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Historic maps of Conyer and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Conyer maps
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Kent memories
Living in Kemsley
I lived in Kemsley until 1970 when I left to get married. All the kids from the village played rounders and cricket together. We always built a huge bonfire for Guy Fawkes Night but it always got burned down, we always blamed one person but many years later the boy who had done it confessed to me! My mum Sheila Hermitage worked behind the bar at the club house, there was always a pint ready for my dad when he came off the late shift from the mill. Happy days.
Sittingbourne to Australia
My name is Margaret. I was born in Park Road, Sittingbourne on 18.4.45. My parents were Flossie and Cyril Neaves. My dad worked as a machine man in the Sittingbourne paper mills and my mum worked fruit picking in the early days but worked for Shell Research Station later on.
I attended the Holy Trinity Primary School then moved onto Westlands Secondary. After leaving school I worked at Chatham telephone exchange for about 4 years, my hobbies were ballet and skating. I later went on to become a ballet teacher and had my own ballet schools. I was taught in Sittingbourne by Iris Thomas.
I married Neville Cox, formerly of Connaught Roadd, Sittingbourne, in 1963 at St Mary's Church in Park Road. Neville's father was a chiropodist in Connaught Road. Neville and I lived in Keycol Hill for 6 years, we have a son Mark born in 1965, also a daughter Deborah born 1966. Both children attended Borden Primary School for a short while. They both remember trudging through... Read more
Courtlands Stores
The shop on the left was where I lived as a child. My father (Ron Stone) bought the property which was an old doctor' surgery and transformed it into a general store. My Mum and Dad used to open the shop in the evenings selling peas pudding and faggots and all the family used to join in preparation. My job was to make onion gravy on a paraffin stove. This was very popular and there were often people queing with their own basins right along the street outside. Those were the days!
My Mother's Memories of Ospringe
After a time Mother married Charles Gamble, we called him Pop. He left the Merchant Navy and went to work on the Estate for my Grandfather. We got a house at Ospringe it was next door to a water mill. The water used to run down through the street, very unusual it was. There was a pond at the back, I did not like it as there were so many creepy things in it. But we liked living at Ospringe, it was a lovely place, and we made many friends. Among them there was Nellie Ward, the Speed family - Molly, Queenie, Dorothy and Sonny. There were lovely meadows to play in, when it was a hot summer's day we would take a picnic. We would play at weddings and share our food to make a reception. Mother would give us an old curtain to make a veil, a long dress and high heeled shoes. We used to enjoy ourselves in that kind of way as there was no television... Read more
Notes From The Frith Files.
The trade bicycle centre right of the photo belongs to Friars Bakery. The bakery is set back out of view where the bicycle is parked. It is now converted to a bungalow. The single storey building mid-left, was the Rifle Range. All buildings on the left hand side have now been replaced by housing except for the building with the advertising hoardings.
Mothers Memorys
Aunt Gladys had a lovely wedding at Ospringe church, bells rang and choir boys sang. We had lovely pink silk dresses and everything to match. Aunt Gladys married Wally Fever. Uncle Wally's parents lived in a big white house in Sunnydale and we had a nice reception there. They had two daughters, Ella and Jean, but Uncle Wally was killed at Sheerness docks - he was such a nice person.
( I have a photo of this weding if their is interest)
Where my Parents Met
My parents met at The Ship in Ospringe. My father, Alcwyn Davies, was in the 3rd Welsh Regiment and was stationed close by. My mother. Grace Glibbery, was with her family from East London picking hops, as they did every year. My grandparents were Liz and Jim Glibbery. Along with my aunt Rose Clark and her husband Joe with their 5 children. Also my great aunts and uncles, their children and grandchildren. They took up an entire row of huts at the farm. After they had met each other, my parents would meet behind this church, under the hemlock tree, at the stone wall overlooking the fields. I have been there a few times since. They were married in London in 1942. They spent every summer with the extended family hop picking, up until 1955 when my brother was born. My older brothers were 11 and 9 when we stopped going to Ospringe. I was 15 months old, so I can't remember as they do. I have lots of photos... Read more
