Saturday, April 5, 2014

MORE ABOUT DOVER

MORE ABOUT DOVER-I SPOKE TO AN UNOFFICIAL DOVER HISTORIAN THE OTHER DAY. SHE HAS LIVED IN DOVER ALL HER LIFE AND COMES FROM "GENERATIONS" OF DOVER CITYFOLK. THAT'S HER IN THE TOP PICTURE. THE LOWER PICTURE IS HER GREAT GRANDAUGHTER WAVING "HI!" TO EVERYONE. SHE INFORMED ME ABOUT THE PRINCE ALBERT PUB BEING MADE ON MIDEVIL BURIAL GROUNDS AND BEGGIN STREET WAS CALLED BEKYN STREET AROUND 1286. A CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PRINCE ALBERT PUB HAD THE TEMPLAR KNIGHTS VISIT DURING THEIR DAY. AND TO TOP IT OFF, LAZARUS WITH HIS TWO SISTERS (MARY AND MARTHA) ALONG WITH JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA CAME ACROSS THE CHANNEL FROM MARSEILLE, FRANCE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL IN ENGLAND. THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME TO DOVER.

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