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1945 to 1966
My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in The Bungalow just a half a mile east of St Radiguns Abbey ruins. Apparently it is still there today.
We moved to a small shop in Douglas Road, Tower Hamlets in 1949. My Mother ran that shop until VAT was introduced, I think it was 1977.
I attended Astor School from 1956 to 1960.
I left school and worked at The Crypt Restaurant from 1960 until Bernie Inns took it over.
I then worked for Ted Perry at ...read more here
Contributed by ken moss
Robert William Wells (Shop keeper)
I understand my grand father workedin,orpossibly owned a fishmongers and or grocers aroundabout 1900
can anyone confirm this please and where was it.
Was it his own shop or was he an employee
Does it still stand ,do any photos exist of it
Thankyou
John Wells
Contributed by John Teddyfoot
This was the in place when I was 18
I remember this as being the place to go when we were out for the evening. We used to drink vodka and lime and think we were really cool. It used to get packed out and was really modern and trendy in it's day.
Contributed by Frankie Hilary
Kent memories
1945 to 1966
My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in The Bungalow just a half a mile east of St Radiguns Abbey ruins. Apparently it is still there today.
We moved to a small shop in Douglas Road, Tower Hamlets in 1949. My Mother ran that shop until VAT was introduced, I think it was 1977.
I attended Astor School from 1956 to 1960.
I left school and worked at The Crypt Restaurant from 1960 until Bernie Inns took it over.
I then worked for Ted Perry at ...read more here
A memory of Dover contributed by ken moss
Extracts From Dover & Kent books
The castle at Dover
was built between
1181 and 1187 by
Henry II. A Roman
stone lighthouse, the
Pharos, stands in the
castle grounds near
the Saxon church of
St Mary in Castro.
Also within the
grounds are the
underground
passages and caves
used for shelter and
military purposes
during the last war.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
Standing majestically atop the White Cliffs, this fortress is known as the 'guardian of the gateway to England'. It was an important Iron Age site, and the Anglo-Saxons built the original structure. The hill, or motte, beneath was of Norman origin, and Henry III used the castle as a garrison. Its underground tunnel network played an essential part in the Second World War.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
Henry II’s great keep stands high above the mural towers of the inner bailey. Henry and his son Richard I transformed Dover into one of the greatest fortresses of the kingdom. The castle was besieged by the French in 1216, but it held out. The threat of invasion from France and Spain meant that the castle was kept in a good state of repair.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Castles".
The 12th-century
St Radigund’s Abbey is
at Alkham. At one time
it was an important
abbey, but now it is an
ivy-covered ruin and
part of a farm.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
At the time of this photograph, Dover had two docks, Granville
Dock and Wellington Dock, and two piers, Admiralty Pier (built in
1848), and Promenade Pier (built in 1893 and demolished in 1927).
The harbour came under the control of the Dover Harbour Board in
1923, which developed it into one of the busiest ports in the world.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".