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Barming maps
Historic maps of Barming and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Barming maps
Historic map of Barming
Illustrated Victorian map of Kent
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Barming books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Barming and the local area. View all Barming books
Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Around the Kent Coast
Paperback
£14
Cinque Ports and theTwo Ancient Towns Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
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Memories of Barming
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Unfortunately Barming doesn't go down well in my memories, I was only a child but I remember going with my dad and brother to what I thought was a hospital but it wasn't, my mother was locked up there several times and I found out much later she is a manic depressive and it was an asylum she was in called... [more]
Shared on 01 January 2009
The Barming Boys hang around at clair park they are very nice people. Alot say they are the toughest around because they are if they get in to a fight they will always win. The Best one Is Matt he is cool, he cheers people up when they are down.
Shared on 26 October 2007
Kent memories
Does anyone have any information regarding Robert Horace Chilton or Nora Gwendoline Ashlee who lived at Lone Cottage in 1953. They had a young daughter (Linda) and a baby ( Robin). Robin was later adopted. We only lived there a very short time. I am trying to research my family tree. Please help.
You are so lucky to live... [more]
Shared on 21 June 2009
I know this is not a memory, however I am looking for any Brook family members, namely Edward and Ann Brook who moved there in the early 1800s.
Their son Benjamin emigrated to Australia in 1837 with his wife Mary Craddock, then their son James emigrated to Australia in 1850, and Edward emigrated to Australia in 1853. If anyone has any... [more]
Shared on 27 June 2008
I moved to 71 Hildenborough Crescent, Allington, Maidstone, Kent in 1973 aged 10 years old.
In the nine years I lived there I saw many changes. Parts of Allington were still being built. There were no houses built in between the frontage of the Mid Kent shopping centre ... it was just waste land later to become Foyle Close. There were... [more]
Shared on 30 September 2008
I remember going to Maidstone Zoo, I believe it's location was Detling Hill, the old road going downhill from what is now the Kent showground. If I remember rightly there was a lift system in which was pulled up and down by elephants, I think I must have been 7 or 8 at the time. I lived on the Isle of... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2009
I remember the train that ran by the side of the approach drive when I visited the zoo as a young child with my parents. I wanted to go on it, but my parents made me walk. I was just learning to read and asked my Mum what a 'dangeroo' was. On the way out, I felt unaccountably embarrassed because my... [more]
Shared on 20 June 2009
I remember as a child going to Maidstone Zoo on the bus from Sittingbourne with my parents. We did this about once a year - I think it was always on a Sunday. I was born in 1951 so don't remember the early 1950s. What I'm having trouble with is trying to locate where it was, and also what is there... [more]
Shared on 10 June 2009
Extracts From Barming & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Barming, inspired by Frith photos.
Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
This rural scene of blossom trees is mostly a forgotten sight here today. The village has been eclipsed by 20th-century housing developments. However, there is still a good view from the Norman St Margaret's Church. Reminders of the old village can still be seen, including St Helen's - a wooden bridge now closed to traffic.
This is an extract from Kent Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Maidstone Photographic Memories
This view looks towards the Gloirette; on the left can be seen the main building. In this picture, the magnificent location of the Castle, surrounded by its enchanting lake, is clearly seen.
This is an extract from Maidstone Photographic Memories.
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Maidstone Photographic Memories
A superb view of the main building and the Gloirette. Although the Castle appears to be medieval, its turrets and battlements in fact date from a rebuilding in the late 1820s. The lake is part of the river Len.
This is an extract from Maidstone Photographic Memories.
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