Dover memories
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This Was The in Place When I Was 18
I remember this as being the place to go when we were out for the evening. We used to drink vodka and lime and think we were really cool. It used to get packed out and was really modern and trendy in it's day.
Fools Gold And Castles
I can look back to sunny days and my uncle helping us to collect fools gold at St Margaret at Cliff. Auntie Alice would pack up a picnic and we would take a ride in the car (I can't remember what type) and we would sit down on the beach, I think it was cobbles, I don't remember any sand. We would spend a couple of weeks of our school holidays with Alice and Jeff, it probably gave mum and dad a bit of peace and quiet. We would be taken to lots of local sites. There was a park and it had a river flowing through it, I think there were some ruins or old walls but I can't remember the name, it really was a very happy time. I would have been about 8, so I am guessing at 1978, could have been 79.
1945 to 1966
My grandparents, Jabez Smith and Kate his wife owned the post office in Coombe Valley Road, formerly Union Road, before and during the war. Their daughter Rose Moss (my Mother) ran it from the age of sixteen. They also owned and lived in The Bungalow just a half a mile east of St Radiguns Abbey ruins. Apparently it is still there today.
We moved to a small shop in Douglas Road, Tower Hamlets in 1949. My Mother ran that shop until VAT was introduced, I think it was 1977.
I attended Astor School from 1956 to 1960.
I left school and worked at The Crypt Restaurant from 1960 until Bernie Inns took it over.
I then worked for Ted Perry at The Britannia Inn until I left to seek my fame and fortune, both turned out to be elusive butterflies.
I am writing a blog on my experiences in Dover from 1949 to 1961.
http://dovershark.blogspot.com/
Robert William Wells (Shop Keeper)
I understand my grand father workedin,orpossibly owned a fishmongers and or grocers aroundabout 1900
can anyone confirm this please and where was it.
Was it his own shop or was he an employee
Does it still stand ,do any photos exist of it
Thankyou
John Wells
Memories of Kent
Relations of John Wraite & Mary Post
In 1841 John & Mary Wraight's son William married Sarah Curling Baker the daughter of Thomas Baker & Eleanor Hunt from St Margarets at Cliffe. Her stepsister, Eleanor Hunt's daughter by her first marriage to William Marsh, Mrs Eleanor Raynor lived at Frith Farm Guston in 1851 with her husband, baliff Henry Rayner from Shepherdswell, she looked after their baby boy George, whilst their older children Elizabeth, James, Eleanor, Henry & Poebe all attended School.
In 1856 George Cousens or Cousins married Sarah the daughter of Richard, the son of John & Mary Wraight. As a boy in 1841 George Cousins lived at Crow hill Guston, with his parents Ag. Lab. George & Mary & his sister Eliza.
In 1881, James (the son of John & Mary Wraight's son James) was a shepherd from St Margarets and lived at Cherry tree Hole with his wife Sarah 42 a native of Guston, with their two children Elizabeth & David attending school. By 1901 wife Sarah had died,... Read more
Grandfather
My paternal grandfather was born in West Hougham in 1864. His name was Harry Brigham Barton. His father was a wheelwright and lived it West Hougham. His name was Thomas Skinner Barton.
The Old M Stores
My two aunts used to run the old M stores in East Studdal, my family used to stay at the shop and I have fantastic memories of travelling from SE London in my dads 3 wheeler to visit in the school holidays. The shop was a real old fashioned shop with jars of sweets and other essentials. My aunts, Maud and May (hence the "M" stores) used to sit out the back of the shop. Wonderful memories.....
Shepherdswell And The Amos Family
I am a newcomer to Shepherdswell but my daughter in law, Jackie Amos, comes from a long line of the family name. Her mum Madeline Amos married Brian Amos, both had the same name before marriage but were unrelated. The family butchers shop in Shepherdswell had been running for many years, originally started by Jackie's great great grandfather Joseph Amos in the 19th century. The shop has long since gone, but if anyone has memories of the Amos family in the 1960s or earlier, it would be fun to learn more. David
The Burley Family on Sandwich Road
My great x3 grandparents George and Maria Burley lived on Sandwich Rd in the 1880's and 1890's. Maria (maiden name Andrews) was born in Eythorne in 1837. If anyone has any information about what Eythorne, or specifically Sandwich Rd was like at this sort of time I'd love to hear from you.
Elissa
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