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- 4 photos on Ash appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Ash
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Toll Money
Sandwich Town relied on its toll money taken on the bridge, which was used purely for the town's benefit alone and it became wealthy over the years because of it. During the 1960s I think it was, Sandwich came under the jurisdiction of Dover and was asked to hand over the money in its coffers at the turnover.
The Town Councillors decided that this was not to be and put it to the townspeople what they wanted them to do with the money they had.
Everyone got very excited, us kids wanted an ice-rink, or a swimming pool and our parents duly put these suggestions along with theirs.
As was to be expected we got neither - we got a ...read more here
my Dad's childhood
My Dad was a member of the church choir here when he was a child. Gerald Fuller is his name but he left the village around the age of 16. His parents continued to live in Eastry with their other children, Hazel, Brian and Chris. Dad immigrated to Melbourne, Australia were he met my mother and had my sister Amanda and I. Amanda and I were fortunate enough to visit Eastry in 1985 and the feeling of family and belonging was very overwhelming. I remember one night Nan(Nancy) took us to bingo in the town hall and a woman came and introduced herself to us.......aparently she was a second cousin. As far as I know I have alot of relatives in ...read more here
A memory of Eastry contributed by Emma Fox
Place of birth
From just about where the photograph was taken I was born. The house was called Forge House obviously because of the Forge which my father used as a shed to house chickens in and then used as a workshop for his carpentry. He was Foreman carpenter at Tilmanstone colliery. My brother and I were both born in the house which I believe now is being used as a care home. I was 16 when that photo was taken.
Elizabeth Andrews February 2007
A memory of Eastry contributed by elizabeth hunter
Bickers The Newsagent
THis was the village newsagent. We lived to the right as you look at the photo, and traded as Premier Garage.
A memory of Eastry contributed by philip worman
Extracts From Ash & Kent books
Who can fault this lovely view of typical rural Kent? Oast houses like these can be seen in the east and middle of the county; they were used for storing hops, which were dried before being despatched to the local brewery. The windmill grinding corn provided an essential part of agricultural life - an example is just visible in the background.
An extract from from"Kent Revisited Photographic Memories".
There are two villages called Ash in Kent. This one lies about three miles from Sandwich. This scene has not changed much since the picture was taken; we may be thankful that a bypass routes most traffic past the village. Ash has a very striking tall-spired church which can be seen for many miles around.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
There is a cosy feel to the main street of this little village, between Sandwich and Wingham; it centres around the local shop, the Chequers Inn (on the extreme right) and the brick-built bus shelter. A parked lorry, with its driver’s door open, is delivering supplies of bottled gas or paraffin to the local store.
An extract from from"Kent Living Memories".
We are close to the centre of the village. The Ship Inn can be seen on the left. Ash is one of the places in Kent rumoured somewhere to conceal a four-feet-tall effigy of a man in solid gold, a treasure that had belonged to one of the early Saxon Kings, according to legend.
An extract from from"Villages of Kent Photographic Memories".
This peaceful view of Minster
shows its pleasant old houses.
Minster has the dubious claim to
fame of being the site of the world’s
first fatal motor-car accident.
An extract from from"Thanet Pocket Album".