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Post 380
  Tempie Williams, Crawley, West Sussex (albert_tempie@yahoo.co.uk)
Hi Paul Boland, Thank you for getting back and letting me know! My apologies! I will go to the main forum, register and post my request there. GREAT PICTURES! Smiley Kind Regards Tempie Williams

Sunday, 5 January 2014 - 12:57
 
Post 379
  PaulB, Dover
This is about as LIVE as we can get...the Port of Dover guys came to retrieve their stairwell a few minutes ago.

Yes you are right indeed Vic they came to get it poste haste as you can see from the picture above, also you are right about the safety aspect of things, people should keep well clear when its at its worst. Thanks also for the info re fixings etc. Those fixtures and fittings have had to put up with a fierce pounding lately. I never remember it as bad.

Sunday, 5 January 2014 - 08:57
 
Post 378
  vic matcham, Dover
Thanks Paul are you trying to make me feel better about it.?Smiley but I think it is the fixings out of the wall not the weldingthis time,they could still be the old ones lots of good outdoor paints about now. but somone will be taking that up the s/yard if it is not moved soonSmiley Some great photos of the sea taken but as already said the public should stay well away from the fencing and walls,if they go in they will never get out again with the winds and sea like it is now the waves will push the person hard up against the wall and that will be that but some will not be told till it is to late.Smiley

Sunday, 5 January 2014 - 08:54
 
Post 377
  PaulB, Dover

Thanks Ray and Vic re the information below about the walkway/gangplank or whatever one might call it. I did wonder if it might have come from the Prince of Wales pier but.... The picture above left shows the very very high tide almost swallowing the local pier, and the pic on the right shows the sea about to reclaim the stairs having given it up earlier. The tide is low as I write and it is still there in situ mid beach( further pictures below ). It looks quite a new stairs Vic so maybe one of them newer fellers did the welding work on this one.
Smiley

Tempie Williams this is not the main forum, this is the Sea News section for nautical items only. You would need to post your message on the central forum which is now under.. www.dover.uk.com/forums/ .. following our merger. Register with Doverforum there and you will probably have more of a wider chance of getting help. The Register link is at the top of the page there on the right hand side. Good luck in your quest.

Sunday, 5 January 2014 - 07:40
 
Post 376
  Tempie Williams, Crawley, West Sussex (albert_tempie@yahoo.co.uk)
Dear Members of the Dover Forum,

I am posting my ancestry request for information below upon the kind response suggestion of Mr. David Hannent FRICS FBEng MCIArb ,

" Hi Seasons Greetings.

I find your quest very interesting but I really am not into this kind of research. I have my own family tree which is sadly neglected due to me having to work all hours. I am sure those you have contacted will help or perhaps try doverforum.com and post a request - there are many there that have time and knowledge.
I wish you well

David "

Firstly, my name is Tempie Williams. I am American- born with deceased American- born parents. My husband is British -born with Dominican parents and we live in Crawley, England. I accidently just came across the 'Dover Historian' website and with great interest! I sent my request to the publisher and several others in England, US and Dominica , as I am coming to you here, asking if anyone could assist me in finding out more information or point me in the right direction regarding:

A slave according to the 'Slave Registers of Former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812- 1834 and Dominica General Registry of Slaves … stating his:

Estimated birth year: is abt 1800, Age: 17, Nationality: Creole, Gender: Male, Parish: St. Joseph, Colonial Dependency: Dominica , Name of owner or Plantation: Dover Estate.

Secondly, I believe according to all my research that he could be the father to my 3rd great grandmother born in North Carlina according to , USA on my mother ( born in Alabama, USA) ancestry lineage. I am finding fascinating discoveries in both my mom and dad's ancestry lineage. I have a ancestry wiki page that I tried to post here and was not able to but coulf provide if needed to give better detail to my story.

Again, If you have any information or can point me in the right direction, I would be most appreciative. I can be reached at: albert_tempie@yahoo.co.uk

(P.S. I also sent an email to: Mr, Paul Boland : dover7@msn.com, regarding my posting of this request.)

Kind Regards,

Tempie Williams (of Mr. and Mrs. Albert and Tempie Williams )



Sunday, 5 January 2014 - 06:30
 
Post 375
  vic matcham, Dover
I hope they are not I fixed them there but that years ago.Smiley

Saturday, 4 January 2014 - 14:06
 
Post 374
  Ray H, Dover
Those steps look familiar, i suspect they have broken away from the beach access opposite the Gateway Flats!

Saturday, 4 January 2014 - 10:28
 
Post 373
  PaulB, Dover
Just come back on to add this picture to the ones in the post below..as just noticed what has surprisingly washed up.

...Yes indeed its a gangway or walkway of large dimension and the stormy weather clearly took it from elsewhere and deposited it right here on the beach. If anyone is searching for a missing stairway then here she is... I'm still waiting nay hoping for a pot of gold to turn up one morning! What are the chances?? Smiley See also the pictures below just added earlier.

Saturday, 4 January 2014 - 08:22
 
Post 372
  PaulB, Dover
WATCH OUT GUYS ! THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING...
These youngsters had much fun yesterday dodging the seafront waves. The relentless spray and pounding had them hugely entertained for ages. Much better than video games!!? And fairly safe to do in Dover but not safe everywhere as we hear on the news. But of course nobody should take any chances.
The Spirit of France was back in full service yesterday after its refit, see also post further below. Here she is arriving back into harbour in the choppy afternoon conditions. The hazardous weather goes on...the ferries had to cope with a Severe Gale 9 out in the Channel again yesterday.

This chap at bottom of picture was caught by surprise by the leaping wave as he strolled along yesterday. Whoooosh!




Saturday, 4 January 2014 - 07:26
 
Post 371
  JanT, Dover
As seen in some of the pictures below our weather sure has been relentless, and certainly would not have wanted to be crossing the channel in that, one minute wind and rain the next sun.

And like many others have suffered from the storms losing tiles and guttering, pretty scary indeed.

Friday, 3 January 2014 - 12:34
 
Post 370
  PaulB, Dover
The sky yesterday over the channel at about 3.30pm. Hard to say whether it was the calm before the storm or the calm after the storm as there are so many storms now that ones head is in a spin from the buffeting. But it made for an interesting cloud formation anyhow.

P&O's superferry the Spirit of France is just back from a refit which was carried out in fine style and on time despite the awful weather. Came back into service last night but conditions being what they are we have no picture of the ship as yet...but here is one I made earlier ! Incidently the Spirit of Britain leaves for a refit today.
The Spirit of France...


Oh dear! sorry to hear you had tiles off your roof Colette. A number of people are reporting the same, very difficult times for guttering, tiles, and everything else. More high winds on Sunday too I believe. Batten down the hatches!

Yes lovely picture from Samphire. Is it au naturelle or is there some Photoshop happening? Lovely soft tones. I heard on the quiz Pointless recently that Samphire is actually a wild seaside asparagus...there you are, not a lot of people know that.Smiley

ADDED: the Prince of Wales pier is open to the public again. Some of the safety fencing was destroyed by the high winds and it was closed for safety reasons. Some of the guys that fish down there did so on the beach instead. They will be glad to see it open again. However as the weather is horribly unpredictable these days its probably best not to go down there in high winds.


Friday, 3 January 2014 - 08:15
 
Post 369
  Barry W-S, Dover
That's a great haunting photo of wccp at Samphire Hoe taken by Stephen, it brings to mind shades of David Lean's 'Great Expectations' no less Smiley

Thursday, 2 January 2014 - 20:50
 
Post 368
  howard mcsweeney, dover
sorry to hear that colette i have been lucky so far - touch wood.

not actually the sea here but a lot of it is in the photo taken by stephen walker of wccp at samphire hoe on the 27th december.





Thursday, 2 January 2014 - 19:36
 
Post 367
  Colette Boland, Dover
Some Fab photos on Sea News depicting the ever changing weather conditions we are experiencing these days. We have suffered some tiles off roof with leaks in the house. Today gives us a chance to rectify some of the damage before the next onslaught tomorrow & over the weekend.

Hope your telly is back to normal today PaulB Smiley

Thursday, 2 January 2014 - 11:52
 
Post 366
  PaulB, Dover
We are enjoying a brief lull today after some atrocious gales and conditions yesterday.... during this stormy period right across the area there have been reports of trees down and some structural damage.. many houses have suffered slate loss etc etc and on a more minor scale even yours truly's TV picture went for a Burton yesterday, breaking into coloured boxes and then failure. Havent seen that kind of thing since pre-digital. The weather seems to be dominating everything at the moment as we stagger from one storm to the next. This is the day to get out and about as we understand there are more Atlantic lows trundling our way for Friday and again on Sunday.

The picture below shows the channel this morning...approximately 8am. The sun is promising to break through.
The Calm after the Storm. All operating normally at the Port.

Thursday, 2 January 2014 - 08:29
 
Post 365
  PaulB, Dover
You dont need me to tell you that conditions have been awful. Here are another couple of pictures this time taken yesterday. The storms go on....and heavens with more to come by all accounts.
The picture above shows the Dieppe Seaways yesterday battling its way to Calais. I watched the ship leave and it is looking more than a tad weatherbeaten at the moment. But I guess no surprise there...normally a very sleek looking ship and generally immaculate, but the weather takes its toll.
Below we have a durability test about to take place on one of the new seafront lights. Whoosh it got a pasting and a pounding. Nice pale light they emit...all are working well save for one central one...I mention that again in case the guys from the Port are looking in.

Nice picture below there Howard from Robert Bradford...always like to see the ones from the heights. Very welcome.

Wednesday, 1 January 2014 - 08:26
 
Post 364
  howard mcsweeney, Dover
dramatic photos there paul, the previous day the wccp team were up st martin's battery and it was all very different.

photo courtesy of robert bradford - wccp.



Tuesday, 31 December 2013 - 13:16
 
Post 363
  PaulB, Dover
Once again we got a fierce battering this morning here in Dover. A severe FORCE 9 Gale shivered the timbers all about and made conditions horrendous in the harbour and out on the Channel in particular. Sailings continued but it was treacherous out there...here we are with the exclusive pictures...
The picture above shows the Rodin. As soon as it stuck its nose out into the open sea..well it came in for an immediate hammering. This is literally a few metres outside harbour. Let the onslaught begin.
The pic above is not sharp but I thought it still worth showing for the nigh impossibility of the conditions. Underneath that mighty wave is the Cruise Terminal swamped and dwarfed. The white van to the mid left shows the scale.
The waves powered over the outer protective wall too. Even the long distant container ships struggle.
The Pride of Burgundy takes a mighty roll..its nose sinking down just outside harbour and its stern pushed round. The DFDS vessel ahead powers towards Dunkerque. These two final pictures above and below were taken a tad later..
The Pride of Kent returning home...with huge difficulty. Anyone onboard will be feeling it by now, having come across the Channel like that.
Bit of a shocking change in the conditions compared to the tranquil pix in the post below.


Monday, 30 December 2013 - 15:31
 
Post 362
  PaulB, Dover

The pictures show the channel early yesterday morning when a calm sea and a prosperous voyage was the order of the day. Two ferries are making a pincer movement towards Calais and into a blazing sky where the sun has yet to appear. Yesterday was a gorgeous Sunday and brought lots of strollers out in force along the prom... all enjoying the easy facilities. Alas nothing at all like it is today. As I write the howling gale and driving rain has made travel conditions very tough once again for all ferries and the teams that keep them moving, both on and off ship. But they keep right on going. The trucks rolling through here and the container ships here and further afield are still keeping the nation's shops fully stocked.
Smiley
ADDED EXTRA: some horrendous conditions in Dover once again. Will have pictures following later.

Monday, 30 December 2013 - 07:13
 
Post 361
  PaulB, Dover
FERRY FIRE: There has been a fire on a DFDS ferry in the North Sea. Fortunately nobody has died although initial reports suggest up to 7 people were taken to hospital by two Air Sea Rescue helicopters. They were airlifted off the ship while on the high seas, always a tricky operation in any situation, but this time they were fortunate in that the weather in the notorious North Sea was calm. Initially when news breaks about anything ferry related, the name of Dover usually pops into the equation...but this time it was the King Seaways operating between Newcastle and Amsterdam.
The Ferry had approximately 950 passengers and 130 crew onboard.
I dont have a copyright free picture of the King Seaways but of course it is in similar colours to our ships here in Dover.

Sunday, 29 December 2013 - 07:24
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