3-070-616 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Improvements on the Kentish coast: Prince of Wales opening Hythe Marine Parade and Embankment, 1881. Engraving from a sketch by Major A. Moberly, showing the '...scene on the Marine Parade, in front of the Seabrook Hotel, when the procession with the Prince of Wales went past...'The Hythe and Sandgate Embankment, or the Hythe Marine Parade, which adds greatly to the attractions of that salubrious place of seaside resort, has occupied two years and a half in its construction the...The visit of the Prince of Wales was looked forward to with great interest in the three towns of Hythe, Sandgate, and Folkestone, and extensive preparations to welcome his Royal Highness were made in the shape of triumphal arches, gay banners, streamers, and floral decorations. The Prince of Wales...met with...several directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company...Along its whole length the route was lined with spectators, who cheered or waved their handkerchiefs as the Prince went by'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.