howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i like that one from the undertaker that arranges "economical" send offs, conjures up a vision of a skip parked outside his shop.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Thanks Tom and Terry - not to worry Kath.
I'm sure our bungalow was built around 1960, so maybe the house was still standing then and flats were built much later.
Roger
Terry Nunn
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From memory Roger I'm sure that the Bondover demolition and subsequent rebuilding was well after your separate area development.
Terry
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Thanks Terry.
Roger
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Kath - can you post the image of Jacolette's shop, it looked amazing and the building is still there?
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Biggin Street shop of Martin Jacolette, 1899. A lovely photo:
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Ah yes. 1899...
"May 17 Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England "
And much else...
http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1899.htmlIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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Thanks Kath, my wife appreciates the detailed info you sent her. It will take a while to "Muddle" through it!
Terry
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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I take it that Jacolette's shop is now Halifax.
Terry
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Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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Thanks Kathleen - yes that's the place Terry
Would love to wander around the 'sets' in that building and see how many appear in my photo collection
Brian Dixon
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ex brutish gas shop i do beliuve.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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beautiful building, a credit to jacolette.
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Do you think it was tarted-up like this all the time? Festoons aplenty.
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Tarted up?
I think, in those days, most shopkeepers did their utmost to make their displays attractive, and display as much as possible, to attract custom.
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Then, dear Kath, what more could they do for a special occasion?
It would have been Victoria's 80th birthday in the Summer of 1899.
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Yes indeed, Tom, I see there are 'special' flags out in this photo so must have been special!
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I have been mulling this over Kath. Yes, the shop as pictured does seem to be decorated OTT, but I'm sure that Martin Jacolette & Co. would have made some effort over the summer season to stand out from the crowd. What with the Boer war running into difficulties and the military connections with Dover...there was money to be made.
http://www.oldphoto.freeuk.com/album1/album1.htm
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victorian-photographs-family-POLICEMAN-MILITARY-INDIAN-Jacolette-9-/261170486400Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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Some time ago a friend gave me an album that he had found with old pictures in. Here's one, any ideas?
Terry
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