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Easter Adventure Quest – Sat 23rd March- Sun 14th April
The Big Brick Build (where visitors can join in to help build a replica Dover Castle out of lego bricks) – 6-14th April
WW2 weekend – 25th to 27th May
Pirates – 3rd and 4th August
Clash of Knights – 24th to 26th August
The Great Tommy Sleepout
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As Graham is in his WW1 Royal Garrison Artillery Uniform
The Friends of Dover Castle were heavily involved in the Lottery Funded English Heritage Fortress Dover Project which saw the Fire Command Post and Port War Signal Station be restored and given a WW1 interpretation together with the restoration and installation of a genuine WW1 Anti-Aircraft Gun.
Graham was involved in the Project right from making the Heritage Lottery application where the Friends had input and influence by proposing English Heritage used Volunteers and also supported a Friends run Photography Competition - all of which happened and we raised over £6000 towards the installation of the Gun.
Graham is part of the Gun Drill Re-Enactment Team which fire the gun regularly throughout the season - normally at weekends but also at other times and special occasions. The Friends try to get involved in Re-enactments whenever we can.
Graham Hutchison, Chairman, pictured here with Chairman of Dover District Council, Mike Connolly, Maison Dieu Project Development Officer Martin Crowther and Mayor of Dover
Gordon Cowan at the official launch.
The Time Capsule was Graham's idea as he felt Dover District had so much going for it we needed something positive to do coming out of the pandemic. Local residents were able to make suggestions and donate items to go into the Capsule so it became a whole community project.
The capsule was buried on 9th November 2022 and a reception was held in the Riverside Community Hub.
As part of our new Marketing and Publicity Strategy we have decided to invest in quality membership cards sourced from sustainable sources.
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We have published this temporary website in order to keep members informed during a period of transition we are going through. Please accept our apologies for our communication not being as effective as we would like. We are all volunteers but are trying our best. I am not an IT expert but have tried to create this webpage to keep you all informed as best as possible. The newsletters are available as PDF copies by clicking the tabs right at the top of this webpage. Thankyou, Graham Hutchison - Chairman. email graham@dover-castle-friends.org.uk