Godmersham, the Park 1906
Godmersham, the Church 1906
Godmersham, the Village 1909
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Margate Town and City Memories
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Cinque Ports and theTwo Ancient Towns Photographic Memories
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We visited and stayed at the Post Office, village shop and off licence in 1973. My mother Mrs Oliver had just taken over as Post Mistress. My mother had given up a teaching post in Liverpool to be nearer her own mother who lived in Westgate on Sea. She ran it until 1982 when she retired to Herne Bay and took up freelance teaching in her spare time. I would be interested to know of any history relating to the Post Office as it had a lovely garden and was an interesting building
Shared on 20 May 2009
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The Rev Lawson caught three of us smoking in the graveyard here, he then said he would tell my dad unless we all swept up the leaves around the main church door, which we all did. My dad was the local copper then, and a clout round the ear I would have got!!
Shared on 02 September 2008
Many a beer here I have downed, served by the landlady who was then locally known as Brandy Lil, I can't imagine why though?
Shared on 02 September 2008
No I'm not joking, when we first got married we lived in a flat in Chilham Castle which was at the time above the Battle of Britain museum at the rear of the castle, yes it was cold there in the winter. We were allowed to walk around the lakes and gardens, whenever we wished. My father was the local village policeman, PC Bill Bishop. who managed to persuade a certain Lord Mazzerin to rent it out to us. Mice, yes, they were in abundance, the record then was 21 in two days, what did I do with them all you may ask? My wife would throw them out of the window in disgust of condition of the castle. Just beneath our flat there was also a small cafe, they sweep up all the bodies and wonder where they kept coming from!
Shared on 02 September 2008
Extracts From Godmersham & Kent books
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Kent A Century Ago Photographic Memories
The Church 1906. Amid scenery loved by the author Jane Austen, who was a frequent visitor here when her brother Edward Knight owned the adjoining 560-acre Godmersham Park, the River Stour flows quietly past the churchyard and its aged yew trees. One is hollow, with sufficient room inside to seat six people. The church, whose Norman tower stands on the north side of the building, has an eastern apse constructed through it, indicating that it was used as a separate chapel.
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Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories
The Church 1906. Amid scenery loved by the author Jane Austen, who was a frequent visitor here when her brother Edward Knight owned the adjoining 560-acre Godmersham Park, the River Stour flows quietly past the churchyard and its aged yew trees. One is hollow, with sufficient room inside to seat six people. The church, whose Norman tower stands on the north side of the building, has an eastern apse constructed through it, indicating that it was used as a separate chapel.
This is an extract from Victorian and Edwardian Kent Photographic Memories.
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Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories
The church is close to the photographer, yet he is obviously in a rural location. This shows how comparatively small Ashford was a century ago. Will growth on a similar scale take place over the next hundred years?
This is an extract from Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories.
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