court off the Dover Road out ...
Sketches of two emblems of the 127th AAA Gun Batallion
Two emblems of the American 127th AAA Gun Batallion which was stationed at Langdon Cliffs during WW2
Sound File: 'Arriving at Townsend Farm 1935.' Extract from an interview with Jean Datson
An interview with Jean Datson (nee Burton) about arriving as a child at Townsend Farm with her parents and sisters in 1935. The Burtons stayed on the farm until 1940 when they had to leave because ...
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 ...
Sound File: Wartime childhood and schooldays at East Langdon and St Margaret's; Coronation carnival 1953 .
An extract of an interview by Tony Marsh talking to Maria Fitzgerald about his memories of WW2 and of attending firstly East Langdon school by bus in wartime as the village school was shut, including ...
Spitfires off St Margaret's Bay. September 15th 1990
St Margaret's Bay from Ness Point. 1948
This photograph taken from Ness Point looking NE across the Bay, was commissioned by the National Geographic Magazine and appeared in their April 1948 copy. From this distance, the houses in the Bay look relatively unscathed ...
St Margaret's Bay Hotel, St Margaret's Bay. pre and post WW2
Taken from the Gordon Denoon album. The first image is a copy of a postcard of The St Margaret's Bay Hotel, complete with extension, taken in its pomp in the 1930s. The subsequent three photographs taken by ...
St Margaret's return to village life after WW2
An article by an Evening Standard reporter about the return of residents to St Margaret's after the WW2 and the difficulties they had to face with slow progress. The lack of manpower to repair and ...
St Margaret's Special Policemen. c1940-45
Black and white photograph of 11 men in Police uniform. Handwritten notes in album identify those present as: Back row - left to right: T Hogbin; B Winn: Price; C Marsh; F Kent and A Jenner Front row: Self ...
The condition of Townsend Farm in April 1941
Letter from CE in C, Admiralty, 2 Portland Place, Bath to Messrs C Petley & Co, Estate Agents, Staple, Canterbury on the condition of Townsend Farm, dated April 1941. [Typed transcript - original in East ...
The condition of Townsend Farm on 12 January 1941
Schedule of the condition of property requisitioned for Naval purposes under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Regulations 1939, dated 12 January 1941.
The Green Man in ruins. 1945
Black and white photograph of a completely destroyed Green Man public house on the Bay. Strangely, the pub sign remains intact. Reverse of the photograph is hand-marked 'Green Man PH S.M.B 1945'
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.
The White House, St Margaret's Road and the wartime tunnel in the grounds
This is an article about the tunnel especially dug for the occupants of The White House, which lays off St Margaret's Road, for their safety in wartime. The house was requisitioned during the war during ...
The White House, St Margaret's Road, wartime graffiti in the tunnels beneath the house
The tunnels beneath The White House in St Margaret's Road were dug in 1937 for the owner Mrs Toye who was concerned about the vulnerability of the occupants should there be any bombing or shelling. During ...
The Windmill on the cliffs at South Foreland Valley during WW2
Various articles about the Windmill on the cliffs near South Foreland Lighthouse, and the part it played during the war.
Townsend Farm, the old Barn
The old barn at Townsend Farm, St Margaret's at Cliffe. Undated extract from [?] unidentified guidebook.
USAAF B17 Bomber crash-landed at Nelson Park. January 8th 1945
Two black and white photographs of the USAAF B17G bomber (s/no 43-39068) which crash-landed at Nelson Park on 8th January 1945 on its return from a bombing mission over Germany. The aircraft was part of ...
Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay at the Coastguard Station, Leathercote Point during the phoney war
A press cutting about Vice Admiral Ramsay's visits to Leathercoat Point during the phoney war September 1939 to May 1940.
War damage to property on Bay Hill. 1942
An article about shelling raids in 1942 on The Edge, The Edge Cottage and Sea Breezes on the 8th July & 4th August 1942. Fatalities occurred at The Edge Cottage.
War damage to St Margaret's at Cliffe and St Margaret's Church by W Cocks
An article from a war - time resident ( W Cocks) describing experiences in St Margaret's during the war; and a letter from Ruth Nicol correcting misinformation concerning bomb damage to the church.
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