Sandgate, High Street 1903

Photo ref: 50370

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It is mid-afternoon in the quiet main street of Sandgate, with a single-decker tramcar passing by on its way to Folkestone. On the hill beyond stands a Martello tower and the fortifications of Shorncliffe Camp, whose construction was undertaken under Sir John Moore during the Napoleonic War. His work is commemorated in a memorial near the seashore, on the site of a house where he lived.