White Cliffs of Dover, England. My Pics BoB Related.

[Tte. Costa]

Thank you very much for the great photos.
Beautiful song too.

Originally Posted by MB_Avro_UK

This is a WW2 British song about the White Cliffs of Dover. Sung by the Forces pin-up girl Vera Lynn.

Is the music of the song "Somewre over the rainbow" in the film "The wizard of oz"?

[leitmotiv]

No, "Over The Rainbow" (1939) and "The White Cliffs of Dover" (1941) are two completely different songs written by different people. There is some irony in "White Cliffs", if Wiki is right---it was written two Americans. The Special Relationship in action.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(There'...liffs_of_Dover

[BadAim]

The truth is, us Yanks are merely misplaced Brits. There is really no Irony at all.

[Chivas]

I must be getting old..."The White Cliffs of Dover" by Vera Lynn makes me misty.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Chivas

I must be getting old..."The White Cliffs of Dover" by Vera Lynn makes me misty.

Yeah, it's the pits...

Lili Marlene - the soldiers song

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Yeah, it's the pits...

Lili Marlene - the soldiers song

I don't do flash, did either of those have the (Ahem) "altered" lyrics?

[Wutz]

Originally Posted by BadAim

The truth is, us Yanks are merely misplaced Brits. There is really no Irony at all.

Ha ha and British (Anglo Saxons are just Saxons who learned to fish. Guess where Saxony lays!



P.S. Very nice pictures Avro! Brings memories of some reenactment events at Dover castle back to mind.

[leitmotiv]

Methinks Boudica would make short shrift of the Saxon origins blasphemy!

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK...ry/Boudica.htm

[MB_Avro_UK]

Thanks for all your interest

I have a few more pics regarding Dover but with a military slant. Dover has had a military presence going back over a thousand years. This is a picture of the Roman watch-tower that overlooks the Channel.




Dover Castle was later built in about 1100 on the same site. The Castle has been updated over the Centuries, particularly when Napoleon threatened invasion during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.








This is a view of Dover Harbour from the Castle grounds.





WW2 saw the Castle area upgraded to include Planning Rooms, Lookout Positions and defences.






Dover was shelled by German Artillery positioned on the French Coast about 20 miles away (32 km) from 1940 until 1944. This is a map of where shells and bombs fell. 2,226 shells fell on the town during this period.







Picture of a Pub I visited just to sample the Beer! The Church next door was destroyed by a shell but the Pub survived intact.





A German planning document for the invasion of Dover dated June 1940.





This is an original wartime notice advising dancers about shell and bomb procedures.






And here's a practice Dambuster's bomb displayed in the Castle museum.







That's all for now,
MB_Avro

[choctaw111]

I just saw this thread.
What great photos.
Thank you very much for sharing them.