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25 December 2009
08:3835609Nice one Paul - where on earth do you find these ?
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26 December 2009
11:5035642They are good never seen that one before,thank you for puting them on the forum so we could see them.
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26 December 2009
22:0235664thanks many an hour on ebay auctions and other fairs. gems occasionally come up
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27 December 2009
08:2735668Thanks Paul - obviously pays off.
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2 February 2010
18:3339459Couple of small black and white photos of the clock tower.
Think these date from just prior WW1 judging by accompanying photo of a flotilla of turtleback destroyers in the bay.
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3 February 2010
18:0139538Nice photos Ed. Here is another showing the Esplanade Hotel
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3 February 2010
18:4439543I wonder what happened to the elaborate wrought-iron arch in the picture, great design
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3 February 2010
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3 February 2010
22:0039570I went to a DHB PCC meeting at the ARK today and in a presentation, the Clock Tower has a prominent position, so no danger of it going anywhere.
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3 February 2010
23:0539576i wished i shared your confidence roger.
i have seen a few DHB presentations, wonderful artistic stuff, nice friendly smiling staff to allay ones fears.
the reality sometimes is so different.
4 February 2010
11:5939608Ahem, I like Poundbury Fire Station, but admit it looks a bit American.
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Todays April Fool joke in the Dover Express:
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/dover/Harbour-theme-park-Dover/article-1963585-detail/article.html
See my post #9 above!!!!!!
The cheek of it! Its a brilliant idea.
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Middleton Press do an excellent series of railway books, with a few title`s showing much of Dover. Left picture shows a class B4 at the clock tower in 1958, top right a diesel in July 1962, and bottom right, a pre-war picture on the promenade.
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A question for one of you 'oldies' out there !!
It has been said before that when the Western Hoverport was constructed, that they encased the old Prince of Wales Pier in concrete up until the granite section. But I have always wondered about this as there is now a dog-leg and originally it was straight. I have therefore assumed that the new pier was built alongside and then the iron section removed. Can anyone confirm ?
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This sounds like one for, hey!! Hang on a minute; WE are supposed to ask YOU Scotchie, not the other way round. What is the world coming to, I ask you?
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I was hoping that the words old and metalwork would spur Vic into action quicker than I can get to my reference books
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Not sure if people know but the Clock Tower and Former Lifeboat house are now Grade 2 listed (as of 16th December 2009)
HISTORY: The Lifeboat House was built in 1866 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which had taken over the lifeboat service from the Dover Humane and Shipwreck Institution in 1855. The building was modified in the late 1870s to accomodate a bigger lifeboat.
The Clock Tower was built in 1876-7 to the designs of George Devey (1820-1886). The work was commissioned by the Dover Harbour Board, and following the completion of the Clock Tower, Devey was further commissioned to design a marine bathing establishment and to lay-out some adjacent building land. The building work was undertaken by a local builder, W.J. Adcock. The Clock Tower is all that remains of Devey's work, the rest being destroyed by shelling in World War II.
The Lifeboat House was originally orientated with its doors to the north, and Devey located the Clock Tower to the east of the Lifeboat House and linked the two buildings to the north with an archway. Devey created both a stylistic as well as physical link between the two buildings, giving the appearance of a complex, rather than two isolated structures. In 1892, construction started on the new Prince of Wales Pier so the Clock Tower and Lifeboat House, in the way of the new pier approach, were both carefully taken down and re-erected a very short distance away, but on a different alignment with one another. The connecting archway was lost at this time.
George Devey was born in London in 1820. During the latter part of his formal education, between 1832 and 1835, he attended King's College School, London, where he was taught drawing by John Sell Cotman. A skilled draughtsman, he was articled to, and later employed by, architect Thomas Little in Northumberland Street, London, who appreciated his talent for drawing. It was not until 1846 that Devey set up an architectural practice by himself. As well as designing new houses, much of Devey's work was remodelling older houses and designing estate buildings. It was through these more modest buildings that he revealed most clearly his understanding of, and sympathy for, vernacular building. Devey is now recognised as a pioneer of the interest in English vernacular architecture in the late C19. He enjoyed the patronage of a number of Liberal politicians, and it was Devey's friendship with Lord Granville, Liberal statesman and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, that brought him the commission for the Clock Tower at Dover Harbour.
Reasons for Designation:
The Clock Tower and former Lifeboat House at the Western Docks, Dover, are designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* The Clock Tower has special architectural interest as an unusual and distinguished design by an influential English architect.
* The former Lifeboat House has special historic interest as a relatively early example of this building type and as an evocative reminder of the altruism and charity which established the RNLI.
* The buildings are two of the few remaining buildings in the Western Docks area which reflect the C19 development of this nationally important harbour.
* The buildings have group value with other designated assets within the Western Docks.
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