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The Present Day Hospital.
St John's Hospital is home to 35 elderly people. 24 live in the older part. There are 6 houses each holding 4 flats. House six can be seen in the photo, it stands alongside the hospital chapel. The chapel is used twice a week by the residents. Beyond the chapel and graveyard are two more modern buildings, St John's House is about 40 years old and comprises of 2 flats, one of which is occupied by the chaplain of he hospital. Alongside St John's House is St Elisabeth House. It has 8 flats and is for the more frail of our residents. It was built in 1999 and took the name of St John the Baptist's mother. The room above the Gatehouse is still in use by the Bursar of the hospital.
There are several dating features on both this print and subsequent ones and inspection of the church today that suggest that the photograph is probably correctly dated at 1888. The pews shown were installed in that year, replacing an earlier box version. A memorial tablet on the wall in commemorating the life of a local lady who died in 1888 does not appear although it is present on a photograph of 1902. I would suggest that the photograph was taken in 1888 to show the new pews "in situ."
Marten Rogers
Wonderful Childhood in Yorkletts in The 1960s
Hi, I would love to hear from anyone that may have memories of Yorkletts in the late 1960s. I used to spend a lot of time in the village, spending all my school hols with my gran who lived in a bungalow on the straight, towards Dargate, called Red Roses. I used to ride at the stables, Ellenden Stables, I think and remember going to the stores (not the post office) with my gran, I think the shop was called 'Sunshine Stores' but not too sure. I walked up the path in the photo so many times, it was quite a walk from where gran lived but was worth it for a lolly - I've been on Google and have identified the old Post Office, the bungalow still has the arch and small roof window and the bungalow that was next door is still fundamentally the same, the two buildings were separated by an emptly strip of land, now there's a house on there but the other two properties are... Read more
Living in Yorkletts
having lived in the village for most of my childhood I have lots of memories both good and bad things like having a close community spirit where all the children were known and we were always safe, but then there was useless transport in the village. Though my family home is no longer there I had nearly an acre of land plus lots of woodland to play in. They were fun times. Summertime was always fun when there were about 7 of us who would spend all day out and about from early morning to it got dark and the only time we went to a persons house was for food or a drink.
WINCHEAP SCHOOL
I have a photo of the 'top class' sitting in front of what had been the connecting passage from the Head Master's Office(Mr Bradshaw) to another part of the school. It was known as 'the drainpipe' after the school was blitzed, we had our school dinners in there!. I don't know who took the photo but we all had a copy. I was then Doris Bailey.
Where We'd Spend Our Tuck Money
As a child aged 7 in 1955, I used to holiday with the Shaftesbury Society at a camp, just round the corner. The camp had several dormitories, each accommodating about 10 children. The fortnight I'd be there would be soley for disabled children and we'd have a ball, leaving our families, who meant well but the freedom was wonderful! We'd be taken to this post office by 'helpers' and buy fizzy drinks that were sold in bottles with the rubber and metal flip top. I remember inside the post office it was quite dark (probably in contrast with the summer sunshine outside). Of course we'd also be encouraged to buy postcards to send home which was a chore. I'm sure I recall the 'really old lady' who ran the post office and wore a floral pinny, had difficulty reaching over her display of sweets to serve us!
Chalets at Seasalter
I remeber one of these chalets. It was owned by my grandmother, Enid Fenton (nee Belsten) between the wars. She was a teacher who trained before WW1. During the Second World War the chalet was inaccessible for security reasons. We lived in Bromley in Kent but I went there a few times in the early 50's. Does anyone know what is on this site now?
