SSJ Issues 11-14

Sandwich Society Journal Volume 2, Number 11 (2012–2013)

Introduction – Keith Wells
The Sandwich Celebration: A Most Extraordinary Event – Mandy Wilkins
A Celebration Fit For An Earl – Paul Carter
Sandwich Celebrates its Public Servants: The Mayor’s Civic Award – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Publications by Local Authors:
- The Invasion That Never Was – Douglas Welby (reviewed by Frank Andrews)
- A Book of Poems – Jenny Cornelius
Felton’s Sailing Barges – Margaret Simmons
Studying the Circuit: A New Look at Sandwich’s Earth Ramparts – Helen Clarke
Digging the Gateway to Britain: Archaeology on the New East Kent Access Road – Simon Mason
How Are The Mighty Fallen: Richborough Power Station – Ann Harrison-Brooks
To Frack or Not to Frack – Robert E. Dunay
Reminiscence Corner: New Street Cottages Remembered by Former Resident, Jane Box-Grainger – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Not On The War Memorial – John Gisbey
Thomas Becket Lands At Sandwich – Richard Linning
World Class Art On Our Doorstep: Turner Contemporary at Margate – Ann Harrison-Brooks

Introduction – David Greaves
Editor’s Dedication – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Tribute to our Chairman, the late Keith Wells – John H. Bragg OBE
Lest We Forget: The Town’s Memorials to the Fallen of WW1 – Ann Harrison-Brooks
I Forgive You – John Holland-Hobbs
A WW1 Memorial with a Touch of Arts and Crafts – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Publications by Local Authors:
- Spying in World War One: The True Story of Margriet Ballegeer – Janet Dean
- War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma 1943–1944 – Tony Redding
- 1956: Escape From Communist Hungary – Zsuzsanna Bozzay
- Thanet’s Dutch and Flemish Style Houses – Gordon Taylor
- Jack in a Box – Susie Thatcher
The Royal Air Force and Radar at Sandwich – Frank Andrews
George W. M. Reynolds, Ephemeral Son of Sandwich – Robert E. Dunay
Keeping the Sea at Bay: Sandwich Tidal Defences – Louise Sturgeon and Kathy Aucott
Wine-making on our Doorstep: Barnsole Vineyard – John and Christine Whatling
What Is Behind St Clement’s Church? – Dick Perry
Astra: Richborough’s Long Lost Fireworks Factory – Paul Mulvihill
A Man with a Mission: Paul Barber and Discovery Park – Paul Carter
The Sandwich Shop – Steve Laslett
Retail Expansion in Sandwich – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Goodbye to Shopping in Style at Rose’s Fine Foods and Sandwich Purveyors – Jim Marshall

Introduction – Chairman, John Hennessy
The Mayor’s Civic Award 2014 Goes To …
Sandwich Swifts – John Hennessy
Two Men Much Missed: Charles Wanostrocht and Brian Kennett – Frank Andrews
A Winning Twinning: Sandwich, Massachusetts – Jim Marshall
A Week of Art in Sandwich – Susie Thatcher
The ‘Sandwich St Clement’s Sandwich Cake’ – Sue and Pete Caton
Oh No, Not Tarmac! – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Sandwich – Polluted Water, Public Sickness, Council Inertia, and the Case of the Deceased Unrecorded Mayor – Mike Vaile
Remembering the Kitchener Camp – Hilda Keen
Publications by Local Authors:
- Four Thousand Lives: the Rescue of German Jewish Men to Britain, 1939 – Clare Ungerson
- Discovering Eastry: A Kentish Village Vol 1 – Douglas Welby
- Faces From The Front – Judith Gaunt
- When Will We Ever Learn? – Nick Matthews
Remembering 1914 – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Fishing For Fisher: An Intriguing Case of Family History – Roy and Margaret Simmons
The Bridge Restoration of 1993 – John George
In Search of a Saxon Queen – John Hennessy

Introduction – John Hennessy, Chairman
The Mayor’s Civic Award 2015 Goes To…
Tributes:
- Elizabeth Deighton – Frank Andrews
- Cllr Sue Laslett – Pip Russell
- Arthur Percival MBE MA DLitt FSA FAHI – Ann Harrison-Brooks
The Sandwich Charters: Rediscovery and Celebration – Sonia Overall
Publications:
- Sandwich Man: John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich – Ann Harrison-Brooks
- The Sandwich-Gascon Wine Trade 1300–1500 – John Hennessy
- Elizabeth Carter of Deal 1717–1806 – Frank Andrews
- Coming Up Trumps – Ted Cross
- Steph and Dom’s Guide to Life – Ann Harrison-Brooks
- Catalyst – Ann Harrison-Brooks
- Changing Stations: A Campus Novel – Ann Harrison-Brooks
Sandwich Town Line Drawing – John Hollyer
Update on American Twinning – Jim Marshall
Update on the Missing Mayor – Mike Vaile
The Second Mayor of Sandwich to be Killed by the French – Richard Linning
A New Dawn: the Opening of the Minster–Sandwich–Deal Railway in 1847 – Tom Richardson
The Last Flight – Nick Woodland
Can You Hear Anything? Echoes from the Sky – Frank Andrews
Rutupiae Light: In Search of the Richborough Arch – John Grigsby
The Growth of Sandwich Bay Estate – John Bragg OBE