Folkestone and Dover (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Folkestone and Dover (Classic Reprint) written by Walter Jerrold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-05 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Folkestone and Dover At no season does Folkestone cease to be Charm ing. Thus did a much-travelled American some years ago pay tribute to one of the chief of the south of England watering-places, a town which, if it has little that is old to show and no very' striking history to tell, thoroughly serves its purpose as a watering-place and healthful holiday resort. Many thousands Of visi tors from London and other parts of England every year make Folkestone the spot in which they seek Change from the year's work in healthful rest and play, and hnd - in its striking situation, its beautiful air - that which they seek. I always go to Folkestone l have more than once heard from people when the perennial topic of the annual holiday has come up, and the words are an eloquent tribute to the attractions of the place. Many of our 'cross-channel neighbours, too, have found its Cliffs and shores, inland villages and diversified countryside an attractive contrast to the low coast, the sand dunes, and the broad fiat stretches of sand of their own Pas de Calais. During the autumn of 1914, when the outbreak of the Great War led to the devastating of Belgium and parts of north-eastern France by the troops of Germany, Folkestone became the landing-place and temporary asylum of thousands of refugees driven from their homes. Many of these, it may well be believed, after peace has restored them to those homes, will come again in kindlier times to the pleasant coast on which they found a welcome in the time of their agony and terror. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.