Guest 694- Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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2 September 2010
19:1868500lol.. i have been trawling the family tree file looking for an address for James..
ohh oohh in the 1881 census they were in the dining room of 148 snargate street,
and in 1901 Laura ( grandma carpenter to me) was in 161 snargate street.. now that is scary eh?!
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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3 September 2010
17:5868624Paul -
1875 Sinnock & Co. Directory of Dover
says:
Albert WELLS, hairdresser and perfumer and perruqier, 18 Snargate Street Dover.
This would be next door to Scotts.
On the other side of WELLS at No. 17 was the Dover Standard newspaper office.
Amos the photographer was at No.12.
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 September 2010
18:0068626Thanks
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3 September 2010
18:3268639Paul - Presumably a perruqier was someone who made perriwigs!
Are you related to Albert ??
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 September 2010
19:1568648Not sure Kath - I haven't looked into my family tree because an Uncle has been doing it for year and amassed thousands of branches !!! Must pay him a visit sometime....
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25 September 2010
09:3572418I didn't reaise until last night that the Seamens Mission is the Au Bon Marche that appers on many postcards:
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25 September 2010
11:1672435Can anyone help me with finding a pawnbroker or similar who had a premise in snargate st and lived at what was the planning dept and now is a op home at temple ewell - I believe has name was paul something?
this was in the 20s
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25 September 2010
11:4872444Bob says there was a pawnbroker near to the old Dover Express office in Snargate Street.
Should be in Kellys directories.
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25 September 2010
17:0272466Kalfuss pawnbroker was nr Dover Express offices
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25 September 2010
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Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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25 September 2010
20:5572487Great Paul, but could you try erasing the colour from your picture to get it to blend in with the yesteryear example, would be equally as interesting I think. Worth a try?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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11 October 2010
16:2074520 With the `Modern Gent` shop opening up in Snargate street, I thought it may be good to put it back on the map. Just along from Tony`s new shop mentioned above, is the site of the now demolished Hoverhotel. A bit of Autumn colour, and a mysterious stairway leading up to maybe some secret garden, and all unseen by the general public for many year`s. Anything can look interesting if you can see things with another pair of eyes.
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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11 October 2010
17:4274536That certainly is facinating. My mother used to tell me of her adventures in the tunnels as a youngster, a great adventure playground until the shells started falling.
Perhaps someone from DDC or DTC should get in touch with Channel4 to get a Time Team visit here - just tell them they'll need pneumatic drills in place of the usual trowels.
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11 October 2010
18:3474542i am fairly certain that the steps lead to the remains of a victorian folly, meant to be a miniature version of dover castle.
if i am right, john iverson from the museum done a bit on the telly about it.
cue paul wells for the facts.
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11 October 2010
18:5074546Oh I do like a Victorian folly!
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11 October 2010
19:5474560Won't post the details of the folly as that is in a private garden and they weren't happy with the publicity/vandalism that subsequently occured, but no that is is a few doors down.
I think this is just garden terracing and I think one of the old maps referred to a gymnastion on one of them !!
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11 October 2010
19:5774561Paul
If I recall this area also had some terraces which grew grapes, or was it more towards the area of Bluebirds.
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11 October 2010
20:0274564Yes, you are thinking of Courts Wine Vaults which are Bluebird/Masonic Hall
http://www.dover-kent.com/Wine-Vaults.htmlBeen nice knowing you :)
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11 October 2010
20:4074577i believe that lukeys wine merchants made wine on their premises in bench street from the grapes.
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12 October 2010
17:5974681Courts the Wine merchants in Snargate Street, with pictures of their terraces are on Dover Museum website, viz:
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