Victoria's Golden Pier. The life and times of the Victoria Pier, Folkestone, and other seafront attractions of 'Fashionable Folkestone'

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Author(s) Easdown, Martin
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1998
Pages 104pp; illus
Publisher Marlin Publications
Place Published Hythe

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Intelligent and detailed history with also much about Folkestone as a seaside resort. Covers the pier's promotion; construction and opening; 'making it pay'; its owners and operators; its decline from 1930s; etc. Includes appendices, eg: 'Statement of accounts of the Folkestone Pier & Lift Co Ltd, 1909-40' showing half yearly 'profit from working', 'expenditure' and 'profit' and 'loss'; and 'Chronological list of the seaside pleasure piers of Great Britain, 1813-14 to 1954-57