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A Postcard looking down the East Cliff showing Martello Towers one two and three. c1910
A Postcard showing the Royal National Life-boat Institution Station at Folkestone established in 1893
A crowded Leas looking East c1900
A fishing boat coming into Folkestone Harbour c1910.
A fishing boat returning to Folkestone Harbour sent July 1906
A float in the Folkestone Carnival depicting the borough seal c1950's
A general view of the sea front and the Leas from the pier c1920's
An aerial view of the harbour and the Grand Burstin C2020
An early photo of Folkestone Town Hall without the canopy and Kings Arms Hotel (on the left) c1880
Another postcard of a painting showing the "Saucy Lass" being chased by one of H.M.Frigates off Folkestone about 1804
A painting by John Constable of Ford Road and the Rope Walk Folkestone, 1833.
A pen and ink drawing of Folkestone Harbour and Parish Church executed on 18th August 1808 (unsigned
A photograph of Kingsnorth Gardens looking towards the Congregationa Church c1930
A photograph taken on the Zig Zag path c1929
A photo looking towards Radnor Park from the Railway bridge at Central Station c1950
A photo of a couple resting on the way down the Zig Zag path c1930
A photo showing the corner of Bouverie Place and Sandgate Road with Broadley Bros (68 Sandgate Road) on the left and Bobby's on the right c1978
A photo showing the upper end of Sandgate Road and the corner of Cheriton Place c1970's
A photo taken on 7th August 1953 showing the harbour railway line and site clearance after WW2
A postcard looking up Tontine Street c1910
A pre First World War postcard showing a crowded beach and the end of the pier
A view of Folkestone Harbour taken from the Leas showing the swimming pool and Rotunda c1950
Bathing near Victoria Pier, Folkestone (the pier was demolished after WW2)
Cheriton High St at the end of Risborough Lane (right) showing All Souls Church c1910
Cycle racing at Morehall Sports Ground c1900 (now St Hilda Road, Cheriton)
Deckchair attendant collecting money by the Leas Bandstand c1930
Early view of Folkestone Harbour looking towards the East Cliff. Undated.
Excurtionists arriving at Folkestone Harbour c1910
Fish Market, Folkestone Harbour early 1900s.
Fish Market buildings, Folkestone Harbour early 1900s.
Fish catch on sale, the Fish Market, Folkestone Harbour, c1900s
Fishmarket buildings, Folkestone Harbour, undated.
Folkestone Harbour, showing the old Customs House. c1900s
Folkestone Harbour. Undated.
Folkestone Harbour. Undated.
Folkestone Harbour showing departing steamer. Undated.
In 1937 an arch was erected at the top of the Road of Remembrance to celebrate the coronation of King George VI
Lighthouse on the pier at Folkestone. Undated.
Little girl and her dog, Folkestone Pier, September 1906.
Looking down Sandgate Road towards the Town Hall c1912
Looking down Tontine St towards the Harbour believed to be on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations 1897
Looking towards the Tanlade from the other direction c1900
On the Leas Folkestone a floral bed depicting the Town Seal with Sporting activities surrounding it c1950
Originally Folkestone Central Railway Station was called Radnor Park Station c1890
Originally built for the Folkestone Art Treasures Exhibition in 1886, the Pleasure Gardens Theatre was in business from 1887 to 1960
Part of Middleburg Square was demolished to make way for a large office block and the one way system c1978
Part of The Lower Leas Coastal Park Folkestone c2010
Part of the Lower Leas Coastal Park Folkestone c2010
Part of the Millennium project, the Lower Leas Coastal Park Folkestone
Passengers embarking the ferry for Boulogne from Folkestone Harbour. c1910
Postcard of Folkestone Harbour c 1900s
Radnor Park Station C1890 now called Folkestone Central Railway Station
Sandgate Road Folkestone looking towards the Town Hall c1905 (now Folkestone Museum)
Sandgate Road after the pedestrianization showing Timothy Whites and Hiltons c1978
Shorncliffe Station c1871 now called Folkestone West Railway Station
Smuggling scene of "Saucy Lass" running ashore at Folkestone about 1804. Parish Church is in the background of this painting.
Soldiers from the School of Musketry Hythe practising c1900
The Bathing Establishment Lower Road C1910 (demolished 1960's)
The Castle Hotel Saltwood c1900
The Central Tobacco Co was at 102 Cheriton Road with Howards Stores, a grocers and Post Office next door at no 100
The Leas, Folkestone looking east. Late 19th century,
The Leas Lift originally installed in 1885, on postcard c1910
The Leas and Bandstand during the summer c1912 (card send to home to Canada by a Canadian Soldier barracked at West Sandling Camp)
The Leas and Leas Shelter (forerunner to the Leas Cliff Hall) and Folkestone Harbour c1900
The Leas and bandstand, looking east. Folkestone. Undated.
The Leas looking West towards the Leas Cliff Hall (built 1927) c1930
The Leas looking West towards the Leas Cliff Hall C1930
The London & Parish Pub (left) and the Harbour c1900
The Lower Leas Coastal Park c2010
The Metropole (left) and Grand Hotels, The Leas Folkestone c1910
The Parish Church, The Bayle, Folkestone. Undated.
The Parish Church, The Bayle, Folkestone. Undated.
The Park Lodge (left), Radnor Park and St Eanswythe Fountain c1910
The Pleasure Gardens Theatre c1905 originally built as an exhibition hall, demolished in the 1960's. The Police Station now occupies this site.
The Public Shelter under the Leas Cliff Hall C1930
The Stade Folkestone where catches of fish were sorted and sold c1880
The Sun Walk, The Leas Folkestone c1930
The Tanlade, The Stade Folkestone (where nets were hung up to dry between trips) c1900
The Toll Gate, Lower Sandgate Road, Folkestone. Undated.
The Warren Folkestone c1910
The Zig Zag Path built from the Leas to the Lower Road in 1920's
The Zig Zag Path leading down from the Leas Folkestone c1930
The deckchair attendant collecting money from the seated audience listening to the Band on the Bandstand, The Leas C1930
The interior of the Marine Pavilion later La Parisienne night club
The pavilion on the pier was destroyed by fire on Whit Monday 1945 and the whole pier was dismantled in 1954.
The remains of the Metropole Lift can be seen on the right. It opened on 31st March 1904 and shut during the Second World War.
View of Folkestone beach and harbour looking east, taken from the Leas Cliff Hall. Undated.
Wounded Soldiers from the Boer War at Sandgate Railway Station ready to be transported onto Beachrocks Convalescent Home 1901
tanlade, The Stade C1910
