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design in all its manifold details." He said to great applause that the Pavilion was "built so strongly and solidly, and on such good foundations that it was likely to stand the fierce north-easterly breezes for generations yet to come," and that "while the East Cliff Pavilion remained, Mr Palmer's name would ever remain." He said that Mr Ingleton's building work had done him great credit and that he "must have put the best materials in it for the love of it." On the subject of the popularity and health-giving properties of the town, he suggested to much laughter that because 1,000 and 1,400 persons were listed in the town directory in 1902 and 1904 respectively, Herne Bay could have 200,000 inhabitants in the year 2000. He wanted to press for gardens and walks on the East Cliff, and for a nearby park.

939:, the king's widow, agreed that the building should be renamed "The King Edward VII Memorial Hall". The previous 1904 opening had been a comparatively small affair because no VIP guest could be permitted to overshadow the donor, Mr Dence. However, because the 1913 phase was built on a government loan and there was no donor to thank, this Opening Day could a big event, involving the late king's sister and the whole town. It took five sizeable committees to organise everything: the General Committee which included the Funds Committee, the Luncheon and Reception Committee, the Decorations Committee (including the builder and architect of the Hall), the Publicity Committee and the Children's Committee (including local priests and teachers). The Hall was opened on 10 July 1913 by 292:"The erection of a pavilion on the east cliff for the use of residents and visitors. Its accommodation . . . should include a roofed in verandah shelter facing the sea, a large reading room intended to be supplied with newspapers, ladies' and gentlemens' lavatories, rooms for attendants, and drinking fountains . . . Band performances might at the discretion of the Council be permitted in the public hall, but no beach minstrels, or conjurors, or variety entertainments . . . The Urban Council should instruct their surveyor to prepare plans and specifications for this pavilion to cost £2,000, the plans to be so arranged as not to interfere with the view of residences then and thereafter to be erected on Beacon Hill." 546:-paved floor. Both lavatories had white glazed brick walls to a height of 6 feet (1.8 m) with a "border of one course of tinted moulded bricks, and a skirting of four courses of tinted bricks, the top course of which is moulded." Water came from the Herne Bay Water Company's main in Beacon Hill to a large cistern, and this supplied the handbasins, the nine water closets and the inside and outside urinals. The most "up-to-date" drainage system was provided, but this was the only item not detailed in the newspapers. There were "spacious and comfortable male and female attendants' rooms, with every convenience". 995:. The front of the medallion bore a representation of the medallion plaque of Edward VII in the Hall. The obverse said, "King Edward VII Memorial Hall, Herne Bay. Formally opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Battenburg, Thursday July 10th AD 1913." The medal had a red, white and blue ribbon designed to be worn around the neck. Carrying flags and accompanied by their teachers, the Girl Guides and the 1st Herne Bay Troop of Boy Scouts with their bugle band, they marched to the Downs where in due course they were presented to the Princess. 1432: 1101: 929: 1004: 789:" were removed to extend the building into the cliff. The 1904 building was incorporated and extended as a theatre, concert hall and dance hall below the Downs on East Cliff, and the existing small auditorium became the vestibule for the new hall. The 1913 Hall was designed to accommodate 1,500, with 1,100 in the open-air theatre on the roof. The high price for this build partly reflects the large excavation into the cliff for the Hall, and the early use of 42: 522: 451: 670:. The reverse of the key bore the inscription: "Presented to T. Dence Esq., donor of the East Cliff Pavilion, Herne Bay, by A.S. Ingleton, April 4, 1904." Palmer the architect explained the building's construction (detailed above), then Thomas Dence the donor gave a long and much applauded speech (also detailed above). An unnamed person unveiled the plaque commemorating Dence's gift, and the Clerk to the Council read and presented an address of thanks, 634: 1790: 1198: 368: 297:

town of Herne Bay by Thomas Dence 1902." Dence would pay up to £2,000 for erection, fixtures, and the builder's invoices. Due to a new estimate by the Council surveyor and to site-preparation costs, Dence finally agreed to pay £3,745 in all, although the final cost as announced at the Pavilion's opening was £4,000. The completed building was handed over formally by Dence to the Council on Easter Monday, 4 April 1904.

1552:. In 1988 Jupiter Brass gave a concert at Herne Bay Music Club's 10th birthday. In April 1989 The Soviet National Folk Dance Ensemble of twenty dancers and nine musicians, on their first visit outside Soviet Russia, stayed with families locally and performed at the Hall. The Hall hosted a keyboard and organ festival in aid of charity in 1989. In April, May and June 1999, 691 Promotions operated monthly 265: 590: 1565: 1516: 1394: 1279: 881: 797: 758: 1355:(built 1884) and The King's Hall. However, in the 1920s the Town Hall and Pier Theatre burned down, leaving The King's Hall as Herne Bay's sole theatre. The original 1904 cast iron bandstand on the roof was demolished in 1969 due to neglect and deterioration. Traditional military and concert bands had lost their popularity when music fashions changed after World War II. 1339: 952:

arches were those outside the Town Hall and on the East Cliff at the north end of Beacon Road; while those at the corner of Station Road and High Street, at the corner of William Street and Mortimer Street attracted a great deal of attention. These were Venetian masts, and on the red bunting forming the cross pieces were appropriate

793:, with steel bars made by the Spiral Bond Bar Company, who had patented the process that they used in the same year. The building was specially designed not to interfere with the view from houses on Beacon Hill to the south; nevertheless a 60 feet (18 m) flagstaff was erected between the Hall and the Beacon Hill estate. 288:, and owned property in Herne Bay. Dence had moved to Herne Bay for his health, bought the Downs, laid out roads at the top and built himself a house on Beacon Hill close by. He conveyed the remaining sloping land back to the Council, and in 1901 and 1903 suggested plans for a bandstand. He had in mind: 848:

bandstand and linking the roof with the Downs. The roof was "illuminated by five electric light standards, and the columns, the upper ornamental part of the bandstand, and the ribs of the bandstand roof picked out with fairylights." The box office in the vestibule was "artistically designed . . . of

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strayed upon the shoulders, a very picture of a charming maid of Kent, stepped forward, tripped her way onto the platform and presented Mrs Dence with a beautiful bouquet, which was received with a smile by the lady, and the gift repaid with a kiss; while those present loudly applauded. This was Miss

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The Princess's route to the Hall was designed so that Herne Bay was viewed by her to advantage, and so that the public had a good view of her and her escort. Her procession was cheered by crowds all the way. She travelled via Station Road, High Street, New Street, Victoria Park and The Avenue to the

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At a size of 136 feet (41 m) long, 60 feet (18 m) wide and 20 feet (6.1 m) high, the Hall provided space for seating 1,500. In 1913 the ceiling was plastered with a cornice and a "deep frieze of a delicate tint, and a picture moulding" around three sides of the Hall; this has now been

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Dence was an entertaining speaker, as can be seen by the speech he gave on Opening Day. He said that "the original design of the building was a rough sketch by his daughter, with all the features he sought to include in the building. This was handed by him to Mr Palmer . . . who prepared the present

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The casket was rectangular in form, embellished with wrought, silver framing, surmounted by chiselled silver ornaments. On the front of the casket, in a panel of wrought silver, appeared the arms of Her Royal Highness; while on the reverse side were the arms of the Herne Bay Urban District Council.

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Councillor Farley gave a speech glorifying the Pavilion, the town, and Mr Dence the donor. He said, to applause, that he "hoped all would do their duty in maintaining and preserving it for the purpose for which it had been granted to the town". Mr Ingleton the builder presented a silver-gilt key to

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held a gun position and military camp. The Downs was later held by Herne Bay Urban District Council as a place of recreation. The first phase, the Pavilion of 1904, was intended as an improvement of a previous bandstand on the same site. This phase was called the East Cliff Pavilion at its opening,

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The Princess and invited audience then listened to a grand concert in the very full Hall. The princess was cheered all the way back to the railway station, was presented with a gold replica of the Fuchs medallion and a keepsake by the Chairman of the Council, and left on the 4.30 pm train. For the

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had been considered perfect. However the positioning of the new stage against the east wall caused some of the soundwaves to be blocked or diverted by the same beams which now crossed their path, so that the audience never again experienced satisfactory acoustics. However the Hall's original maple

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and the Princess, the military escort and band, and a lot more soldiers; this procession made a carnival-like circuit of Herne Bay. The second procession, which went straight to the Hall, consisted of sixteen more carriages. The first of the sixteen contained Reception Committee members including

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whose tender of £5,578 on 16 September 1912 was accepted for the erection work, and one of the contractors was electricity company Hunt & Sons of Charles Street, Herne Bay, who ran a cable underground from their works, beneath Canterbury Road and through the cliff. The entertainers Rouse, Way

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The Council was expected at its own cost to provide, prepare and level the site, to provide the design and specification, to superintend the erection, and to provide control, upkeep and management. It also had to place a stone in front of the building saying: "East Cliff Pavilion presented to the

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control for a three-year trial from March 2004 after the contractor served up frozen roast potatoes at a dinner dance in November 2002. The Council's manager from 2004 to 2006 was Tony Farrow who put in a new £20,000 sound system. In 2006 the Council raised hire charges for the Hall from £750 to

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and long speeches. They all then circled via the sea front, Canterbury Road, Beltinge Road, Sea View Road, Beacon Hill Parade and Beacon Hill back to the East Cliff for the opening ceremony at 2.50pm. During the procession the National Anthem was played at least eight times: twice at the railway

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There was a series of triumphal arches at various points along the route, and a series of Venetian masts, entwined with various coloured cloth with evergreen at the base. From the tops of these, streamers of flags crossed the streets, and the effect altogether was very pleasing. The most notable

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The Pavilion was opened at 3pm on Easter Monday, 4 April 1904. Thousands of spectators stood outside, and 300 invited persons squeezed into the little hall (now the vestibule). People pressed their faces against the windows or stood in a "dense mass" on East Cliff, and the door was guarded by Mr

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On the right or west side of the main hall was a "well-lighted" ladies' retiring room 19 feet (5.8 m) by 19 feet (5.8 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m) high, with tongue and groove flooring and plainer walls than in the main hall. Through a lobby was the ladies' lavatory with six basins and a

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brought portable equipment and seating for converting the Hall into a cinema for three evenings per week plus a children's matinee. In 1993 there was a move to manage the Hall via a local trust composed of the building's user groups, including Herne Bay Operatic Society, Theatrecraft, Herne Bay

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By the time the Princess arrived at the Hall, the roadside crowds had gathered at the site, where the Fusiliers were playing in the bandstand, the 6th Dragoon guard of honour was marshalled at the south-east corner, and all the local schoolchildren were lined up on the north side, including New

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with capitals to match the central columns. In 1904 the hall had a 3 feet (0.91 m) high platform stage with moulded panels and corners. Above that was a Victoria stone memorial tablet saying: "This pavilion was presented to the town of Herne Bay by Thomas Dence Esq., 1903. Architect F.W.J.

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were presented to her, and where she inspected Navy and Army veterans. Back in her carriage, she then processed along Canterbury Road, Mortimer Street, William Street and the sea front, where the Pier entrance was decorated with flags and flowers. At the square by the

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full of members of the public, and there was a dais for the Princess and VIPs on the north side. As the Princess arrived, the National Anthem was played yet again, then the children sang it unaccompanied (following much rehearsal). On display were uniformed

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against the south wall of the Hall. After Herne Bay's two other theatres were burned down in the 1920s, The King's hall consequently had to take on all the large concerts. The little cottage stage was seen to be inadequate, and a large stage with

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and bearing silver-tipped wands." The High Sheriff in turn presented various council, ecclesiastical and mayoral personages to the Princess, and she was given a bouquet. Gathering at the station to meet the Princess at the station were

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Through a door at the south-west corner of the main hall (now the vestibule) there was a York stone staircase to the roof and road, with 13 inches (33 cm) deep by 6 inches (15 cm) high by 4 feet (1.2 m) wide treads and a

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In 1980, the Council threatened to close the Hall to save money; this prompted Herne Bay's twelve Council representatives to attempt to save the situation. In 1988 there was a move brought by Councillor Bill Brade and backed by the

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ranging from 10 feet (3.0 m) to 20 feet (6.1 m) long were driven at stated distances down into the clay, on the north, east and west sides of the site, and connected together by means of 1 inch (2.5 cm) wrought iron

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passed through the piles, and interlaced one with the other, and connected together by means of 6 inches (15 cm) by 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) by 1 inch (2.5 cm) iron rings, through which the tie rods were passed, and

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College cadets, Herne Bay College cadets from St George's Terrace, the Scouts and Guides, and the Council scholars in red, white and blue caps and waving flags. On the east and west sides of the building were beflagged

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arch was built at the east end of the room. The faux cottage and apron were eventually dismantled. With the old "cottage" stage against the south wall and the four large concrete ceiling-beams running north-south, the

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pageant had to be rearranged. In March 1991 The Council agreed to build a new £98,000 access road on the west side of the Hall, leading from Beacon Road; the cost was to include converting the cliff-top road to a

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in 1904 and still visible today. The bandstand (demolished 1969) had a "roof supported by slender iron pillars and fenced with elaborately designed ironwork." At the east and west of the building there were

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By 1912, even before the ground-breaking in October of that year, the building was already being referred to as The King's Hall. Until the 1920s there were three theatres in the centre of the town: the

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when a clock weight fell on an employee and killed him. In 1913 he was carrying on business as builder and contractor at 5 High Street, Herne Bay. By 1922 he had retired to 3 St Annes Road, Faversham.

780:(LGB) for a loan, and the work cost £6,000: £5,000 for the excavation and construction; £1,000 for furnishings. £5,956 was received from the LGB in August 1912. The builders were Hardy & Co. of 1751:, Theatrecraft, as the equipment compromised audience space and therefore revenue. Joan Sims said that although the TV show represents Cocklesea as a run-down resort, it is not about Herne Bay. 622:. The platform and its table were piled and surrounded with flowers. The band stopped, the audience stood, and the Council dignitaries processed onto the platform, headed by Chairman of the 509:

and salmon–coloured walls. Today as in 1904 the ceiling appears panelled, being broken up by girders supporting the roof, and supported by "ornamental iron columns with moulded bases and

485:, and swing windows in the top panels. The windows were glazed with 0.25 inches (0.64 cm) British polished plate glass. The window over the doorway had a heron and border painted on 493:. Beyond the lobby was a central hall 38 feet (12 m) by 31 feet (9.4 m) by 16 feet (4.9 m) high, with a dado of tinted, glazed bricks. The hall ceiling had a ventilated 1617: 705:, since a large mass of the cliff had to be removed. The firm had already carried out previous works for the Council amounting to £20,000, plus important projects for the councils of 434:, supplied and fixed by the New Expanded Metal Company, and the lathing for the ceilings was of sheets of this expanded metal lathing but of a smaller gauge. 5 inches (13 cm) of 785:& Wilson made an advance investment of £700 in the theatre, the profits to be shared by the Council. The excavation commenced in October 1912, and "many thousands of yards of 2952: 701:, with his company Hardy & Co., was the contractor for the construction of the second phase of The King's Hall in 1912–1913. The main challenge in this project was the 684:. Refreshments were provided in the gentlemen's reading room for the invited 300, who then joined the crowd on the roof to hear a concert by the Royal Engineers Band. 618:

was conducted by Lieutenant Summer in the bandstand on the roof. Inside the hall, flags were arranged around the walls and over Dence's memorial tablet awaiting the

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concrete 18 inches (46 cm) thick, which when finished left the ironwork completely embedded in the same. Upon this foundation the superstructure was erected."

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decorating the area in front of the kiosk (today this is covered over, or possibly removed). Over the Hall's exit doors (now removed) and over the kiosk were

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show every week. A regular repertory company was Harry Hanson's Court Players. Throughout the year there were regular dances to bands led by, for example,

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works. In respect of The King's Hall, all the ground-work, ferro-concrete work and decorative work was done under supervision of P. Taylor and G. Breward.

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dance floor was "considered by some to be one of the best in Kent". The original seating of the Hall consisted of several rows of tip-up chairs in green

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had been prepared from the gateway on the right of the booking office. All round were flags, which had plenty of life in the fresh, southerly breeze."

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at 12.26 pm, with her saloon carriage stopping exactly at the red carpet, to be met by an escort of soldiers presenting arms and Fusiliers playing the

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groups such as Herne Bay Operatic Society (started 1951) and Theatrecraft (started 1948) have always used the Hall and as of 2013 continued to do so.

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arch "with the men in position on their ladders, their helmets in the brilliant sunshine glistening like gold against a sky of Italian blue." At the

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placed in position, thus enabling the tie rods to be adjusted and tightened to a nicety. The whole of the site was then covered with a solid mass of

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As of 2013, the cultivation of the East Cliff as gardens has not happened, but there is a park in the centre of Herne Bay, date unknown.

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The original building was a bandstand funded in 1903–1904 by Thomas Dence (1840–1918), a local developer who had been involved in the

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at the Hall. In 2003, the Council was planning many entertainments for the 2004 summer season starting with a variety show hosted by

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queen, always took place here, and as of 2005 was continuing to do so. In 1927 Herne Bay hosted eleven different bands including the

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and fixed to a framed panel of reddish-brown and white-veined rosso antico marble. The frame was described as being "of a fine white

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the East Cliff and nine miles of private roads at the east end of Herne Bay. He planned and oversaw both phases of The King's Hall.

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Herne Bay Times, 14 April 2005, p.10: Past Times by Mike Bundock: How the opening of The King's Hall kept proceedings in the family

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reflectors. (Today, more numerous and bigger lights are fixed there.) The walls were originally largely of glass and painted in

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with police approval from 11.45pm until 7.45am. At a previous rave held at the Hall in March 1999, there were three arrests.

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The Princess had made a special request for local children to be involved in the ceremony. The schoolchildren of Herne Bay,

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30 May 1991: "Bill Brade revives his 1988 campaign for more entertainment in the town: King-sized plans for hall – again!"

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over concrete, and the acoustics were said to be "perfect". There was a further tiered seating area on the roof for 1,100

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In a speech on opening day, 4 April 1904, the architect F.W.J. Palmer detailed the building's construction. To prevent

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www.archive.org/ Proceedings of the Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers, Vol. XXXIV. 1907–1908

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from at least 1891 to 1915. During these years he reconstructed all the main roads, rebuilt the council offices and

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played at the Hall on 1 December 2000 when it reopened after a fire. During summer 2001 the Hall saw tea dances,

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31 March 2005, p.14: "Past Times: From dances to wrestling, plays to concerts, The King's Hall has seen it all"

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was commissioned to provide postcards of the event, and his photographs were used in the local newspaper, the

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13 April 1989: "Russian dancers put on polished show for friendship tour: Kalinka's happy slice of glasnost"

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The whole was surmounted by a silver crown. On the front of the sloping lid was a silver plate inscribed,

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22 February 2001 p.8: "Look Back: from summer bandstand to a concert hall fit for a king" by Harold Gough

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The building underwent anti-corrosion treatment in 2009. In October 2000 an arson attack, attended by 50

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and various concerts including one by the mounted band of the 6th Dragoon Guards. Herne Bay photographer

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wood flooring laid on 4.5 inches (11 cm) by 3 inches (7.6 cm) joists, and a brown glazed brick

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buckets was much admired. When the Princess passed the members of the Fire Brigade stood on the escapes.

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1991: "Lights set to go up on new cinema for town: equipment is all installed ready for opening night"

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Bundock, Mike (2000). Herne Bay Clock Tower: A descriptive history. Herne Bay: Pierhead Publications.

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9 April 1904 p.2: "Opening of the East Cliff Pavilion, an important ceremony, full descriptive report"

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took place here in the 1970s. In 1978, Opera For All presented a small-scale, costumed performance of

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had been closed and to distract local youth from vandalism. In 1991 staff from the Windsor Cinema in

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with an audience of 700. It runs over to cover the verandah supported by iron columns and ornamental

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performed in the bandstand. From 1904 to the 1950s, during the summer season there was a different

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29 January 2009: "The Way We Were: Roll up, rollup for the magical musical tour" by James Scott

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24 March 2005: Past Times: "Ambitious plans transformed bandstand into grand cliffside theatre"

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12 July 1913: "Royal visit". This is a special issue in which the article runs over many pages.

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Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists

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It had wide entrance doors: three doors with moulded panels, patent floor springs and brass

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The completed Pavilion in March 1904, its graceful ironwork revealing the influence of the

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Active Retirement Association and 691 Promotions. From 1996 to 2004 the Hall was run by

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Corsi collection of decorative stones: 61. (35.1) Marmo rosso antico. Marmor Alabandicum

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in "sober uniform". The Pavilion was decorated with streamers, and flags including the

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Several celebrations took place, including an Edwardian show and a community lunch.

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while she and members of the Council enjoyed a French menu at a lunch prepared by a

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14 September 2006 p.7: "Tributes pour in for King's after calls to put it on ice"

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F.W.J. Palmer who presented his plans in April 1911. The Council applied to the

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which doubled as the base of the bandstand above. There was 1 inch (2.5 cm)

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in white lettering. The Fire Brigade arch on the sea front formed of the two

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station; twice at the hospital; twice at the Pier and twice at the Hall.

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Palmer C.E., surveyor to the Council. Builder A.S. Ingleton, Herne Bay".

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roof beams create five ceiling bays, and in each bay are three plaster

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to showcase the annual Herne Bay Projects and Business Exhibition.

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12 October 2006: "Charges row drives oldies away from King's Hall"

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in the Hall. The yearly selection dance for Miss Herne Bay, the

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used The King's Hall as a setting for its 1984 comedy series,

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The Sixth Annual Herne Bay Projects and Business Showcase

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in the afternoon or evening. At the end of the day, the

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and police to show films at the Hall because the local

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Kent, England 23 July 1904: "Herne Bay's Empty Houses"

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Presented by the town of Herne Bay, July 10th, AD 1913

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of a darker shade with gold embroidery. Her cloak was

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27 July 1989: "Organ festival strikes the right note"

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in 2002, featuring The Dominator, Voodoo Prince and

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Ida Iggulden, daughter of Councillor P.E. Iggulden,

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