Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane with our old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Folkestone. Refresh & enjoy your personal memories, or find some that family & friends will love as gifts.

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Old Maps of Folkestone

Historic Maps of Folkestone and the local area.

Sheet Maps of Folkestone

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Folkestone and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

My grandparents, Kenneth Gordon and Mavis Lyne Smith, opened this hotel in 1923. The money came partly from Mavis' mother, Harriet, who had been widowed in Barbados c.1897 and was left a substantial amount of money. Harriet purchased the Clifton Hotel and ran it until 1933.
My mum also worked at the swimming pool in the early sixties and I rented out the swimming costumes . I remember Ted and miss Tyrrell was the manageress

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