Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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2 October 2010
17:1173412 Love them, or loathe the smoke and dirt that went with them, steam trains were very much part of everyday life for more than 130 years. Lets just keep it locally here, as there are a number of photograph`s in existance from all areas of Dover, which in many cases, show`s not just the train, but much more interesting for other`s, the background scenery, much of which has changed but as in the photograph above, still recognisable. The above picture was taken of a Merchant Navy class locomotive leaving the Marine station on 16 September 1950. A split screen Morris 1000 parked up.
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2 October 2010
18:5173421 The new Marine station was completed just before the first world war, but not used by passenger`s until January 1919.
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2 October 2010
19:2073437first train (a lovely picture)
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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2 October 2010
19:2373439Not quite the same these days....
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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2 October 2010
19:4873442Wow Kath, where do you keep getting these great picture`s from? I`ve only seen one other coloured example of that location, have to dig it out. Nice looking layout there Paul, is it your`s? I could tell it wasn`t real, cos there`s no unsightly rubbish laying about.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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2 October 2010
20:0473445steam trains have their place, then again i find the new javelin trains with their sleek look easy on the eye too.
trains always have been maybe always will be the most civilised form of travel.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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2 October 2010
22:0373463How lovely they look. Steam trains are wonderful, I've been on the Orient Express twice, I felt like I was stepping back in time.
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3 October 2010
07:3573475Im sure steam days were fun.
My father in law was a driver
and Ispent 25 years with the lovely British rail at the time one big happy family that im sure Sue would agree.
Just picked an old photo of drivers at there yearly get together
some old faces there, sadly many passed away
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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4 October 2010
19:1273737 Compare this later view with Kath`s above. A post-card I`ve had for many years, with halfpenny postage on the rear.
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4 October 2010
19:1773738This is another - the thing that interests me and I can find hardly anything about is the 'pole' at the back known as Spion Kop ??!!
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4 October 2010
19:2373740It`s the same photo Paul. Interesting though, as it shows my one to be an original but coloured in for sale as a post-card. I know there was a race horse in the 20s named Spion Kop. One of Gresley`s pacific`s on the East Coast mainline named after it.
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Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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4 October 2010
19:3473744And both named after the Battle of Spion Kop in the Second Boer War, of course. As Spion Kop means "Spy Hill" or "Lookout Hill" then I presume that this has relevance to Scotchie's note about the pole.
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4 October 2010
19:5773745I have just checked "Shakespeare Cliff - A People's History 1843-1973"
It refers to 130 foot high "The Skeleton Lighthouse" constructed around the time of the first channel tunnel in the 1880s and removed in 1913.
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5 October 2010
13:4473823 Looking more like a rural wayside goods yard, this is the Eastern docks back in the 50s.
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5 October 2010
13:5973827That's an interesting one, Colin. The ex SECR "P" class were attractive little locos and four have been preserved on the Bluebell and the KESR. My wife remembers she used to run along and jump on the back when she was a kid and they were traversing the seafront. Used to get told off and made to get down, of course.
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5 October 2010
15:4073833 They certainly were attractive little loco`s Ed, and it is nice to see some saved from scrap. That Wainwright livery must rank as one of the all time best`s, seeing them on the Bluebell, along with the C, H, & O1 and of course, the `D` class up at York. Above is another shot of a `P` class, this time heading towards the clock tower in pre-war Southern days.
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6 October 2010
20:3373969 Regarding Kath`s fine picture above on #3, this is what the original wooden trestle carrying the railway line looked liked from Shakespeare beach. A beautiful SE&CR `D` class locomotive heading a boat train bound for London.
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29 October 2010
18:1877281 The same scene as the first two picture`s above, though this one is in colour. It was taken by Mr R.C. Riley, one of the most prolific railway photographer`s of his day, and I`d guess this shot was taken on 23 May 1959, as I have other one`s of his from that day when he visited here. This comes from a book I bought today at the Townhall bookshop. Note the lovely old Ford.
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30 October 2010
09:4777359Seafront loco, the flagman was father of our good friend Ray Horton of Dover:
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30 October 2010
14:0977372those were the good old days
or were they?
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