The Dulcette Story

The Dulcettes

By Jim Hollands

With our whole world gripped in a stranglehold by an invisible enemy,
many lives have been turned upside down. We are now either among the
bravest of the brave in the front line with the NHS or, volunteers
on the ground supporting NHS staff or with the majority, locked-in
at home helping the doctors and nurses by slowing the spread of the
disease that is taking more lives every day. Continue reading The Dulcette Story

Vintage World Summer 2019

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Vintage World Spring 2019

The SPRING issue of our new magazine VINTAGE WORLD Will be available soon.  It is a SUBSCRIPTION ONLY HARD COPY PUBLICATION delivered to your door anywhere in the United Kingdom for £20 per year (four seasonal issues).

Order your magazines by PayPal button below, or by cheque for £20, made out to Cinque Ports Magazines Rye Limited. Send to Guinea Hall Lodge, Sellindge, Kent TN25 6EG.  Alternatively send name and address and pay £20 direct into our bank  20-02-62 Acc. No. 83865096.  The SPRING issue will be with you at the end of March.

The Spring issue contains articles, features or pictures pertaining to the following.

Jive Aces : Featuring  The Big Beat Review.

Model Girls from the Swinging Sixties : Original photographs taken at the 1964 Photo Fair

Yellow Rolls Royce : Pictures and feature on this fantastic car with the Dulcettes

Victoria & Holly of the Dulcettes: Are our Cover Girls

THE DULCETTE BAND

Scott Elvis Feature : Is Scott the best  Elvis?  Two page article on Scott and ‘The King’.

Scott Elvis

Many pictures from Past War & Peace Revival Events:  pictures of Adam Hoffman,Holly Chambers, Victoria Bass, Viv the Spiv, Rosie Apples, Holly Foster, Kitten Von Mew, Amy Baker, Jive Aces, Cassidy Jansen and so many others.

War on your doorstep: Richard Holdsworth’s photographs of Rocker Rod of the Cinque Ports Lindy Hoppers, Viv the Spiv, Gypsy John, Paulette Merrimen, Kevin Quaife, Richard Holdsworth and the Battle of Britain Flight

Pictures from the Golden Age of Steam

Grassington Dickensian Festival: Tony May,  Hastings Town’s favourite journalist, illustrates a four page feature article with pictures from the Yorkshire Dales  popular annual festival.

1929 Bentley Visits one of the most famous Inns in England

The Bentley was valued at £1500 in 1964

Rallycross the Television Sporting sensation of the 1960: Featuring Champion Rod Chapman and the story of how the event was specially created for television.

Cassidy Jenson: West End Musical leading lady and fabulous singer of vintage music who often performes with the most active band in the land The Jive Aces. Photographs by Katalina Kat

Invasion of the Mods: The story of a sunny weekend in Hastings in 1964. Including picture of singer Karen Moses on the actual original Lambretta used in the film Quadraphenia

Police were brought to Hastings from Brighton to help deal with the situation
Hastings was Swamped with Mods
A policeman buts in and stops an argument between young men

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Spoons – Like it or lump it: The story of a WWII Evacuee by Richard Holdsworth.

Catalina Kat – Roving Photographer

Coachlines: The man who paints coachlines on Royal Vehicles.

The Barnes Wallis Motorcycle : Ridden by singer Karen Moses

 

Cinque Ports Bulletin March 2019

 

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Vintage World Winter 2019

The first issue of our new magazine VINTAGE WORLD is available now.  It is a SUBSCRIPTION ONLY HARD COPY PUBLICATION delivered to your door anywhere in the United Kingdom for £20 per year (four seasonal issues).

Order your magazines by PayPal button below, or by cheque for £20, made out to Cinque Ports Magazines Rye Limited. Send to Guinea Hall Lodge, Sellindge, Kent TN25 6EG.  Alternatively send address and pay £20 direct into our bank  20-02-62 Acc. No. 83865096.  The Winter issue will be with you within 7 days of  receiving your payment.

The first issue contains articles, features or pictures pertaining to the following.

Jive Aces : Cover picture, pictures and article.

Girl next door : Many original photographs taken in the 1960’s & 70s

The Madonna Car : Pictures and feature with the Dulcettes

Victoria and the Field Marshall : Singer Victoria Bass poses with a vintage tractor that is started with a shot gun cartridge.

When the World was younger : Scott Elvis brings Elvis back to life and the Beatles, Alf Ramsey, Bobby Moore, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Cliff Richard and Winston Churchill all get a mention.

Adam & Rosy : Article and pictures of the amazing Adam Hoffman and the many talented Rosie Apples.

Vintage Cycle Grass Track Racing : Pictures and article including Miss World, Leslie Langley starting a race at Faversham Gala Sports which included members of the Rye Wheelers, San Fairy Ann C.C. and Folkestone Cycling Club in 1965. High Ordinary (Penny Farthing) Racing at Crystal Palace in 1889.

Its a Retro World : Some of the fabulous performers who bring the music, humour and dance styles from the vintage years back to life at Retro events up and down the country and even further afield, are pictured in action over two colourful pages. The pictures include John Miller, Fiona Paige, Victoria Bass, Adam Hoffman, Holly Foster, Viv the Spiv, Luna Nightingale, Miss Holiday Swing and the Alex Mendham Orchestra.

A Fight to the finish : A railway engine in a dual to the death with a German fighter-bomber.  One of the most amazing stories and pictures to come out of World War Two.

Rare Rolls Sedancalette 20-25 : The stunning Kent based duet, the Dulcettes and our own Ellie the 2019 Miss Vintage World, dressed in classic 1920’s style to illustrate one of the finest condition Rolls – Royce’ we have ever photographed.

60s Men’s Magazines : Classic vintage ‘girl next door’ pin-up publications that have become very collectable in recent years. Two pages packed with original 1960s photographs.

Burlesque : A brief history of Burlesque and pictures of English Burlesque acts including Kitten Von Mew, Missy Maybe and Rosie Apples.

Stirling’s First Race Car : The story of the life of the Cooper 500 racing car that Stirling Moss drove to win his first continental race. Also showing the car as it is today and pictures of singers Miss Holiday Swing and Victoria Bass in the driving seat of the little racer that Stirling won the Formula 500cc Championship at Monte Carlo in 1950.

The Bush Inn at the 1940s Village : Including article and pictures. Pictures include John & Joy Park, Holly Foster and a 1938 Morris Ambulance.

The Home Front : Including the Bush Inn at the November show at the Kent Life outdoor museum. Pictures include Joy Park and Miss Vintage World, the Headmaster, Land Army and Civil Defence members and re-enactors on the Parade Ground.

Austin J40 Electric Child’s Car : Demonstrated by Ellie

Jive Aces – Kings of Swing :  The story of the busiest band in the land.    Among those pictured : Ian Clarkson; Alex Douglas; Peter Howell; Vince Hurley; John Fordham; Ken Smith; Victoria Bass; Miss Holiday Swing; Cassidy Jenson

Holly & Victoria

Amazing People at the War & Peace Revival Jeff Haward.  Details of his fascinating book.

Miss Vintage World 2019  Lots of pictures

Beachhead Commando Re-enactors   Article and picture:

Featured are Robert Blackadder; Andy Meredith; Jack Ruffhead; Alex Ruffhead; Pete Fletcher; Alan Reynolds and John Ruffhead.

 

Cinque Ports Bulletin December 2018

 

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Day One at 2017 War & Peace Revival

Spectacular Show at the Hopfields

The 2017 War & Peace Revival opened today (Tuesday 25 July).

The show has returned to it’s old venue at Whitbread Hop garden Family Show-ground after four years at Folkestone Racecourse.

Crowds massed to the event on it’s opening day and were entertained by a fantastic variety of military vehicles and vintage activities.

The entertainment marquee put on a continuous show from 12 noon with a huge variety of vintage acts and music from the periods.

The following film depicts just a small variety of what is on offer. The show continues till Saturday 29th.

 

 

Greatest Military Show

The Greatest Military Show on Earth- and it is on our very Doorstep at Hythe.

This year the War & Peace Revival will be at it’s permanent site on the old Folkestone Racecourse (RAF Westernhanger during the War) and will be a five Continue reading Greatest Military Show