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- 9 photos on Sandgate appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Sandgate
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Army training near Shorncliffe
I completed several training tours with 39th Signal Regiment and later 10th Signal Regiment at Shorncliffe around 1970. I recall setting up a "bivvy" in the training area for a whole week one frosty November on a "Detachment Commanders Course". The rough and ready camping aspect and appalling weather was no problem as I had previous experience with the Scouts. What I did find tough was the firing ranges. We used two: the main one was the rifle range at Hythe with targets up to 1000 yards. It was a shingle beach and dunes area so on the advance to target when you got close enough it was possible to kick the shingle at the target! We used ...read more here
A memory of Shorncliffe contributed by John Howard Norfolk
All Soul's School
Yes the place is All Soul's School. I went there from 1957 to 1964. My name was Jayne Thompson then. I lived in Cheriton High Street. I'm trying to find out the name of the butcher's which used to be next to the library. It's now part of the bank. Mr. Ives was a butcher there and Mrs. Reading the cashier. Can anyone remember it? I went to school with Susan Ives.
A memory of Cheriton contributed by Jayne Watson
All Souls School ?
can anyone confirm or not that the building to the right of what looks to be a pub is All Souls School.
A memory of Cheriton contributed by alan linkman
Lives in Cheriton High Street
From early 1920's until the late 1970's my husband's family occupied homes in Cheriton. At first in Whitby Road, then for many years at 129 Cheriton High Street, next to their good friends the Priestleys.
Names associated with them were also the Horton Family, the Nokes and the Guigan/Carsons.
Hubby, now sadly gone, used to fondly recall that his parents drank rarely but on fine summer Saturday afternoons would stroll, hand-in-hand through the years, to the high street public house, for 'a half' in the gardens.
All 'the boys' were in the services and came and went as necessary.
Their parents though remained, taking in youngsters from time-totime during the bombing and providing the solid background these ...read more here
A memory of Cheriton contributed by Olivia R-S
Extracts From Sandgate & Kent books
Sandgate Castle,
built in 1573, was
so altered in 1806
to make a defence
against the feared
invasion by Napoleon
that it resembled the
Martello towers built
along the coast (see
centre of photograph).
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
Shorncliffe Military
Camp was re-established
in 1854 to become one
of the most important
military bases in the
country. The barracks
overlooked the town
and sea. Note the house
under construction on
the right-hand side.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
In the year King Edward VII cut a ribbon to launch London's first electric trams, this small town by the sea still used horses to pull its passenger-laden vehicles. Many of the buildings here have exotic French-style balconies and porches. Homes backing directly onto the beach have suffered in recent years from flooding. The Carry On film star Hattie Jacques was born here.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
Situated between Hythe and Folkestone, Sandgate Castle was yet another of Henry VIII’s fortifications; it was built with rounded bastions in the German style. The problem with this type of design was that enemy gunners were offered a fairly large target, though it was hoped that cannon balls would bounce off the rounded edges. In 1806 Sandgate was converted into a Martello Tower.
An extract from from"English Castles".
The fishing off Sandgate was very good, with catches of plaice, codling, conger, and pouting the
most common. During World War II the whole beach was covered in obstacles and coils of barbed
wire to help prevent an invasion.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".