The Leas

Kent, England
Mentioned: 1915
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A wide clifftop promenade along the seafront at Folkestone, just below the town: lawns, a bandstand, and a covered shelter, with the Leas Pavilion theatre at its western end. Robertson's usual place to walk on an afternoon or evening in town.

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Mentioned in the diary · 11 entries

1915

  • 10 March 1915… nt use. Charley took me in to Folkestone to lunch. Some feed. Beef & Yorkshire pudding. Took a stroll on the "Leas" + went to Dover. Everything is Naval there. All very interesting. Saw an armored car. Na …
  • 14 March 1915… . Had quite a surprise when I saw Mel Knowles come in. He is a Lieut. in the 23rd Battn. Took a stroll on the Leas + then home.
  • 2 April 1915… down Sandgate with Pete. - Got rather cool after lunch. Pete, Monty, Pringle + I walked in along lower rd. + Leas. - Started to rain so came home early after tea. - Good Friday is like Sunday over here.
  • 23 April 1915Clear - Cool wind. - Up at 5.30 - Signalling over beyond St. Martin's Plain. Bath Parade to baths below Leas. - Saw Gotenby with a detachment of the C.A.V.C. - Must look him up. - Mail arr'd to-day …
  • 7 July 1915… . - Went in town with George after supper. - Couldn't get a bus so walked in by Sandgate. - Fooled around the Leas & lost George. - Met some of the others with Bobs.
  • 9 July 1915… - Penny down from London - Bert, Walter, Gordon + I had dinner with him at central - Met Percy + Bobs on the Leas.
  • 18 July 1915… birthday cake. - Took a walk over St. Martin + Dibgate with Ham. - Fell in the swamp + spent the aft. on the leas it was slow. Went to methodist church + came home early. Have met Lucy
  • 26 July 1915… Bath parade. Went in town with Bill Mclean + Bill Saunders. - Helped Ham out by taking in a punk show at the Leas Pavillion + walked out after.
  • 8 August 1915Went out to Hythe & had lunch with Ed. Penny - Came in about 2.30 + spent the aft. by myself on the Leas. - Went to the Parish Church for a nap. Met Derry Philips, Marshall, Terry Hall.
  • 2 October 1915… - Came out but was late for dinner. Went in town again. - Met Phil + heard a very good violin concert at the leas shelter. - Letter from Squib.
  • 13 October 1915Orderly officer. - [?] took over duties in evening so went in to the Leas Pav. with Underhill - Zepp. raid on Otter pool - 14 killed in Howitzer Bgde
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