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The Magazine |
Jeff Howe - Chairman We held our first committee meeting of 2003 and reviewed our activities of 2002 and made plans for 2003. Our next social event will be the Quiz Night (details on page four) We are going to hold the quiz night in the NAFFI restaurant and we hope members will make an effort and enter a table of six. We feel this is an opportunity to bring a friend who may be persuaded to join the Friends. |
If you are unable to take a table, we still value your support and you can join a table. The committee has agreed to donate £ 100 towards the start of an appeal by the Church of St Mary in the Castle to cover the cost of £ 1,000 to place a stain glass window into the church hall. The stain glass window is from St Martin's church, Folkestone. We have also offered to purchase another buggy to help people to visit the Castle. We have seen the difference this access gives to so many people. I look forward to the challenge and relish the opportunities of leading the Friends of Dover Castle over the next year. We are privileged to be able to support one of the greatest Castles in Britain and the world, which stands so proudly on the White Cliffs of Dover. There are going to be membership increases which will give |
Issue 35 |
2003 |
Mike McFarnell presents Ray Harlow with a set of champagne glasses at the Christmas Carol Concert in the Church St Mary-in-the-Castle in appreciation of his work as Chairman of the Friends of Dover Castle. We are delighted that Ray will continue to lead and organise the Carol Concert in 2003. |
Presentation to Past President Ray Harlow |
The Friends of Dover Castle Committee 2002 / 03 President - Brigadier D M Santa-Olalla DSO MC Vice President - Alan Ashman |
Chairman Vice Chairman & Membership Secretary Secretary Email: MMcFarnell@hotmail.com Minute Secretary Treasurer Committee |
Jeff Howe Paul Wells Mike McFarnell Tel: 01304 201711 Vacant Brian Rowland Sylvia Parkinson Walter Parkinson Ken Spriggs Eileen Taylor Paul Taylor |
Dates of Committee meetings in Dover Castle Church Hall 4.00pm Saturday 22nd March 2003 Saturday 14th June 2003 |
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The Guild of St Helena |
Mike McFarnell, secretary of the Friends of Dover Castle presented the cheque for £ 100 to members of the Guild of St Helena , who are the group organising the move of the stained glass window from St Mark's Church to the church hall at Dover Castle. Founded in 1875, the Guild of St Helena is a Christian fellowship for all women connected with the Services. It's aim is to encourage a Christian way of life and to be aware and concerned for the needs of others. |
The local branch meet in the church hall after a short service on the first Tuesday each month and contact is possible via the Verger's Office 01304 202979. |
A feature in the Sunday Times stated that Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is favourite to succeed H M Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother as Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The third child of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was born on February 19, 1960. A naval officer, he saw active duty in 1981 during the Falklands War. Andrew currently serves in the Diplomacy Section of the Naval Staff at the Ministry of Defence. Prince Andrew is fourth in line to the throne. . |
Prince Andrew, Duke of York |
Quiz Night Saturday 12th April 2003, 7:30pm NAAFI Restaurant (by the Pocket Pistol), Dover Castle |
Following the success of previous Quiz Nights, we have arranged for another to take place in the NAAFI Restaurant at Dover Castle on Saturday 12th April 2003. It is planned to make up teams of 6 persons at each table, the cost being £3 per person. Why not try to bring some friends along as potential new members. Junior members are also welcome to take part. Again this will be an American Supper style event where you bring your own food and other refreshments (wine allowed). Tea and Coffee will be available. There will also be a fund raising raffle in the interval. To ease administration required, please contact Membership Secretary, Paul Wells, stating name, number of tickets required and a contact telephone number in case required. Payment will be taken on the door on the night. E-Mail:- paulwells75@btinternet.com Phone:- 07876 761959 (ideally leave message on voicemail between 9 and 5, Mon-Fri) |
The drummer boy whose ghost is said to have haunted Dover Castle for the past 200 years has been named for the first time. Spirit medium Derek Acorah revealed the boy's name during the Living TV programme Most Haunted Live which was broadcast from the castle at Christmas. Mr Acorah said the boy's name was Sean O'Flynn; he was Irish and was 14 at the time he met his death. There has been a legend about a young headless drummer boy seen walking along the battlements of the castle for many years. Yvette Fielding and David Bull presented the live three-and-a-half hour programme from the castle where Mr Acorah joined paranormal investigators, a psychic artist and an historian to try to unravel the mystery of a number of ghosts which are said to roam the castle. |
The Drummer Boy Graham Tutthill |
Mr Acorah revealed that the drummer boy was attacked and beheaded by men from his own regiment who knew he was on an errand carrying money. He had held on tight to the money he was carrying and had paid with his life. His body had been recovered after the attack in 1802, but his head was never found. Although the boy appeared on the battlements, Mr Acorah said he wasn't killed there. He was murdered outside the castle, and indicated in the direction of Northfall Meadow. Research is now being undertaken to find out if any of the details given can be confirmed from historical documents. Mr Acorah said the boy came from Cork and that his mother's name was Mary. He was sent on the errand by Captain O'Leary, who, it was said, encouraged him and trusted him. However, the drummer boy may not be seen at the castle again. Mr Acorah said he would try to release the boy's spirit after the programme had finished. Another ghost - that of a woman looking out of a window in the castle keep - was identified by Mr Acorah as Anne of Cleves, one of King Henry VIII's wives. Mr Acorah said the Queen loved the castle, and although her spirit didn't live there, it often visited and looked out of this particular window. There was a scare for Yvette Fielding during the evening when the ghost of a servant apparently tried to frighten her out of the King's bedchamber. Mr Acorah had detected the presence of the servant, and demonstrated how he stamped up and down in anger at the intrusion |
