The King And Queen At "Hellfire Corner". Their Majesties accompanied by the Mayor of Dover, look across the Channel towards the French coast. In the scarred streets of "liberated" ***** and Dover Folkestone, the king and Queen to-day received a great welcome. The small waiting-room of Kearsney station, just outside Dover, was the starting - point of their tour. There they met 36 Civil Defence leaders, including five Mayors and Ganger S.G. Sparkes, Southern Railway. December 04, 1944.