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Folkestone harbour had been purchased by the SER in 1843, and was developed as a cross-channel port with services to and from Boulogne.

By 1848 the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway were keen to promote Brighton as a cross-channel port; they funded the Brighton & Continental Steam Packet Co, though it was soon found that Newhaven

However, by 1847 James Thorn could write in 'Rambles by Rivers' that 'there are several large inns, to which was formerly a considerable posting trade attached, but it was almost destroyed by the

A steel bascule bridge, a portion of the bridge rose upwards, to make a clear path for shipping. Notice the wooden cages around the pillars of the bridge.

In 1955 a 14oz loaf cost 4d; streaky bacon was 2s 11d a pound; potatoes were 3d a pound; fish and chips 9d a portion; and eggs were 3s 11d a dozen.

If you visit St Cross Hospital and ask—even today—you will be given a portion of bread and a beaker of ale. A delightful custom. May it long continue!

From one of these fine thatched cottages John Hassell plied his trade as a porter.

A portable water slide and raft were very popular too. These were the great days of Cleveleys Hydro, with its 18-hole golf course and hydropathic baths.

Beyond Corts Limited can be seen the dominant dome of the Opera House, demolished in 1960, where each year the Christmas pantomime was staged, and appreciated with thunderous applause.

Here we can see a portion of the gardens of Bank House in the days before they became accessible to the public. Note the thatched summerhouse.

This measures 26x16x10 inches and is thought to have been a portable altar that once belonged to an early missionary from Iona or Ireland.

Beyond Corts Limited can be seen the dominant dome of the Opera House, demolished in 1960, where each year the Christmas pantomime was staged and appreciated with thunderous applause by generations

This was done to celebrate the millennium and the life of Henry Cort, who lived on the outskirts of Fareham. He pioneered a method of forging iron during the Industrial Revolution.