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Marden, Kent
Marden maps
Historic maps of Marden and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Marden maps
Historic map of Marden
Illustrated Victorian map of Kent
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Marden books
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Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
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Around the Kent Coast
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Cinque Ports and theTwo Ancient Towns Photographic Memories
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Memories of Marden
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Kent memories
Horsmonden - the end of my hop picking days. I was born in east London 1939 and hop picking was four weeks in the country, camp fire cooking in the evening, a sing along and down to the Gun or the Town House on Saturday evening. Then came 1960 and I was called up for National Service spending... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2007
I lived in Colliers Green at Park Farm, at that time a dairy and fruit farm. I went to school at the primary school. Just down the road was a charcoal burners. Latterly I went to Bethany School at Curtisen Green. Good memories.
Shared on 15 June 2009
Hop Picking on Buston Manor Farm, Yalding
My family name was Brewer and it seemed we went hop picking for ever. The last time was 1958. The following year my grandmother became ill and we could not go anymore. I was 12 the last time I went. I have written a story of my time spent on Buston Manor Farm and I would love to share it with... [more]
Shared on 05 September 2009
When I was 6 years old my brother Ken and I went to live at Kenward, the Dr Barnardo's home in Yalding. It was a fantastic house and I can still remember the lay out of it. We had a wonderful childhood there. We had 'aunts' in the local shops and at Christmas time all the girls would get a doll... [more]
Shared on 11 May 2009
I was evacuated to Yalding during the war, this was to be my childhood days and as I was with a family who had a son about my age. It was fantastic and those 4 years I will never forget. My dream is to return and relive my childhood, travel to the places I remember so well, and to meet those... [more]
Shared on 14 February 2007
Not sure how long I went with my grandparents, then when they passed away my parents, but I was born in 1941 and I know we were still going there until we migrated to Australia in 1961. We 'lived' in the first hut on the right as we walked over a small bridge onto the common, double storey, and mattresses of... [more]
Shared on 06 December 2008
I too remember as a child visiting Paddock Wood with my nan, every year we would all pile into the back of a lorry and set of to the hop field. What wonderful memories, days I will never forget. We all came from Chiswick. Is there anybody else out there from the Chiswick area who went hop picking? If so, get... [more]
Shared on 20 July 2008
The year i was born in this road. 119 Maidstone Road, the Woods residence. Side by side next to my granparents fish & chip shop. I always remember that the house to right of the phone box was always deralicet? Did something happen in that house?
Shared on 10 January 2008
Extracts From Marden & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Marden, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Kent Photographic Memories
Marden lies nine miles south of Maidstone. In this quintessential village scene, we see the village bobby standing next to the red telephone box, with a café selling ice creams behind. The white Unicorn public house shows in the distance with a tractor and trailer parked outside. There used to be 14 pubs in the village, but since the decline of... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Kent Photographic Memories.
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Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
Nestling in the borough of Maidstone, this village is made up of three main streets. Its old courthouse remains in the centre, and the stocks where local criminals met their punishment are now on show in the 13th-century church of St Michael and St Angels. The glass in the chancel windows was designed in 1962 by Patrick Reyntiens.
This is an extract from Kent Revisited Photographic Memories.
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Maidstone Photographic Memories
This view looks towards the Gloirette; on the left can be seen the main building. In this picture, the magnificent location of the Castle, surrounded by its enchanting lake, is clearly seen.
This is an extract from Maidstone Photographic Memories.
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