FOLKESTONE- MEMORIES OF STEAM

A montage of photos and rare archival film all taken at Folkestone Harbour, Folkestone Junction and along the famous warren during the 1930's,1940's and 1950's. My brother and myself all took holidays there during the period 1956-1962 with our parents and many happy hours were spent watching trains and the numerous cross channel ferries. All sadly no more and the last steam special made its way down to the harbour for the last time earlier this year 2008. Lets hope that any redevelopment of the area will be to the benefit of the many and not just the wealthy few.

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Entertainment

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• steam
• folkestone
• junction
• warren
• photos
• video
• memories

[hollpoll]

Would love to visit the restuarant it looks really good one day thanks for watching and the kind comments

Stewart

[stuartthegrant]

I so enjoy your Folkestone films hollpoll, A bit special.

[hollpoll]

@stuartthegrant Thanks for the kind comments Folkestone will always have a special place in my heart

Stewart

[JimTLonW6]

Very nostalgic, we always used to holiday at Folkestone too, maybe I met you on the beach! I was always fascinated by the Harbour and the railway with the banker engines. I liked the ship movements too and the operations of the cranes loading the ships (this was all pre roll on - roll off of course).

[hollpoll]

@JimTLonW6 We are both the same age so who knows ! I recently bought a DVD called Snapshots in time 1958-9 which has some lovely footage of the "Canterbury" a good two or three minutes well worth getting its published by Visions International

I am hoping that when time travel becomes possible we can go through that door marked "Folkestone 1958' !

thanks for watching

Stewart

[robmcg567]

Astonishing and beautifully put together.

Great stuff for we kids who got an Hornby R1 for Christmas in 1962!

Lovely stills, sound, and rare, rare footage.

Thankyou.

Rob

[hollpoll]

Thanks for the kind comments glad you enjoyed it,

Stewart

[rustydobro]

Lovely stuff, very nicely presented. Just under those arches at the harbour there is now the wonderful Rocksalt restaurant - to eat there on the terrace while watching the tank engines tackling the incline would be one definition of heaven!

[GSP21]

We used to go there as children-very happy times!!!

[waldenhouse]

Outstanding footage! Love it.

[flmabhwd]

Nostalgia unleashed! What a superb collection of film and stills. Sadly my memory of the branch is from the early 80s with electric traction, but it was still an exciting trip down the steep gradient to the harbour...how sad it has all ended now.

[abgbddsg]

@rglinNewMex Mostly the European steam-engines didn't go on long distances in these days. So they could be filled up with supplies more often. Only big steam-engines who had to travel on longer distances carried sufficient supplies, but they also had to be refilled or been replaced by fresh engines and crew.

[rglinNewMex]

Pardon my lack of knowledge of European railroads, but to me it seems quite obvious that these trains could only travel short distances inasmuch as the locomotives had no tenders to carry extra supplies of coal and water. Hopefully someone will explain to me how this engines maintained steam pressure.