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Ruckinge photos

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Ruckinge maps

Historic maps of Ruckinge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Ruckinge maps

Ruckinge map

Historic map of Ruckinge

Kent map

Illustrated Victorian map of Kent

Ruckinge map

Historic Map of any Ruckinge postcode

Ruckinge maps
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Ruckinge books

Displaying 3 of 14 books about Ruckinge and the local area.   View all Ruckinge books

Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Around the Kent Coast
Paperback
£14

Kent Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Ruckinge books
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Memories of Ruckinge

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Kent memories

My memories of Bilsington

I can remember moving to Bilsington village when I was just over seven years old.
I attended Bilsington Primary School and have clear memories of Miss Fellows (the headmistress). She had a kind heart I think but at the time she seemed very strict to me. She would take us off for nature walks and it was during these times that... [more]

Shared on 13 June 2006 by Creina Lightle .

Where are you now

On returning to visit Appledore over the years, not a lot has changed. There are a few new houses but mostly it is the same. This makes it such a peaceful place to remember when there are so many changes in the world today. I live in the north of England now but Appledore will always be 'home'. I am used... [more]

Shared on 25 March 2009 by Celia Brydon.

Happy Days

My mother's family were from Appledore and although I was born on a visit up north to my father's family, I was only a few months old when we came back. We lived in various houses in the village, Canal Cottages and Hawthorn being two of them. My Grandad and Granny King lived at 3 Victoria, my dear Aunt Mary and... [more]

Shared on 17 March 2009 by Celia Brydon.

Collecting runner beans

My mothers' side of the family all come from Appledore and thereabouts.
I have 3 out of 4 of older sisters who were all born in Appledore. I was born in Wallsend on Tyne. My mother and father (he was stationed at Appledore in the second world war), moved up to Wallsend before I was born. But, when I was very... [more]

Shared on 04 July 2008 by Lenny Wright.

Extracts From Ruckinge & Kent books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ruckinge, inspired by Frith photos.

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?

Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories

This photograph was taken a century ago, and a world away from the same road today, which seems at times like a public motor-racing circuit - it is now part of the Ashford ring road. Again we see attentive pedestrians, and manure going to waste in the roof!

Hythe, Romney Marsh and Ashford Photographic Memories

Smart dress and good behaviour are to be seen here in front of the picturesque Clock House Pavilion. And there are no skateboards or litter in this park scene from a more orderly age.

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