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Cowden| Penshurst| Groombridge| Hartfield| Langton Green| Speldhurst| Hever| Chiddingstone| Rusthall| Bidborough| Eridge Green| Colemans Hatch| Ashurst Wood| Leigh| Southborough| Tunbridge Wells| Southborough| Forest Row| Edenbridge| Four Elms| Brambletye| Crowborough| Dormansland| Frant| Ashdown Forest| Hildenborough| Tonbridge
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Kent memories
Church Street
Generations of my family lived in Cowden, going right back to 1700s. My parents were married in the church, which lies behind the wall you can just see at the front of this photo. I was also baptised here in 1958. The main significance of this photo for me, are the two houses connected to the Old Smithy (facing left towards the church). My grandmother, Winnie Card, and her three little sisters were born in Church Cottages, and this is where their mother tragically died at a young age in 1919. Their next door neighbours were Richard & Emily Pannell; and somewhere I have a photo taken from the same angle, of Emily standing at her front door. Their older son, Charles Frederick married "the little girl next door," Winnie, in 1930.
Cowden Stores
My grandparents lived and worked in Cowden. I spent all of my holidays with them from an early age from about 1965 to the late 1970s. My granddad worked on the railways and then with Leighs builders (Edenbridge) and after he retired he was the gardener at Chantrills. My grandmother (Mrs Pocock) worked at the Cowden stores and I spent my days with her there - helping to make up the orders that were delivered by Mr Weightman in his van to customers for quite a few miles around. I used to cut the leaves off the cauliflowers in the vegetable store at the back of the shop and weigh out the potatoes. Right at the back of the shop in the stores, there used to hang sides of bacon, ready to be sliced to order in the shop. I loved the smell of the coffee beans being ground and put into blue paper bags. I can honestly say that these were the happiest days of my childhood, I loved... Read more
Scarlett Cottage, Cowden
My grandparents lived in Scarlett Cottages in Cowden. He was killed in the lst world war after which my grandmother moved away. My mum, aunt and uncle were 5 & 7 at the time. I know they were frienly with a lad whose parents ran a garege at that time and the children all attended the local school. My grandfathers name (John Smith) died in 1917 and his name is on the local war memorial there. Has anyone got any memories or anything (a photo of the house would be lovely) of that era. Help would be appreciated. Thank you/ Myra Holliday
Memories of Langton Green And Rusthall
I was born at 3 Dornden Cottages in June 1942. My father (Charles Harris) was Chauffer to Mr Coombe at Dornden. Unfortunately Mr Coombe died around 1947 and we had to move out of our cottage as it was a tied residence (about 1949). My memories of living there are vague, but I know happy. There used to be an walled, ivy lined path from our garden to the common across which I went down to Rusthall Infant school where Miss Wells was Headmistress. I continued to go to school in Rusthall even when we moved into Tunbridge Wells. Another favourite outing was across the road towards St Paul's Church (I was married there in 1966 - on World Cup Day) to a little area we called Happy Valley where there was a sandy area to dig in. We had many a picnic there. Especially in 1947 which I remember as a very hot summer. My Mother (Edith Harris) was ill and my cousin Joyce came to... Read more
HEAT FAMILY
My great-great-grandfather was a blackmith in Langton Green in 1851, he went to Hampshire for a while and then moved back to the Rusthall area by 1881.
I have all details about the family if you want to know more - other names connected are LENEY and LANGRIDGE
Rowena (nee Heat)
Turner Family Business
My great-grandfather, by the name of Turner, owned a shop in Langton Green in the 1890s.
The Bower
I moved to the Bower in 1945 with my parents and two brothers. We lived there until 1952 when we imigrated to Canada. The road takes a fairly sharp turn to the right just in front of the house and on Guy Fox night we used to turn off all the lights and open the gate to the field. I remember watching the cars miss the turn and landing up in the field. We also had a pond directly across the road from the house and quiet regularly the traffic would have to stop to let the ducks cross the road. I really miss Hever, someday I would like to return.
