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A unique collection of images capturing life in Dover in the fifties, sixties and seventies is featured in a new exhibition of the work of Dover photographer Ray Warner. This new Stairwell Exhibition is now open at Dover Museum and runs until 19 October.

Ray Warner was born in Folkestone in 1914 although he became a professional commercial and news photographer in Townwall Street, Dover.

The exhibition includes many of his original studio display prints of people and events in Dover and excerpts of his original 16mm Dover films, presented on a touch-screen console.

From wrecks in the Channel to bulldogs in the studio, from famous visitors to a range of local events and people, the collection, covers a range of subjects and provides a unique snapshot of life in the town in the fifties, sixties and seventies.

He retired in 1977 but continued to make his annual Dover Film up to his death on 15 December 1989. This remarkable archive of local footage, compiled by Ray over 40 years, was bequeathed to Dover Museum in his will.