Not sure why this is called the Seven
Sisters, Most likely this name is of local origin.
The Seven Sisters caves are located at Joss Bay in Broadstairs, where
the famous smugglers gang the Callis Court Gang used to hide their
smuggled goods. The gang leader Joss Snelling was born in 1741, and
lived to the age of 96. He was still smuggling goods at the age of 89
when he got fined £100 for smuggling. But the the Callis Court Gang
got a bit unlucky one day when they were unloading cargo at Botany
Bay. They were surprised by a preventive patrol, and claimed the lives
of 15 of Joss's gang, and six others were hanged in nearby Sandwich.
Joss Snelling was presented to a young Queen Victoria as 'the famous
Broadstairs smuggler'. He even gave his name to a local cove called
Joss Bay where another nearby smugglers cave was used by the same
gang.
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