Dover, Kent - Whale's Jaw Bone, Connaught Park - Dennis postcard c.1910

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Whale's Jaw Bone, Connaught Park, Dover, Kent
• Publisher:  E. T. W. Dennis (20628)
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
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Dover (/'do?v?r/; French: Douvres) is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and Hastings. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover. The surrounding chalk cliffs have become known as the White Cliffs of Dover, and the narrow sea passage nearby – the Strait of Dover.^[1] Its strategic position has been evident throughout its history: archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain. The name of the town derives from the name of the river that flows through River Dour. The town has been inhabited since the Stone Age according to archeological finds, and Dover is one of only a few places in Britain – London and Cornwall being other examples – to have a corresponding name in the French language, Douvres.^[2]

There was a military barracks in Dover, which was closed in 2007. Although many of the former ferry services have declined, services related to the Port of Dover provide a great deal of the town’s employment, as does tourism. The prospect of privatizing the sale of the Port of Dover to create increased cash flow for the government was given a recent ironic twist due to the rejection of a possible bid from the town of Calais in France after opposition in Dover against any sale forced the government to withdraw the Port from the market:

Local residents had clubbed together to propose buying it for the community. More than 12,000 people have bought a £10 share in the People's Port Trust, which it said would see Dover ""owned by people who love our country"". The trust has a string of celebrity supporters – including Vera Lynn, who made Dover famous with her second world war song The White Cliffs of Dover. Neil Wiggins, chairman of the trust, said he was ""very, very pleased"" with the decision that would ""ensure Dover remains forever England

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=kent

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted